aamj50's Blog

As some of you know I'm preparing for my first tournament in April (the ECST). Most of the advice I've been given has been along the lines of "pick one slingshot and don't use any other. I know everyone's different, but this may not be the best advice.
I've pretty much decided that...

Don't worry, no heavy math is involved. Algebra 2 was as far as I ever got in school.
I was doing some actual target shooting today when I came up with what I think is a suitable equation for accuracy. It occured to me because when I was shooting at 2", 3", and 4" circles at 33', chest high I did ok but not great. 8-10 out of 20...

I went out early this morning ahead of yet another winter storm to hunt some cans. I was using my Hathcock Target Sniper with Tex's Field bands tied on OTT style, which is the rig I'm going to use at the ECST (as of this moment ). I decided on this sling with this setup for a reason that gels nicely with something my man Jim at Performance...

Not like that blue chick on X-Men, I mean changing your shooting form.
My first slingshot (since I was very young) was a Trumark FS1 that I bought in October. Due to the fact that I couldn't hold it upright with the wrist brace (physically can't do it for some reason) I shot it gangsta style. I picked up the technique of aiming through the forks...

I'm the kind of person who is always thinking about something, trying to work things out and improve them. My wife says it's like I have two brains, the one that I use for daily interaction and a much more powerful one that runs in the background all the time. Often an idea will pop into my head fully formed from nowhere and once put into effect...