I think I have discovered how I can add another 12-15 points per match to my score when I am shooting the "Steroid Match" targets at 10 meters, standing, off-hand. I need a judge's ruling, please.
There are 8 inches vertical difference, CTC, between the top row and bottom row of targets. For me, shooting off hand, that is a sufficient change in the point of impact at 10 meters to cause me to have to change my rear foot position significantly to zero. And I still have inconsistency in how I score on the very top row vs the very bottom row. I seem to either start strong and drop a few of the last shots, out of the bulls, or vice versa. So tonight, in practice, I paid very close attention to my natural point of aim and shooting position for each row and now the reason seems obvious.
To test this, I shot a practice match shooting the middle row and the lower 9 targets first. Then I flipped the target upside down and shot the last 6 targets. The vertical variance is now only 4 inches, top to bottom. Except for one flyer that was just a bad miss, I put everything in the black and beat my best score by about 10 points.
So here is the question: is flipping the target upside down half way through a Steroid Match to cut the variation in the height of the target bulls by half legal?
