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Crunch Time!

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Crunch time has arrived. Our calendar is full and fishing is out for a while. Oh well. We are on our journey of constant discovery.

Each day is a new one. We think we have heard it all and then it happens and a student either asks a question that we have not heard or interprets something we said in a way we had never thought about. That’s why we call this a journey. There is no end, and what a great time we are having.

Brian is in Phoenix doing clinics for two days and Gil and I are off to Northern California to Camanche Hills for three days of teaching. Did I mention the club is near the wine country?  Maybe we will have a little time to go visit some of our favorite wineries.

Practicing Your Gun Mount

One thing that came up this week is gun mount. “Why doesn’t it come up in the same place each time on my shoulder?” a student asked.

“When was the last time you practiced your gun mount?” I asked.

“Well, it’s been a while,” the student said. “But I had practiced it a lot in the past.”

Guess what, folks? You must keep practicing your gun mount more than three times a year. Our competitive shooters have that gun in their hands each day and their gun mounts are perfect because they are constantly practicing and keeping the myelin sheath strong and not allowing it to degrade.

So if you want the gun mount to be perfect, and more importantly, not have to think about it each time you go to mount the gun, do your gun mounts each day.

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