Today was the first day of live fire at 50m. I'd just done a preliminary setup with the rifle and some dry-firing to get comfortable. Since the last update I'd also figured out how to attach the System Gemini buttplate to the Anschutz Precise carrier. There's some more fine tuning to do of that relationship, but it's not bad for the time being. I'll have time to work on it the next day I'm out and should shoot better as a result.
My impressions from the shooting are as follows. The stock, being narrow, sits hard on the forward hand and causes numbness faster than old stock. The answer to this is going to be a faster tempo to avoid discomfort. In addition, the forward hand seems to rotate to the left slightly when completely numb, causing wild and unpredictable shots. This is something to watch out for, and when that numb, take short breaks and massage the hand.
Rifle is sitting nice and vertically, allowing for plenty of head pressure, easy trigger control and nice, vertical recoil. I want to try and add a bit more strength in the grip as time goes on, but that needs to be developed around a system for maintaining my current pressures at the same time.
As time went on, things seemed to feel a little looser. This may indicate dragging of the sling and jacket shoulder, or may be a result of the kinking of the right wrist as it goes numb, offering less straight resistance. In any case, this needs to be monitored, as when the position loosened, the results were not predictable.
In the end, the first two cards were good, showing 97, 98, 97, 95 (with the issue being a slight wind change dropping three through the one hole on the last diagram, along with one wild shot, which was called, and another, which wasn't) for 387/40, and which could have been as high as 390 with ease. Not a bad return to shooting! Unfortunately, the third card was a disaster. It took a long time to sight in and then the shooting was just poor, whether through slight loss of focus or through the combination of the looser position and the loss of the straightened wrist over time. It went 93, 91, leaving me with 571 for the 60 shots, and which should have been a good ten points better. I'll have to pay attention to that hand and to the solidity of the position. The buttplate needs to be addressed for better fit in the shoulder. May have to enlist someone for that. The first forty shots are very positive however. Hopefully as time goes on I'll get that 585 I want in the 50m national championships. A medal would be quite nice.
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