Dear Guruji, dear friends,
I will narrate my frustrations since a few months with my FP. I was not scoring well with the FP, in the limits of 500 since long because I was not able to manage the aiming area. I was shooting high, I was shooting low, I was lost. I was doubting the weapon, the ammo and I started even to doubt my own abilities / capabilities in FP shooting. In the process, I lost my qualifications for the French Nationals too.
Well, I discovered 10 days back, that there is a screw to block the grip in place after adjusting the inclination angle. I had removed that screw last year because I did not find any use of that screw. In fact what was happening was that with subsequent shot and recoil, the weapon was moving inside the grip and the muzzle was going down, resulting in impacts which were going down as the match was progressing. When I understood it at last, I put back that screw in place and adjusted the same to block the frame movement inside the grip.
Today, I went to shoot a national circuit match (one of the few matches which gets you a national ranking on average over a year) because I desperately wanted to confirm with my own self that I was really not that bad in FP shooting. And I am happy to announce the results
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I have scored 524/600 in FP today, my first match on electronic target and my best score in FP till date. It got me a 2nd place trophy also which I will not ignore. 15 sighter shots during the 15 minutes preparation time. 60 record shots in 1h10 minutes including 4 seated breaks. The series were:
87, 84, 86, 93, 90, 84. You will find the print out of the electronic target here.
Result FP Electronic target.jpg
I know that I am capable of more but it was so difficult to come out of the doubts which shrouded me for the last 3/4 months. It was a bloody screw which screwed me off the season this year (the cut-off score for the 56 quota places in the nationals was 514 this year)…
Anyway, better late than never. I learned a good lesson...
Now, my first experience with the electronic target.
Advantages:
- Position/Placement was no problem. Did not have to move from stance every time to change the targets.
- I was easily reminded of bad shots on screen and immediately tightened myself to concentrate/regroup.
- Helped me to understand, review and adjust my gripping (pressure) as i could see the points on the monitor.
Inconveniences:
-After every shot, the eye was on the screen to see the result. When there were a series of good shots, expectation took over and resulted in bad shots.
- Difficulty in liberating myself and in getting in the rhythm because the bloody screen was just in front. Since I am in the phase of getting out of a period of doubt, I was also sub consciously wanting to confirm and reconfirm my abilities by looking at the result on monitor after every shot.
Example of yo yo because of the electronic target; in the last series, after a 8 and a 7, I shot three 9s (expectations grew) and then a 5 without any clue whatsoever. Having seen that on screen, kicked my own backside, liberated myself and shot three 10s consecutively. The expectation/admiration/surprise/'too good to be true' thing took over me and the last shot was a 7 after 3 shot cancellations. This yo yo pattern can be seen on the result printout.
Guruji, I sincerely need your suggestions and views.
Best regards
tirpassion
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In short, Cupid <-> Stupid. And for Heavens' Sakes do *not* do any BD here!!! Should this BD fall subsequently into the hands of BB, the BB will light you up like a BD ! 
Though Swami Vivekanand craved for this experience again all through his life, Ramkrishna Parhans refused since the pupil was not "fully ready", in spite of his greatness.
