Glad I live way out in the country

ThomasT said:

Hello everyone,

A big advantage of living way out in the country is that I have a lot of neighbors that have great big wood barns. All of theses barns have huge barn doors and I can ask very nicely if they mind if I come over and try to hit one of the doors .

I shot a whole bunch of paper targets this morning and for whatever reason was way off the mark....could not shoot a barn door....so to speak . For the last couple of weeks I have been stacking one pellet right on top of another and scoring a lot of 10's. Today I wanted to give myself a high-five when I shot a 9 .

Have any of you fellows ever had a day like that?

ThomasT

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Yes, Thomas. But everyone knows it's the pellets. Or the gun. Or the scope. Or the weather. Or the mounts.

Ya, it's never the person shooting the gun..

Its everything's else fault but your own.

Yes! Yesterday morning. I was going to list the gun for sale after yesterday's morning shooting session. I shot two different guns last night and made up for it. I wonder if it was the gun or the pellets?

Have days like that all the time and freely admit it's the loose nut behind the trigger. My guns are all fully capable Me? Not so much some days...lol

I get times like that. Dont feel like the lone ranger.

My fav is shoot great , go take a break or do somthing else for a hour or two come back and cant hit a thing . Thats using same everything for m at first. Or vice versa...lol

Times i just think someone snuck in and twisted the turrets when i was not looking

ThomasT said:

Hello Ross,

Man you are so smart and figured out the problem right on the money, thank you that solves my problem. I'm so relieved to know that it was not me......

Have a great day,
ThomasT

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It's probably just because your gun was designed and built using the metric system...

You're doing it wrong. You're trying to hit the edge of the paper. The saying is "hit the broad side of a barn". Stop shooting at the little end with the door and you'll score more hits, lol!

ThomasT said:

Hello everyone,

A big advantage of living way out in the country is that I have a lot of neighbors that have great big wood barns. All of theses barns have huge barn doors and I can ask very nicely if they mind if I come over and try to hit one of the doors .

I shot a whole bunch of paper targets this morning and for whatever reason was way off the mark....could not shoot a barn door....so to speak . For the last couple of weeks I have been stacking one pellet right on top of another and scoring a lot of 10's. Today I wanted to give myself a high-five when I shot a 9 .

Have any of you fellows ever had a day like that?

ThomasT

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I am fairly certain i have a few more 9 days (or 8 ? 7ish ?) than you do .

Thomas, I kinda wish it was the guns fault...but....NOOOOO....LOL! I am the one to blame for any inaccuracies with my PCP's sad to say! LOL!

@ThomasT 7-8 ring shooter here. Sounds like your bad days are better than most of my good ones and you have prettier country around you. Seen some beautiful areas down there. Another good part about living in the country is that there aren’t many folks around to witness our bad days. Keep slinging that lead!

ThomasT said:

Hello Ranchibi,

I really do not know what I was doing wrong this morning. I even got up after the second target and walked around for a while. Sat back down and shot a Competition 9 Target and broke the scoring ring on all but two??? At least I got a bunch of 9's. I shot that target two times yesterday and score all 10's. There is always tomorrow.

ThomasT

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Thomas, with us humans (that's what I think I am..LOL), our perception almost changes daily it seems! I enjoy both shooting and golfing and to me they are both very similar in that they both need a very repetitive shot routine. In golf, where the club bottoms out changes minutely daily so ball positions change (need to find where it is) and shooting is the same...need to find the right hold, trigger pressure and sight picture which changes slightly on a daily basis with me...it's not always the same! LOL! Keeps me on my toes! But, to me, it's the journey and not always the outcome, maybe that's why I like both sports, seeking perfection but rarely achievable with these two! Have a great weekend!