Saturday July 27, 2024, I shot in the monthly USPSA match at River Bend Gun Club. I have been shooting USPSA for 16 years now, and I have managed to improve my scores some from the early days, mostly by moving from Production to Limited.

But I must admit, I have not done as well as I would like. I mean, who really does?

This week, I noticed something that, to be honest, had been somewhat in my mind as an advantage, but really isn’t. I noticed that on short range shots, I was able to shoot rather accurately, without actually aiming. My arms and brain were able to point the gun well enough that I could shoot two Alphas out to about 7 or 8 yards, without actually aiming.

The problem with this, though, is that I noticed that in the last couple of years, I have tended to move that range out some, and I was now in a mode where I very rarely actually used my sights. This led to a lot of misses, but the thing that really made me realize it was how difficult it had become for me to knock down steel with just one shot. In fact, steel became quite an annoyance to me.

But what happened this week was we ran a Classifier, where there were six steel targets in the middle, and a paper target on each end. When the RO said “Make Ready,” I drew my pistol, and actually took a good sight picture of all the targets. Then, when I shot, I actually aimed at each target.

My results: 4 Alphas, and 6 steel, all on the first shot.

I know . . . what a concept!

So then I decided, what if I did this on all the stages? Well, the video above is the next stage, which was the last stage. Scoring: 3 Charlies, the rest Alphas, and . . . the most awesome part . . . all the steel down on the first shot.

So, now I am planning to do some dry fire practicing, and to go to the range and practice, and move myself back into better scoring.

Next up: how do I lose my catcher speed?