Shooting steel
Never really done it before but one of the things I noticed (as can be seen in this video of me here) is that I had a tendency to shoot the tops of the steel plates. This, according to Todd Jarrett, can have the effect of causing the target to bounce back up. Also, Todd Jarrett was an advocate of aiming 3/4 high on the target since 95% of your misses are low and left. So, I did that. The tendency to bounce the targets was not generally an issue if you’re shooting the targets in order from left to right. However, shooting three and four first and then the rest (as in the video) can create problems if the targets bounce up. As you’re going back through you have to spend a half second remembering if that is a target you already hit or not.
August 25th, 2008 at 1:37 pm
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August 25th, 2008 at 3:50 pm
Hmm. Interesting tip. Now I want to head for the range and try it.
Depending on the target and the caliber, sometimes I’ve had to hit the top half just to get them to fall. An “anti-bounce” feature wouldn’t be all that hard to build into the target either. On one dueling tree I bought, the targets would bounce all the way back and reset if you used anything stronger than a 9 mm. .45 and 10 mm were right out. I think I used it once or twice and then gave up on it.
August 25th, 2008 at 4:58 pm
shot a steel match yesterday. went well, better than i expected.
i caught a bounce back off another shooter though. had a piece of .45 jacket hit me about 3 inches below the belt on my right thigh. damn it hurts
August 25th, 2008 at 5:02 pm
chris, have them switch to the frangible. Seriously, we were 3 feet away doing mag dumps and got no splatters.