JimConway
Instructor
Louis Awerbuck writes quite often about this in his books and columns. Some recent discussion that I have had bear out his wisdom.
Let say that you go to the range and fire 10 shots into a target is your choice. The result is 9 hits and one flier. Your optimist side says "Wow 90% good hits. I am having a good day". Then your pessimist side points out that 10% of your shots missed. Huh, not so good.
Of course, you know how to fix the problem. You load up all of your mags and fire 100 rounds this time. Guess what, you have a large hole in the target, But 10 of them missed.
You are right back in the 10% blown shot problem.
If you have been shooting for a while, you can figure out the problem. If you have not been shooting that long, you can ask for some help. Just think about the misses for a moment, and realize that one of those misses could have hit an innocent person or, if it was a hostage shot, you could have shot a loved one.
Let's face it shooting and hitting the target ain't rocket science. One way to cure the problem is to take just 10 rounds to the range and decide that all 10 will be perfect. Do it again and again until all are perfect. Next, take 15/20/25 or30 rounds to the range and repeat, as necessary until all are perfect.
Obviously the solution to the 10% blown shot problem is not to shoot more rounds but to shoot each shot perfectly. Quality vs. Quantity. Quality is the only answer to the problem
If all else fails, you can try again, use duct tape, or just quit
Let say that you go to the range and fire 10 shots into a target is your choice. The result is 9 hits and one flier. Your optimist side says "Wow 90% good hits. I am having a good day". Then your pessimist side points out that 10% of your shots missed. Huh, not so good.
Of course, you know how to fix the problem. You load up all of your mags and fire 100 rounds this time. Guess what, you have a large hole in the target, But 10 of them missed.
You are right back in the 10% blown shot problem.
If you have been shooting for a while, you can figure out the problem. If you have not been shooting that long, you can ask for some help. Just think about the misses for a moment, and realize that one of those misses could have hit an innocent person or, if it was a hostage shot, you could have shot a loved one.
Let's face it shooting and hitting the target ain't rocket science. One way to cure the problem is to take just 10 rounds to the range and decide that all 10 will be perfect. Do it again and again until all are perfect. Next, take 15/20/25 or30 rounds to the range and repeat, as necessary until all are perfect.
Obviously the solution to the 10% blown shot problem is not to shoot more rounds but to shoot each shot perfectly. Quality vs. Quantity. Quality is the only answer to the problem
If all else fails, you can try again, use duct tape, or just quit
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