nutcase wrote:KickBass wrote:Ole 95,
I'm sure Troy or I could use you behind the spotting scope on Saturday afternoon--I'm sure one/both of us will be shooting until last call! Pam and Meghan won't arrive until Monday (Meghan has an archery shoot that first weekend, so I'll be solo for the first three days), so they'll head out from Colorado in a separate car once that is done. I only signed up for 14 guns, 2 per day, hopefully with the option of adding a third in the afternoon if I feel like it. The way I've been shooting lately, I might be better off dropping a gun per day instead of adding one.
Only 14 Guns??
I only signed up for 8 guns.. But with 2 guns breaking in the last month, it kind of limited me what I can shoot.
I shot 21 guns at last year's World Championship. Some great advice I got from Jim Fields a few years ago the first time I went to the OK state shoot… he told me to shoot everything I had, no matter what. At the time, I only had basic factory guns, 10" contenders with factory sights, a 6" barrel GP100 for revolver, etc. His advice was that the best way to get better at shooting was to shoot a lot. Didn't matter if you could win, that isn't the point. You are just there to make yourself better. I credit a lot of mentors out there for making me a better shooter--Harry Jones of CO, Jim Tolbert of WY, Joe Cullison of OR, Richard Slaton of AL. But every time I travel from Colorado to go to the OK state shoot, the highlight is to get to spend some time with Jim Fields. Since that first time four years ago when he told me I did a lot of good things and that I just needed to do more shooting, I took it to heart. I had nothing but production guns, but I would turn around and shoot them in unlimited, or 1/2 scale, or 1/5 scale, whatever. So that has been my goal at every match I've shot since then. Shoot as much as I can, and try to learn from each entry.
. My goal should be just to come close to Joe Cullison .