Saturday 26 March 2011

Lessons Learned - New Personal Record at 50 meter ISSF Pistol

On March 12th 2011, at Jamor, Oeiras, Portugal, at the Portuguese Shooting Federation "Opening Tournament" I broke my personal record at ISSF 50 meter Pistol with my electronic Morini CM  84 E - reaching 486 / 600 - and breaking the mythical barrier of the >8 points (overall average). My previous record was 473. Next goal - the 500 points barrier. Bring on the regionals and the nationals!

My score notes and final score printout - 486 / 200

Finished 12th out of 18

My Morini 84 E - .22 LR, Electronic Trigger "Free" Pistol, ISSF 50m 

The lessons learned were taken from Almeida Santos, expert shooter and coach, that helped me on the training sessions one week before and during the match - time management, stress management, and, the key success factor - shooting follow trough: keeping the pistol and the sights on "spot" long after the trigger was released. It improves the overall shooting stance and the sight picture. No more "quick drop" or "let's check the scope"... just keep it "there"... slow... steady... follow. It worked out wonders on my consistency.

Line # 12 at Jamor Shooting Ranmge during the match...

Almeida Santos "scoping" during match
- and giving  "live" tips between match breaks (end of series)


Video of my training session, the week before the match, with Almeida Santos - precious lessons were learned on follow trough. 








Monday 7 March 2011

"Silver" and "Gold" at the BR50 Nationals

Yesterday, Sunday, March 6th, 2011, with a score of 242 / 250, I finished 2nd individual and 1st with my club team on the "Heavy Varmint" class of the 1st match of the 2011 Benchrest 50 Nationals held at Serra da Carregueira, Belas, Sintra, Portugal - my "old" trusty JGA 1903 and Leupold 45x "kit", nicknamed "Viriato", running with Lapua Center X ammo, proved onde again "podium" effectiveness.


Official match promotion - my amateur "artwork" contribution


Checking levels...


Checking target aligment...


Match in progress


Match in progress

My score of 242 / 250 with 10 / 25 X

Overall Scores for the Heavy Varmint Class


Complete photo gallery: http://www.cptpp.com/gallery/2011/index-20110306-benchrest50-i-cn-carregueira.html