From: someone@anywheret.net   
      
   "JimD"  wrote in message news:2016102522463669860-email@nowherecom...   
      
   > When I was involved in competition shooting, we dealt with a similar   
   > thing. Accuracy in that sport involves supressing your conscious minds   
   > attempts to decide the exact moment to pull the trigger.   
      
   And yet fast draw shooting at least *seems* entirely different.   
      
   > My memory is iffy on this, but basically there is a few milliseconds lag   
   > between when you " see " something, and when you can pull the triger.  In   
   > drivers education they talk about reaction time. I always thought that was   
   > muscle related, and it is, but there is more to it. Your visual system   
   > actually takes time to send an image to the brain. It's not a lot, but   
   > it's a real delay.  Even if you could pull the trigger exactly when you "   
   > see " an ideal sight alignment, you'd miss. Reason is, the sights are   
   > constantly moving ( unlike on tv or in the movies where they hold   
   > magically still ), and by the time your brain " sees " a perfect   
   > alignment, the moving target is past where you see it. A good shooter   
   > learns to keep sight alignment error to a minimum, and to fire at some   
   > random time. Never try to force a shot off when it looks perfect. That   
   > perfect sight alignment has passed by the time your brain processes it.   
   > Never mind the additional time it takes to pull the tiger.   
      
   It all comes down to *leading* - not only the target but also your own   
   response conditions and reaction time.   
      
   > You learn by repetition to just do it.  Thinking about it doesn't help at   
   > all :-)   
      
      
   Jim   
      
   It's like trying to hit a ball by tossing it up while  holding onto the   
   bat, then quickly getting the hand that held the ball on the bat and   
   swinging...usually at first with the ball dropping to the  ground ;)   
      
   Ouisie   
      
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