For this match, I didn't shoot the practice day, like I did at Rattlesnake. I already had my zeros (elevation zeros, so I know what to have on for each yard line), so I didn't need to shoot the practice day. On day 1, was the first palma match. I shot ok, but I wasn't mentally in the game. During prep time of every string on the second day, I was getting mentally prepared, and thinking positive stuff (I am a great shooter, I only shoot 10's and X's, I am a great holder/ wind reader, etc.).The second day (the second & last individual palma), I cleaned 800 yards, a 150/150 with 10 X's. That was my first clean at 800 yards in individual shooting! I was very happy with how well the mental management was working so far.
At 900 yards, I shot a 148/150 with 10 X's. I dropped the 2 points from an 8 that I shot because I had too much pressure on the trigger when I wasn't completely ready to take the shot. I was devastated. But right after I took the shot, I took the rifle out of my shoulder, thought a bunch of positive stuff, and got ready to take another shot. I didn't even have to look through my spotting scope to know where my shot was, an 8 at 7:30 is where I called it. I was praying it would be a 9, but hey, now I will be sure I'm ready to shoot before I start applying pressure to my trigger =). At least I had something good to say about my string, I had 10 X's!
I was doing my best to forget the 8, because I didn't want to think about anything negative. Before my last string, which was at 1,000 yards, I cleared my mind of everything negative, and filled it with positive stuff, like my clean at 800 yards. I cleaned the 1,000 yard target for the first time, with a 150/150 with 5X's! I was freaking out, I just shot a clean at 1,000 yards! I was all smiles now, a 448/450 with 25 X's was my personal best. If I hadn't taken that one shot too early at 900 yards, I could have had a 450/450. Then, I would have been the youngest to ever shoot a 450! Just the thought of being so close was good enough for me.
At 900 yards, I shot a 148/150 with 10 X's. I dropped the 2 points from an 8 that I shot because I had too much pressure on the trigger when I wasn't completely ready to take the shot. I was devastated. But right after I took the shot, I took the rifle out of my shoulder, thought a bunch of positive stuff, and got ready to take another shot. I didn't even have to look through my spotting scope to know where my shot was, an 8 at 7:30 is where I called it. I was praying it would be a 9, but hey, now I will be sure I'm ready to shoot before I start applying pressure to my trigger =). At least I had something good to say about my string, I had 10 X's!
I was doing my best to forget the 8, because I didn't want to think about anything negative. Before my last string, which was at 1,000 yards, I cleared my mind of everything negative, and filled it with positive stuff, like my clean at 800 yards. I cleaned the 1,000 yard target for the first time, with a 150/150 with 5X's! I was freaking out, I just shot a clean at 1,000 yards! I was all smiles now, a 448/450 with 25 X's was my personal best. If I hadn't taken that one shot too early at 900 yards, I could have had a 450/450. Then, I would have been the youngest to ever shoot a 450! Just the thought of being so close was good enough for me.
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In the collage above, the purple score card was my clean from 1,000 yards. The pink score card was from my clean at 800 yards.
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