I went to the rifle match in Topton PA. Great match, a good combination of different kinds of shooting, some up close fast shots, some longer shots out to 200 yards, a lot of kneeling and prone shooting. A couple of drop turners and a swinger. It was a good test of all skills. It was scored as time down. 1s for a C, 2 for a D 10s for a Miss. I never liked this scoring. Its easy and fast to score and keep track of a match, but it really takes away from the shooting speed. the penalties are just to huge to really push the speed.
I shot Tac-ops for the first time. Shooting a Burris XTR 1-4x Great scope, huge field of view and with a drop reticle, it makes shots at distance easy. With the scope on 1x, you can shoot both eyes open, almost as fast as with a red dot. But here is where I ran into a problem. The dot is not as bright as a normal red dot and there reticule is a little cluttered making holder overs harder at speed. When I normal shoot with a dot, I see it in my periphery, I see it there but I'm not looking at it, I just know that it is where it should be on the target. Its how I shoot with a pistol, so it an ingrained habit. With the scope. I wasn't able to do that, I had to concentrate on the reticule, then think about holder over. This really killed me on the faster stages. For me, this jut doesn't work, I just can not transition smoothly from target to target while holding higher than my POI. When I do push the speed, I lose the hold over and get killed on points
So I have 2 options, one is that I could spend the winter training with the scope to learn how to shoot it correctly. Or I can put the 2nd red dot back on and get back in Open division where I belong. I think I know where I'll end up.
Here is a video of some of the stages
I shot Tac-ops for the first time. Shooting a Burris XTR 1-4x Great scope, huge field of view and with a drop reticle, it makes shots at distance easy. With the scope on 1x, you can shoot both eyes open, almost as fast as with a red dot. But here is where I ran into a problem. The dot is not as bright as a normal red dot and there reticule is a little cluttered making holder overs harder at speed. When I normal shoot with a dot, I see it in my periphery, I see it there but I'm not looking at it, I just know that it is where it should be on the target. Its how I shoot with a pistol, so it an ingrained habit. With the scope. I wasn't able to do that, I had to concentrate on the reticule, then think about holder over. This really killed me on the faster stages. For me, this jut doesn't work, I just can not transition smoothly from target to target while holding higher than my POI. When I do push the speed, I lose the hold over and get killed on points
So I have 2 options, one is that I could spend the winter training with the scope to learn how to shoot it correctly. Or I can put the 2nd red dot back on and get back in Open division where I belong. I think I know where I'll end up.
Here is a video of some of the stages
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