Gallery Shooting Holds??

With the updated trigger, purchased because the original MP95 trigger self destructed, I still only have 1100 in my MP. 

If you are going to shoot ortho grips, you need to fit them. That's just how it is. If you want to shoot slabs, you don't. I shoot slabs on the 1911. And these days I am shooting it as well as the Benelli.

I am very interested in Gallery matches, especially air conditioned. I am partially disabled, use a wheeled walker, and have to tote an oxygen bottle. The rangemaster at the outdoor range was concerned about my navigating all the way out and back across the rocks, sticks, and grass so many times. I am concerned about the Florida heat/humidity. I have to go out back in the early morning or about 7:00-8:00 PM to practice with my .177 break-barrel pellet pistol on the back porch. I have no problem inside my local facility.

I have searched the net but have found no Gallery matches in Florida. Can anyone please reply with info or links?

Also, I have searched for details of a typical Gallery match, and here is all I have found about these matches:

"NRA Gallery Course

It has a single 10 minute, 10-shot slow-fire stage and two five-shot strings each of timed- and rapid-fire. With preparation periods, one relay can take less than 20 minutes."

My questions are how many minutes for each of the  five shot strings and what are the distances for each of the three stages mentioned?

Thank you in advance for your wisdom.

wesleytilson@gmail.com wrote:I am very interested in Gallery matches, especially air conditioned. I am partially disabled, use a wheeled walker, and have to tote an oxygen bottle. The rangemaster at the outdoor range was concerned about my navigating all the way out and back across the rocks, sticks, and grass so many times. I am concerned about the Florida heat/humidity. I have to go out back in the early morning or about 7:00-8:00 PM to practice with my .177 break-barrel pellet pistol on the back porch. I have no problem inside my local facility.

I have searched the net but have found no Gallery matches in Florida. Can anyone please reply with info or links?

Also, I have searched for details of a typical Gallery match, and here is all I have found about these matches:

"NRA Gallery Course

It has a single 10 minute, 10-shot slow-fire stage and two five-shot strings each of timed- and rapid-fire. With preparation periods, one relay can take less than 20 minutes."

My questions are how many minutes for each of the  five shot strings and what are the distances for each of the three stages mentioned?

Thank you in advance for your wisdom.

In the back of the Shooting Sports USA monthly magazine for a link to matches listed by the NRA.
https://www.ssusa.org/
  Menu
         Monthly Magazine
             last few pages of magazine blue box "download entire coming event list"

https://www.ssusa.org/coming-events/
  Bottom of page coming events and a month is listed
   another page will load with a pdf 

Look for indoor sectionals or indoor conventional matches listed

I believe indoor gallery and sectionals are 22only 50ft and the normal courses of fire 900s unless its a league event where it could be a NMC or double NMC or maybe a full 900.
Indoor matches can range from just a 900 to a full 2700 at 50ft or 25yard or 50/25yard.

I'm surprised that someone hasn't volunteered to go down and score and repair targets for you.

I'm surprised that someone hasn't volunteered to go down and score and repair targets for you.

I am too, that's a bit disappointing.

Jon, when the command of "Is the line ready" speak up and say NO.  Don't be rushed...... Also, you have ten minutes for slow fire.  If you need it use it.

285wannab wrote:Jon, when the command of "Is the line ready" speak up and say NO.  Don't be rushed...... Also, you have ten minutes for slow fire.  If you need it use it.

Thanks.  I'm new to this club and type of shooting so I really don't want to become a problem.  As long as I'm not going to hurt anyone I do my part to keep things rolling.  When he really gets too fast someone usually tells him to hold his horses.

Finally broke 200 last night with a 256 score.  Getting there, but still a lot of work to do.

Thanks again to everyone here for all the great advise.

Do not worry about score worry about process. Do Marine Corp Drills on the blank and small target. Do dummy drills too. Flow. is continuous trigger movement. Jon and others are way better than me but if you are shooting 90's in SF then the rest should be cake. 

For a long time I have not worked on my sustained fire but as I improve to the mid 90's in SF those scores have improved too. If you are not shooting 90 to 95 in SF my suggestion is to get those scores up, work on your trigger feel and stance ect to provide a foundation. Personally in Sustained fire I would rather shoot a 95 with 5 nines then a 95 with a 7 and an 8 its about shrinking the group size once you get some consistency. 

How heavy is your trigger is it exactly #2 or is it #5 too heavy or too light can make a difference in the transition? If you are staging the trigger in SF maybe that is the issue? 

Once the trigger is moving you must concentrate on that front sight 100% even after the shot breaks. Yer Yev told a friend of mine pulling the trigger is like a Russian Ice Breaker once it starts is cannot stop and has to be consistent in the pace of it, otherwise you have to cancel the shot.

I recently heard a very high master shoot a RF alibi and he shot 2 shots, then 2 more shots and 1 shot you can almost time music to his cadence. I need to be doing drills but I suspect a shot process like that is where I will end up.

Jon Math wrote:I was shooting a lot of free and air pistol -- which are iron sighted, single shot, and slow fire machines. I thought the fundamentals of pistol transferred but that was only half true.  I have put them aside for the time being to concentrate only on the Bullseye pistol.  That pistol is red dot sighted and the course of fire is significantly different.  I was losing ground with the ISSF stuff and not improving with the Bullseye when doing everything so I decided to focus on one.     

I’ve sold some equipment and have a new Bullseye pistol arriving this week.  I don’t expect miracles but I it will have the correct trigger to learn on, a grip that will fit with a bit of adjusting, and it should function better than what I was using -- as alibis and I were becoming way to common, plus if I give up Bullseye it is a fine sport pistol.   

I’m getting used to the fast pace of Bullseye matches, and having finally broke 200 am consistently shooting in the mid 200’s – now only 50 more points to perfection.   Not sure I have enough years left for that           

I recently started both last month. If anything air has helped my slow fires.  Air and free have been so punishing its reinforcing putting the gun down.