Pcsashooter,
I have a friend who went through what BB is going through and he recovered ok. My friend was much worse off than BB is or was so there is much hope there. The problem is that it takes a very long time to recover from this.
When I shoot in the eMatch, I don't pick my best session for the month. I pick a day and time I'm going to shoot and I use that one session for my score no matter the outcome. I do this because it teaches me how to shoot in a real match under stress (and humility, and anger). Consequently, I end up not entering the best of scores, yet :-) I also count any tens that have even the slightest of doubt as nines. This way I push myself to be better. I'm not sure any of this is working to make me better but so far it's fun trying.
When the matches first started Bill said in the rules to pick a day and time and use that score. I don't see him saying that anymore but I liked the concept because of what it teaches as far as being close to a real match.
Bottom line is that the score itself is not so much the goal but a measure of how good I am and how much I am improving. This is a slow process, too.
It seems to me like 270 is a barrier to me. I bump up against it but can't get through. I think it's me mostly but could be the equipment. However, if was the equipment I'd be doing much worse.
I enjoy shooting the matches with you. Congratulations on your 2nd place finish. Some day I'm going to look up the rifle the 1st place guy used and see what that is. Maybe there's one in my future.
I still want to do open sights, offhand some day but right noy I'm lucky to hit the paper when I try. What a skill that is!!
-CJr
