JTMaddox
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Was talking to a shooting friend about some of the dumb mistakes I’ve made while attending 3-Gun matches. While not quite enough to write a book (yet), seemed like it might be the start of an entertaining thread on BoomerShooter…
On one stage I quickly engaged an array of 5 targets at 150 yds with my rifle calling my shots and moved on to the next array. As I transitioned I glanced back and saw all of the targets still standing….I engaged them again and started to move on when I saw they were all STILL standing…disgusted with my self and confused as to where I was hitting and thinking maybe I was shooting too low or hitting the guard I swung back to reengage the same array when the RO said “ you've already hit them all twice, how many times do you plan on shooting them?†It was the first time I had even shot Larue targets and they were adjusted to reset quickly. I was knocking them over and by the time I glanced back they had already reset themselves…
know how the targets you are shooting are going to react 
On a long range rifle stage I engaged the (6) 100-150 yd targets quickly going one for one with each shot. I then transitioned to the (6) 300-380 yd targets found my holdover and started banging away. I wasn’t hitting anything. I shifted from holding center mass to holding below the bottom of the target and worked my way up the target to holding well above not even seeing the strike of the misses anywhere. Frustrated ,and knowing if I couldn’t get on the closest target in 8 shots I wasn’t going to get on the rest of them, I took a quick shot in the direction of each target and finished the stage with (6) FTN’s…. when I got to the next stage with close in rifle targets I went to adjust my scope back to 1X
and saw that it was already on 1X…I was so pumped up shooting the stage that I didn’t even notice the targets were a lot smaller than they should have been and since all the holdovers only work on 4X I was likely hitting close to 20 feet below
the targets the whole time….
check your scope setting on every stage, even if you are “sure†what it is set at 
I developed an awesome plan to shoot a stage where you engaged a bunch of pistol targets then some optional pistol/rifle targets through and around an SUV then long range rifle. I grounded my pistol, retrieved my rifle swung back to engage some 30 yd paper targets and realized that just because I could SEE over the top of the SUV doesn’t mean I could SHOOT over the top of the SUV….
bore/sight differential is a cat lady 
On one stage I quickly engaged an array of 5 targets at 150 yds with my rifle calling my shots and moved on to the next array. As I transitioned I glanced back and saw all of the targets still standing….I engaged them again and started to move on when I saw they were all STILL standing…disgusted with my self and confused as to where I was hitting and thinking maybe I was shooting too low or hitting the guard I swung back to reengage the same array when the RO said “ you've already hit them all twice, how many times do you plan on shooting them?†It was the first time I had even shot Larue targets and they were adjusted to reset quickly. I was knocking them over and by the time I glanced back they had already reset themselves…


On a long range rifle stage I engaged the (6) 100-150 yd targets quickly going one for one with each shot. I then transitioned to the (6) 300-380 yd targets found my holdover and started banging away. I wasn’t hitting anything. I shifted from holding center mass to holding below the bottom of the target and worked my way up the target to holding well above not even seeing the strike of the misses anywhere. Frustrated ,and knowing if I couldn’t get on the closest target in 8 shots I wasn’t going to get on the rest of them, I took a quick shot in the direction of each target and finished the stage with (6) FTN’s…. when I got to the next stage with close in rifle targets I went to adjust my scope back to 1X
and saw that it was already on 1X…I was so pumped up shooting the stage that I didn’t even notice the targets were a lot smaller than they should have been and since all the holdovers only work on 4X I was likely hitting close to 20 feet below
the targets the whole time….


I developed an awesome plan to shoot a stage where you engaged a bunch of pistol targets then some optional pistol/rifle targets through and around an SUV then long range rifle. I grounded my pistol, retrieved my rifle swung back to engage some 30 yd paper targets and realized that just because I could SEE over the top of the SUV doesn’t mean I could SHOOT over the top of the SUV….

