Did a cold run of the original No Fail Shot at 25 with 92d/langdon rdo. Then using my brig tac/22conversion/d conversion/dovetail mount holosun amalgamation - did my 50 round modified version at 5/10/15/20/25 and finally, after running other stuff for the day, finished with a random distance "proof" if you will. The random number generator chose 9 so i ran it at 9 yards which has a 1.9 par.
Initial centerfire run of the original was an absolute dumpster fire. When I did the 8/10 run last week it was with the rdo gun zeroed with 147 hst and using leftover hst from last year. Today I used 115 random ammo I was gifted from some supplier I've never heard of. It seemed to impact high but I am loathe to blame ammo/equipment and it had quite a horizontal dispersion so I'm going to say I just had a rough cold performance. Huge pattern with only 3/10 in the black and a Mike...yikes. The first shot was ot but then all the rest were under par. (zero consolation)
I let it go and moved on to my rimfire practice gun. It doesn't run the best and suffered numerous light strikes and failures to feed along with a few nasty double feeds. Since I don't count the runs for pr's but it is affordable practice at the moment and ot runs don't count against the score if it's due to a light strike or other malfunction.
Starting at 5 yards - I went over par on the first two draws and had 1 outside the black for 7/10. Hits were 10's aside from a single 9 and the pulled 8.
At 10 i had 1 run with a malf that I re-ran(both hits). Other than that it was solid. Nine in the 10 ring and two in the 9 ring (11 total with the reshoot) all under time. The only good string of the test.
On the 15 yard stage I made par on all as long as i didn't have a light strike, which there were two of. Dropped 1 out with six 9's and three 10's. Meh
At 20 I started to let the wheels fall off. I had 3 light strikes(1 of which I redid as it was a dud round) but all other runs were in time. Dropped two outside the black with two 10's and six 9's. Certainly room for improvement as the hits were biased right.
My attempt at redemption from the disgusting start to the day went somewhat better. One ot, one lightstrike. The other 8 under par. No mikes but only 6/10 in the black. No excuses just didn't make it happen.
Later on after a few drills I did the random number test of this and it gave me 9 yards with 1.9 par. One lightstrike out the gate and a stuck case the the ejector jumped off the rim of, which was fun to get out. A pair of lightstrikes later on with the rest under par. So long as it ignited on first strike then I was under. Hits were good - all black with six 10's and four 9's. I'll take that all day.
Aside from rimfire woes, I think my big take away was that I was TAKEing the shot vs MAKEing the shot happen, which is in line with what Chuck alluded to when he said dudes weren't getting the cognitive side of the drill. Guilty as charged. I'll keep working it though and aside from equipment issues, it was an enjoyable session. I got a new mount for my tripod so I had video today but don't generally mess with a bunch of video. Lots of mumbling but I'll have to look at it closer when I have time tonight and see what bad habits I need to work on and clean up. I've been practicing out of an enigma for awhile but have to run my rimfire out of a floodlight since it is too wide to work in the holster attached to the enigma.