I've been working with my WC for weeks just getting the shot down. I know this gun is very accurate, but some days I can't make 2 pellets touch. I know that set up and feeling the shot is important and I've been just waiting and shooting.
Today I had one of those Ah HA moments. I thought I was doing things the same every time. But suddenly I noticed that I wasn't placing my thumb exactly the same or my grip on the handle exactly the same every time. I started noticing that even my left hand was drifting around depending on which target on the 25 bull paper I was was using. I tried a simple "do it the same" on 5 targets and the pellet hit the paper in the same place on every bull. Now we are getting somewhere.
I found that by placing even my non-trigger fingers and thumb in the right place every time, and by placing my left hand the same every time, it rested my shoulders in a certain way. That shot began to feel "normal" to me. So I put on a new paper with 25 fresh red dots to see what I could do. I scored 23 shots of 25 right on the red 1/8th dot. Sweet! It feels like something just came together for me and my Wildcat. There really is something to learn about shooting a bullpup. They are different. Specifically the WC.
And I have to say that the thumb thing seemed very important. I learned that on my Crown and find that if I place my thumb in the right place, it takes away the tendency of the trigger finger to pull the pellet left or right. I can almost aim my thumb at the target and get the hit right where the + shows. I've been shooting PCP airguns for a long time and I'm finally coming to the place that the practice is paying off. To learn something like I did today is a pretty big deal. Suddenly my groups get really tight. These were literally hole in hole shots. I don't mean one big hole. I mean they stacked.
Just to burn it into muscle memory, I filled twice more and shot the 100 shots (50 per fill) just murdering the dots. Today, I think I just got "better".
And btw, I found that my WC absolutely hates H&N Baracuda 31 grain. Don't know why. They work well in my Marauder. But the Wildcat says they are junk.. So I will save them for another day and do the same test as today on the Crown and see what happens. This may be ammo I have to just save for the non finicky Marauder.
I feel good about today
Crusher
Today I had one of those Ah HA moments. I thought I was doing things the same every time. But suddenly I noticed that I wasn't placing my thumb exactly the same or my grip on the handle exactly the same every time. I started noticing that even my left hand was drifting around depending on which target on the 25 bull paper I was was using. I tried a simple "do it the same" on 5 targets and the pellet hit the paper in the same place on every bull. Now we are getting somewhere.
I found that by placing even my non-trigger fingers and thumb in the right place every time, and by placing my left hand the same every time, it rested my shoulders in a certain way. That shot began to feel "normal" to me. So I put on a new paper with 25 fresh red dots to see what I could do. I scored 23 shots of 25 right on the red 1/8th dot. Sweet! It feels like something just came together for me and my Wildcat. There really is something to learn about shooting a bullpup. They are different. Specifically the WC.
And I have to say that the thumb thing seemed very important. I learned that on my Crown and find that if I place my thumb in the right place, it takes away the tendency of the trigger finger to pull the pellet left or right. I can almost aim my thumb at the target and get the hit right where the + shows. I've been shooting PCP airguns for a long time and I'm finally coming to the place that the practice is paying off. To learn something like I did today is a pretty big deal. Suddenly my groups get really tight. These were literally hole in hole shots. I don't mean one big hole. I mean they stacked.
Just to burn it into muscle memory, I filled twice more and shot the 100 shots (50 per fill) just murdering the dots. Today, I think I just got "better".
And btw, I found that my WC absolutely hates H&N Baracuda 31 grain. Don't know why. They work well in my Marauder. But the Wildcat says they are junk.. So I will save them for another day and do the same test as today on the Crown and see what happens. This may be ammo I have to just save for the non finicky Marauder.
I feel good about today
Crusher
