Need some opinions on Steel Challenge

[runawaygun762]

I really like Steel Challenge for its simplicity and pure shooting basis, but I have discovered recently a habit that may or may not become detrimental to other shooting events. I have found, in the last few times, that I am getting faster hits by point shooting and not so much watching the front sight. I may actually be doing it right, because I am point shooting most of the plates and then decelerating to see the front sight on the more distant and stop plates, so this might be what Burkett was referring to when he said to see what you need to see on a given target. My concern though, is that this may create a bad training scar for shooting paper in USPSA or the pistol portions of a 3 gun stage.

My idea for a fix is to save the pistol for a "back to basics" training program to reinforce the fundamentals, mount my 3 gun scope on my son's Smith .22 AR and use SC as a sort of transition training event with the rifle.

Am I right in that this could be the start of building bad habits, or is point shooting on high probability targets just a natural progression of good training?

Random.

 

[Tuflehundon]

Actually been talking to some friends about this as it pertains to 3Gun Nation. 2 hits on paper and your good have made us sloppy / lazy when we go shoot USPSA again.

 

[Tech]

This is a great question. I was wondering the same thing. I have got to where I don't consciously see my sights in USPSA. I'm not very fast yet, but I must be going fast enough to not remember seeing them. I get good hits most of the time. Is this being "in the zone," or a bad habit?

 

[drmitchgibson]

Riding your index is one thing, but you have got to be able to confirm your sights.

 

[runawaygun762]

Riding your index is one thing, but you have got to be able to confirm your sights.

That's what feels weird when I do it. When I miss a shot on the plate, I know it without looking for bullet splash and I don't wait for the ring of the steel. It feels like I'm calling my shots, but I don't remember consciously focusing on the sights. Maybe I am and just don't remember it after each string.
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[Bob Sanders]

On those rare occasions that I'm really on, I don't know what I'm doing either. It only happens in steel challenge I think because movement is out of the equation.

 

[mikey80]

I really like Steel Challenge for its simplicity and pure shooting basis, but I have discovered recently a habit that may or may not become detrimental to other shooting events. I have found, in the last few times, that I am getting faster hits by point shooting and not so much watching the front sight. I may actually be doing it right, because I am point shooting most of the plates and then decelerating to see the front sight on the more distant and stop plates, so this might be what Burkett was referring to when he said to see what you need to see on a given target.

Random.

This is EXACTLY what you should do.

Practice like this, you'll be very surprised at how accurate you are when you train this way.