Shooting

My local indoor shooting range renovated their "long" (25 yard) bay recently. I've been shooting there every week for over 3 years and it was high time the did something to fix up that bay. They decided that now it'll be designated a "long range" only bay. Their intent is to have no targets closer than 15 yards. They've enforced this limit by leaving lights out in the area from the firing line to the the 15 yard line; making it very hard to see your target at that those closer distances.

Every week, I shoot in the "long" bay because it is the nicest one of the three at this establishment. It also offers a greater distance for small caliber rifles when I must be indoors. Typically when shooting pistols however, I kept my target in the 10 to 12 yard range. This distance suited me perfectly since it allowed me a challenge without making good groupings and impossiblity.

Unfortuantely with the new limitation imposed by the management, I've found it much harder to be as accurate as I once was! It is a wonder what an effect a few yards has had on my groupings!

Although annoying, I'm looking on this situation as a positive experience. That is, there can be no growth without challenge, and I certainly have felt myself on a plateau for quite a while now. Next week, I'll start keeping track of my progress to see if I'm getting better under the new conditions.