Preparing for a Shooting Competition

[@coryjanko]

Spot on. I just started competing in 2020 by doing charity fundraisers. Have fun for a good cause. Learn as you go, exercise good sportsmanship, and be polite. 👍

[@Gunge-vq2ik]

LOVE YOUR MESSAGE THANK YOU!!!

[@fullspeed02]

Solid and tested advice from a pro’s pro. Thank you! I’ll be uploading these to my cranium.

[@michaeldavenport990]

I am an archery competitor with the Barebow and all of this rings true. I do comps for the moment of truth when hunting. I want to have had to prepare for an event, perform under pressure in a competitive atmosphere and then make a perfect shot on an animal in the wild with my recurve. Loved it Mac!

[@kevos823]

Thanks Mac!

[@HarryFenton6124]

I`ve been a soldier and a fireman. Been an endurance athlete for 50 years. Lived and travelled all over the place. But, I took up air pistol shooting and competing a few years ago and at the first tiny little nothing competition of the season my left knee was trembling. Trying without trying is the thing, I haven`t got there yet.

[@heidi22209]

That was a humble comment. ❤

[@HarryFenton6124]

Thanks. This weekend will be better!@@heidi22209

[@messinger123]

Outstanding advice. And it works.

[@jondavidmcnabb]

very practical and super true.

[@randlecarr3257]

Great advice. I need to get better I know a series of competitions would help

[@froilangutierrez7885]

My very first two gun comp I got onto a mock roof and made a rookie mistake and didn’t fully seat my mag. In front of thirty other men my mag loudly clattered down the mock roof and I could hear chuckles in the back. Whatever. I said “welp that sucks!” And drew another mag from my rig. For the first 8 comps I was dead last at distance shooting. I kept practicing and learning now Im consistently in the top 5. The advice Pat gives is spot on. Learn yourself, your equipment and guns in comp so god forbid you had to use them your issues are ironed out. A guy I know who is way more experienced than myself hadn’t tested his shit in about two years. When I took this friend to a competition he brought three rifles, out of the three only one would cycle. I talked shit and gave him a hard time but he got his stuff worked out. You don’t want to be in a gun fight only to not realize your rounds accumulated crap on them which made them stick and fail to cycle. Which was my friends issue. His rounds were a few years old and had a thin layer of crap on them

[@trottheblackdog]

People who downplay competition is a training tool are missing the point. Of course the targets are not shooting back they're not shooting back on the Army's long-distance range either

[@509Gman]

I always say, “no, it’s not as stressful as when I was being shot at; but it’s the most stress while shooting I’ve found WITHOUT being shot at.” Always found that logic funny since we did do “run n gun” type events for training in the Infantry. “Sprint here, put this mg back together, shoot the target, evacuate this dummy casualty, shoot that pop-up with your rifle, fill the radio with the correct encryption code and call in a 9-line” type of stuff.

[@johns6147]

Nice. You are Master class in USPSA? Great advice.

[@yarborough137]

I shot a USPSA match with you a long time ago. My actual memory of you is of you smiling.

[@franks6608]

Correct everything is in the Zen the now same as applies to life

[@MadManMoran]

2:18 autogenic conditioning. Dale Comstock (another unit guy) mentioned this in his book. It probably works well.

[@sombra6153]

Having to perform under pressure under the eyes of the RSO and fellow competitors makes one a better gun and safer gun handler. One can go master all the lates drills and seemingly feel proficient but when there’s no stress….

[@julianmercier]

I used to find it enjoyable... many years ago. It was for working class folk with LIMITED time and money for practice and occasional competition. You would win this month, and maybe I would win next month. That changed to people that shoot 52 weekends a year, 3 times during the week, and in between sit at a reloading bench. "Build-a-better-mousetrap", "win-at-any-cost" affair. No production or stock service pistol. All carry optics, pistol caliber carbines, and unaffordable "John Wick" guns. Competition is one thing, but now it is a bloodthirsty crusade. I know that it is 2024 and not 1984. Sorry for the soapbox.

[@phillippearce9680]

👍

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