To subscribe to the "real-time" version of the list send an email to uit_mailing_list-subscribe@yahoogroups.com In this issue: End of THIS version of the UIT Mailing List Re: Blinders - new ISSF regs (new visor) Aiming Re: Aiming Re: Aiming ******************************************************************** ATTENTION! ONLY 30 OF YOU HAVE SUBSCRIBED TO THE REAL-TIME VERSION OF THE UIT LIST SINCE THE FIRST WARNING. THERE WILL ONLY BE ONE MORE ISSUE OF THIS VERSION SO PLEASE FOLLOW THE DIRECTIONS ABOVE TO CONVERT TO THE OTHER VERSION. Some clarification may be in order as well. I think my wording of my last "warning" led some to believe I was going into ministry, but that isn't the case. While I will become a "minister" of sorts just like any disciple, I merely rearranged my priorities to the way they should be so God is now at the top. I'd like to thank everyone for their kind words anyway. I believe this list has accomplished its purpose and I expect it will continue to do so in its remaining form. Sincerely, Michael Ray ******************************************************************** Hi All, I said I would have something on our sight for the hat and glasses wearers of our sport but did not manage it in time for the last list. Our new visor is on our website now www.shootingstuff.co.nz They are available in 6 colours so you can pick a colour that filters the light suitable to the range or light environments. The visor can be trimmed (must be actually) so that it clears your lens and the rear site. I have been shooting with the prototype of this for a few years now and, being someone who cant seem to keep a hat on my head, find I can shoot in direct sunlight conditions. At $50 NZ which is about $22 US they are a good alternative to cutting out the glare. Happy Shooting Sean McCabe ******************************************************************** Hi All, I have a question with reference to sub conscious aiming. A few years ago I taught myself to "aim off" with the help of some friends (thanks Batty and Tony for the idea) and those little white sticky rings you put on file paper (I think they call them ring reinforcers) The idea was to mark out a diagram with the S pattern you've all seen for the way the wind direction effects a round on its passage down the range. On a calm day after we had zeroed in, somebody would call an imaginary wind and we had to attempt to aim off to the correct sticker. Aiming off is not something I use all the time, more one of those things I like to have in my bag of tricks in case I get stuck for time or whatever and I have used it with some success in the past. I was wondering if aiming off can fit into the sub conscious aiming techniques discussed by this list. Can you picture in your mind a different "perfect alignment" or is this something that can only be done with conscious aiming. Apologies if this has been discussed before, I'm a fairly new member to the group. Rob ******************************************************************** Briefly, the subconscious does not have a thing to do with the aiming process other than provide eye sensory information from the external world in the form of pictorial representations of any object the eye is placed upon. The key to aiming is that you search for and fix the natural point of aim and it is from there you mental do the aiming in the unconscious mental entity. Nothing more simple than that but the human body being tense most of the time the muscles will flip you back off the bull at any moment it wishes to but mostly at recoil time. Chet Skinner, Coach Entity International http://www.geocities.com/colosseum/dome/4512/index.html http://groups.yahoo.com/group/UIT_COACHING ******************************************************************** Rob Barclay wrote: > > I was wondering if aiming off can fit into the sub conscious aiming techniques discussed by this list. Can you picture in your mind a different "perfect alignment" or is this something that can only be done with conscious aiming. The subconscious mind can be trained to do whatever you practice. It applies equally to walking, riding a bicycle or an automobile, shooting at the standard sight picture, or hitting the target in the presence of wind. The subconscious will do its job better if the techniques you practice are better, so you have to decide whether "Kentucky windage" is better than adjusting the sights, especially when the wind speed and direction are variable. The unfortunate part of all this is that the subconscious mind will equally well learn bad techniques which are then very difficult to unlearn. I do think that training yourself to compensate for a called non-existent wind velocity is wasted time, you need to be able to feel the wind (or see the mirage) and make the bullet go in the middle without necessarily knowing the numbers; this requires actual practice in the wind. - Benjamin ******************************************************************** End of UIT Mailing List #26 Michael Ray - DBA & Systems Engineer Rose-Hulman Inst. of Tech. Rifle Coach UIT Shooting Page - http://www.geocities.com/Colosseum/1190/index.htm