Bill Calfee
Gun Fool
The psychology of winning 3-gun championships, especially at the big, multi day events.
CYA friends:
While we're waiting for the possibility of the masses having access to a MD-PAS triple pistol, we're discussing triggers, the World Championships and various other sundry topics, such as the psychology of winning 3-gun championships, especially at the big, multi day events.
I don't believe I've ever fired an IR-50 match.......I don't think?
But, I've made countless big national event, 3-gun winning rifles for the absolute best 3-gun shooters on the planet....
Tony K Harper and Harry Deneen come to mind, as well as a bunch of others.
And those talented shooters allowed me to understand the psychology of shooting 3-gun, even though I'd never done it myself.
The first thing they taught me is this:
There's only one winner at a big 3-gun event.
And the second thing they taught me:
The sporta class rules 3-gun.
Without a killer sporta, you ain't going to win a big 3-gun championship.
There's several reasons for this, but, the big one is psychological.
Sporta class is always fired first.
Attending a multi-day event is time consuming and expensive.
Therefore, if you don't kick out a big sporta score, psychologically you're dead for the championship.......there's only one winner.
This is why Tony and Harry, and others, like the Duck Hawk, put so much emphasis on getting a double killer sporta.
I have some more comments, but, I've got company at the back door.....
Your friend, BC
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PS:
CYA friends, I have to run an errand..........
But first I want to add something before it slips my mind:
Unlike the ARA National, for example, where I always hated to see a CYankee leading after the first day........
At a big, multi-day 3-gun event, you win the sporta class and you simply set sail.........
I always loved it when a CYankee won sporta class at the big national events, cause I knew they'd be hard to deal with.
See, at a minimum you're a class winner.....
There's a completely different psychological effect between the two.
CYA friends:
While we're waiting for the possibility of the masses having access to a MD-PAS triple pistol, we're discussing triggers, the World Championships and various other sundry topics, such as the psychology of winning 3-gun championships, especially at the big, multi day events.
I don't believe I've ever fired an IR-50 match.......I don't think?
But, I've made countless big national event, 3-gun winning rifles for the absolute best 3-gun shooters on the planet....
Tony K Harper and Harry Deneen come to mind, as well as a bunch of others.
And those talented shooters allowed me to understand the psychology of shooting 3-gun, even though I'd never done it myself.
The first thing they taught me is this:
There's only one winner at a big 3-gun event.
And the second thing they taught me:
The sporta class rules 3-gun.
Without a killer sporta, you ain't going to win a big 3-gun championship.
There's several reasons for this, but, the big one is psychological.
Sporta class is always fired first.
Attending a multi-day event is time consuming and expensive.
Therefore, if you don't kick out a big sporta score, psychologically you're dead for the championship.......there's only one winner.
This is why Tony and Harry, and others, like the Duck Hawk, put so much emphasis on getting a double killer sporta.
I have some more comments, but, I've got company at the back door.....
Your friend, BC
__________________
PS:
CYA friends, I have to run an errand..........
But first I want to add something before it slips my mind:
Unlike the ARA National, for example, where I always hated to see a CYankee leading after the first day........
At a big, multi-day 3-gun event, you win the sporta class and you simply set sail.........
I always loved it when a CYankee won sporta class at the big national events, cause I knew they'd be hard to deal with.
See, at a minimum you're a class winner.....
There's a completely different psychological effect between the two.
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