Sunday, June 05, 2005
Beh.. 455-something x.. i don't remember now.. saved one round from the rapid prone.. Theoretically it woulda been a 465 or a 464.. beh! still no 470.
it's all about being in the presence of the master..
Weather was excellent, little to no winds, had my classical music bumpin while heading towards Richmond.. Met up with my rifle-shootin coworker (theres only 2) Sugui. Signed up for the second relay.. Did the pit work got warmed up a bit. Went to work it.
My Standing's not the best as it was. i dunno i need more tai chi or something. Well i decided to go make bullets just for the standing and prone since it's single loaded, and the usual set for the rapids. i dunno the new long-loaded bullets weren't working for me. i didn't like it and decided to bail after shooting the offhand.
Rapid sitting i got like a 96-2x, it went ok
Rapid prone i only shot 9, with one round jammed, i decided to continue, screw it, i wasn't feeling it from shooting standing.
At the 600-yard simulated slow prone, i decided to go all out. At that time i noticed behind me was THE high master of the range with his usual average score at 496 out of 500. i thought he was looking at my shooting but i didn't know, it didn't matter just having him behind me is kinda worrying. I call it 'in the presence of the master,' when someone outskilled is nearby and you feel unworthy. It happens when i go to the range, people don't wanna go qualify with me 'cuz it scares the bullets or something. Anyhow with him sitting behind me i decided to go for it.. why not.. The result was a 100-4x.. first time i 'cleaned' the target! woowoo! At the 8th and 9th shot my hands were trembling. Thats the thing about shooting, one shot is for one target, but after knowing that your heading towards a 100, the excitement begins to build, and thats when the errors happen. The last 2 slow prones i had 99's. I had the time to spare so i took extra to calm myself down. After shooting the high master asks 'you cleaned it didn't you'... oh yea..
I need to go in the zone some more. i was here and there but the best when i'm shooting and not even knowing. It's hard to do and it's like zen mind tricks but i heard the classical music while i was shooting. When your standing there all you hear is the wind, your breathing, and whats on your mind. If your mind isn't even thinking about the actions your doing, thats the ideal. But when your worrying about 'ok, i shot a 9 last time i've gotta do better.' and you don't. Empty the mind, know your equipment will do you right, and have no doubt. For doubt causes flinching, anticipation, stress. Doubt will kill u..
i just looked at my first 'cleaned' 300 yard rapid. that was dated 5/3/04.. it's been a year.. already??
My hands haven't trembled since playing the piano for people at academy graduation. We were at Washington high school waiting one of them classrooms, which had a piano. i haven't played in a while so, i could only do what i could. heck it's been a while since i played with one of them things..
in tech news.. apple computers are gonna use x86 chips from intel and amd?? what?!! The only good side is MacOS for windows? ahh man microsoft is gonna freak!
it's all about being in the presence of the master..
Weather was excellent, little to no winds, had my classical music bumpin while heading towards Richmond.. Met up with my rifle-shootin coworker (theres only 2) Sugui. Signed up for the second relay.. Did the pit work got warmed up a bit. Went to work it.
My Standing's not the best as it was. i dunno i need more tai chi or something. Well i decided to go make bullets just for the standing and prone since it's single loaded, and the usual set for the rapids. i dunno the new long-loaded bullets weren't working for me. i didn't like it and decided to bail after shooting the offhand.
Rapid sitting i got like a 96-2x, it went ok
Rapid prone i only shot 9, with one round jammed, i decided to continue, screw it, i wasn't feeling it from shooting standing.
At the 600-yard simulated slow prone, i decided to go all out. At that time i noticed behind me was THE high master of the range with his usual average score at 496 out of 500. i thought he was looking at my shooting but i didn't know, it didn't matter just having him behind me is kinda worrying. I call it 'in the presence of the master,' when someone outskilled is nearby and you feel unworthy. It happens when i go to the range, people don't wanna go qualify with me 'cuz it scares the bullets or something. Anyhow with him sitting behind me i decided to go for it.. why not.. The result was a 100-4x.. first time i 'cleaned' the target! woowoo! At the 8th and 9th shot my hands were trembling. Thats the thing about shooting, one shot is for one target, but after knowing that your heading towards a 100, the excitement begins to build, and thats when the errors happen. The last 2 slow prones i had 99's. I had the time to spare so i took extra to calm myself down. After shooting the high master asks 'you cleaned it didn't you'... oh yea..
I need to go in the zone some more. i was here and there but the best when i'm shooting and not even knowing. It's hard to do and it's like zen mind tricks but i heard the classical music while i was shooting. When your standing there all you hear is the wind, your breathing, and whats on your mind. If your mind isn't even thinking about the actions your doing, thats the ideal. But when your worrying about 'ok, i shot a 9 last time i've gotta do better.' and you don't. Empty the mind, know your equipment will do you right, and have no doubt. For doubt causes flinching, anticipation, stress. Doubt will kill u..
i just looked at my first 'cleaned' 300 yard rapid. that was dated 5/3/04.. it's been a year.. already??
My hands haven't trembled since playing the piano for people at academy graduation. We were at Washington high school waiting one of them classrooms, which had a piano. i haven't played in a while so, i could only do what i could. heck it's been a while since i played with one of them things..
in tech news.. apple computers are gonna use x86 chips from intel and amd?? what?!! The only good side is MacOS for windows? ahh man microsoft is gonna freak!
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