Maybe I'm doing this wrong...

[Bob Sanders]

Been reading some different threads, mostly here, some on Enos, on how to get better, how to plan better, how to practice better, blah blah blah. I have to say, maybe I'm approaching all this 3 gun and USPSA wrong. I mean, I want to improve, but all I think about is how much fun I'm having. After the dust settles, if I've done well, I'm like, "Well alrighty! That was fun!" If I'm down near the bottom, I'm all "Well, coulda done better, but hell that was fun!" I mean I practice, I dry fire, live fire, study how others better than me shoot, but in the end I just wind up enjoying myself. I guess where I'm heading with this, is that I don't get tore up about where I've placed, because I've had fun and it was a good day shooting.

I guess my plan is to become a competent shooter by having a good time! But I'll probably never be a top tier shooter.

 

[foghorn918]

Right there with you Bob!

Having fun is what I'm there for, and the occasional pat on the butt from a semi-pro

 

[Bob Sanders]

Right there with you Bob!

Having fun is what I'm there for, and the occasional pat on the butt from a semi-pro

OMG! Has that happened to you? A bona fide semi pro ass patting? [emoji1]

 

[jtischauser]

Have you ever taken a class? My first class with Mike Seeklander was eye opening because I had no idea all the elephant dung he was doing to be faster then me. It wasn't all about shooting either.

 

[foghorn918]

OMG! Has that happened to you? A bona fide semi pro ass patting? [emoji1]

One can dream..........

 

[twss]

Right there with you Bob!

Having fun is what I'm there for, and the occasional pat on the butt from a semi-pro

Getting one to pat your sweet ass isn't the hard part guys. It's getting them to stop that's really tricky.

 

[jcameron996]

Have you ever taken a class? My first class with Mike Seeklander was eye opening because I had no idea all the elephant dung he was doing to be faster then me. It wasn't all about shooting either.

I think Mike Seeklander is supposed to be putting on a class in my area this spring. Hopefully everything will line up where I can make it this time.

 

[Wall]

Bob, sounds like your winning.

That said, Jesse's correct, the next step is to take a class. But whatever you do, don't stop having fun. As soon as it gets to the point that you only care about the standings & are no longer having fun with it, what's the point?

 

[jtischauser]

As soon as it gets to the point that you only care about the standings & are no longer having fun with it, what's the point?

I got to that point this year. I just cancelled two back-to-back majors and an taking the month off. I wasn't having any fun

 

[drmitchgibson]

I feel the same way Bob. But you definitely want to see progress. It's your ego. Stroke it, or tell it to shut the **** up.

 

[Bob Sanders]

The only formal instruction I have is from rough men wearing round brown hats somewhere in the backwoodsback wood's of Missouri. I want to take a class, and will at some point. Don't misunderstand, I'm not adverse to getting better, as long as it's fun. Funny thing is, I'm a competitive person. Maybe I'd feel differently if I had a rival.

 

[jtischauser]

The only formal instruction I have is from rough men wearing round brown hats somewhere in the backwoodsback wood's of Missouri. I want to take a class, and will at some point. Don't misunderstand, I'm not adverse to getting better, as long as it's fun. Funny thing is, I'm a competitive person. Maybe I'd feel differently if I had a rival.

If I were you is find a way to get out on the practice range with Bryan Ray and Brian Vaught and ask them to be brutally honest and critique you during a practice session.

 

[racnsoonr]

The only formal instruction I have is from rough men wearing round brown hats somewhere in the backwoodsback wood's of Missouri. I want to take a class, and will at some point. Don't misunderstand, I'm not adverse to getting better, as long as it's fun. Funny thing is, I'm a competitive person. Maybe I'd feel differently if I had a rival.

Go see Marshall at TDSA in Tulsa for his AP1 class..you won't regret that at all no matter what you shoot

 

[Bob Sanders]

Ray and Vaught? Those guys are too nice to be brutally honest with anybody! Lol! Actually, they have and continue to help me a lot. They are the guys I'd like to emulate, having a good time and top tier shooters.

 

[mike cyrwus]

are you saying that those two are emulating top tier shooters?? Im gonna tell on you.

 

[runawaygun762]

Two of you folks said it right there, fun and ego. I'm sure I'm not alone in saying all I think about is shooting. What match I would like to make it to, what bullet type to try for my rifle, I think about how to balance bowhunting and shooting time, how to convince the wife to go along with my craziness.

I think it has a lot to do with the blend of science and art. You can be very meticulous with your rifle build and load development, you can use state of the art programming to help develop scope turrets that match your load perfectly, but if you fail to read the wind correctly halfway between you and your target, your expensive 1,000 yard precision rifle is no better than a stock hunting rifle in competent hands. That's the draw for me, the fact that shooting is something that can always be improved. It's hard not to laugh when a non-shooter says they could do well too if they had (Everybody's heard it before, so let's all sing along..) "A three thousand dollar race gun". But I know if you handed me Miculek's open setup and gave him a Heavy Metal rig, he'd still smoke my ass. The constant pursuit of improvement is the fun part to me. Adding to that the fact that you're with a group of people who share the same interests, and I don't understand why more people don't do it.

 

[Matt1911]

Just shoot the matches that keep you smiling, then have a beer and an FCP... that's the ingredients for a fantastic weekend away from the boss man breathing down your neck.

 

[Bob Sanders]

Just shoot the matches that keep you smiling, then have a beer and an FCP... that's the ingredients for a fantastic weekend away from the boss man breathing down your neck.

It's probably a good thing we live several states apart. Mi y tu mucho amigos!

 

[Matt1911]

Si yo fuera un hombre rico, una velada en el bar después de un partido me haría un hombre pobre

 

[Wall]

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