The always returning question I hear most on the shooting ranges is "How much lead did you give to break that target"?
Starting from the considerations that emerged from the past endless thread "Looking hard at the target???.." I begun to reflect on a method to answer that question.
The main concepts and the Unit Lead Method was contained in the book of Pete Blakeley "You're behind it!", so I partially found the solution to the problem. The hard part was how to visualize that U.L. at the target, because you can't alway rely on an instructor with a "target on a stick" behind you showing the correct lead at the muzzle, nor my memory/visual imagery is always good enough to remember the various "sight pictures" and what they look like when projected on the background down at the clay.
So I imagined a personal, repeatable and effective method for visualizing the lead, to fill that gap.
Here you will find a printable picture with the sinthetic description of the method I currently use for having a practical indication of the lead, indifferently at the muzzle or at the clay.
The method essentially is for Visualize the lead, independently from how you succeed on determining it.
I tested the method since last December and I found it very effective, so I'd like to hear your comments on it and maybe, if you can try it yourself, if you found it useful in some way.
Using my hand as a quick and always available ruler I found an effective and repeatable reference on the field for VISUALIZE the lead needed.
I know that hand sizes can vary from shooter to shooter, so maybe someone will need some slight personal adjustment, but generally the ratios between the various segments and parts of the human body (the so called "anthropometric measurements") are constant for the average population.
Looking at distance through the reference constituted by the hand knuckles can make you see the lead down at the clay, and not only at the muzzle, and the results are many times surprising, since many shooters tend to largely underestimate the lead needed, expecially for the long crosser targets.
I like to share this little bit of personal experience with all of you, hoping that it could be useful, and I'm very interested on your comments and on alternative methods you possibly use for the visualization of lead.
Have a Good Independence Day!
Starting from the considerations that emerged from the past endless thread "Looking hard at the target???.." I begun to reflect on a method to answer that question.
The main concepts and the Unit Lead Method was contained in the book of Pete Blakeley "You're behind it!", so I partially found the solution to the problem. The hard part was how to visualize that U.L. at the target, because you can't alway rely on an instructor with a "target on a stick" behind you showing the correct lead at the muzzle, nor my memory/visual imagery is always good enough to remember the various "sight pictures" and what they look like when projected on the background down at the clay.
So I imagined a personal, repeatable and effective method for visualizing the lead, to fill that gap.
Here you will find a printable picture with the sinthetic description of the method I currently use for having a practical indication of the lead, indifferently at the muzzle or at the clay.
The method essentially is for Visualize the lead, independently from how you succeed on determining it.
I tested the method since last December and I found it very effective, so I'd like to hear your comments on it and maybe, if you can try it yourself, if you found it useful in some way.
Using my hand as a quick and always available ruler I found an effective and repeatable reference on the field for VISUALIZE the lead needed.
I know that hand sizes can vary from shooter to shooter, so maybe someone will need some slight personal adjustment, but generally the ratios between the various segments and parts of the human body (the so called "anthropometric measurements") are constant for the average population.
Looking at distance through the reference constituted by the hand knuckles can make you see the lead down at the clay, and not only at the muzzle, and the results are many times surprising, since many shooters tend to largely underestimate the lead needed, expecially for the long crosser targets.
I like to share this little bit of personal experience with all of you, hoping that it could be useful, and I'm very interested on your comments and on alternative methods you possibly use for the visualization of lead.
Have a Good Independence Day!