American Handgunner July/August 1979

24SHOOTWITHRAYCHAPMANLET RAY CHAPMAN SHARE WITH YOUTHE TECHNIQUES THAT HAVE MADEHIM THE FOREMOST COMPETITORIN THE WORLD.Ray Chapman, former World Practical(Combat) Pistol Champion, is providingcourses of instruction in pistol craft andcompetitive techniques at his modern 37­acre facility in Columbia, Missouri. The facilitiesinclude indoor, outdoor, movingtarget, and night shooting ranges.Available courses include familiarization,basic, intermediate and advanced trainingin the use of the practical pistol.The courses have been praised by shooters fromnovices to AA World Class competitors. They Includethe Safe and Effective Use of HandgunsuSing the CHAPMAN METHODS. For mformatlonwille:RAY CHAPMAN ACADEMY609 E. BroadwayColumbia. Mo .. 65201Mag-na-porl®Means: Reduced Recoil - Reduced Muzzle JumpxThe original Mag-na-port@ a Patent Precisionmuzzle venting process - Has become famousbecause of the thousands of shooters that insiston having greater control of their firearm.Will not change Ballistics or Accuracy.For further information on Mag-na-port@ orthe Mag-na-port Custom Ruger Handgunswrite for free literature.SILUETAS(Continuedfrom page 22)Another thing is, don't anticipate thegun hitting the target. Look at the targetand look at the rear sight, get the top planeof the front sight level with the plane onthe rear sight, and where you want it onthe target. Then concentrate on both sightsably hurts more guys than anything else."Phil: "I was gonna go back to the sights.When you use the 6 o'clock hold, youmake sight adjustments as you go. Youdon't depend on flatness of trajectory andhold over."Skip: "Right. I recommend that you practiceon the range the day before the match,even ifit's only one or two targets it helps.Then you know you're on for the match.If, during the actual match, you're high onHere's Skip Talbot shooting a 39 with his wife Cannen, as his coach.on the target, not on your front sight on the target initially, then you wilt probablythe target.be high throughout the course of fire andThis might seem confusing but you get you can make a sight adjustment as youto where you're gonna see, if you do the go. You work your windage as you golatter, that when you pull the trigger, down the range also. Make a note of theyou're already looking at the target. Some- sight settings on every damn range you'vetime about the time that you squeezed the shot on and every time you shoot. I cantrigger, you've looked at the target, the shoot a year from now here and knowsights have gone off, and you've missed a where to shoot. I also use the clicks insteadshot ... you'd swear you were where you of hold-over as it is a lot more exact. Thethought you were but that wasn't where unlimited gun shoots flat for all intentsyou hit.and purposes, but the reason I raise myAlways grip the gun the same.sights between targets is that the pig isPhil: "Any other tips or tricks you can pass deeper in the body so "center" is higher inon?"the target. The turkeys have a little bulletSkip: "You've got to keep your concentra- drop as do the rams along with a deepertion on the line. You listen to your spotter body. Almost everybody shooting windsand you've got about four minutes from up making the sight adjustments ratherthe time you've finished firing till you're than "Kentucky Windage" because ofdue to fire the next round. There's always being able to return to the point of impactsomething you can do in that four min- consistently.utes. Keep yourself busy. Take your ear- Phil: "Wh~t brought you to use the pistolsplugs out, stand up, stretch, make sure you use?"your sight settings are where you want Skip: "You can only burn so much powder'em, look at your targets as they are down a given barrel in a given time andset back up and make sure your hits on handle so much recoil. We have found thatthe targets are where you thought they there is a compromise between cartridgewere when you fired them. Get your size and velocity. The lighter the bullet (toammo ready so that when that guy says, a degree) the faster it goes, the less recoil"load," you lay down on the line. Make and the more accurate you're gonna shoot.sure you're on the correct bank of targets We found with the 6.5 and the 7mm's,and you're on the right target. Look at more people seem to be able to shoot betyourstopwatch and load and shoot on ter, faster, because the cartridge is morecommand. Don't talk to anybody else but forgiving, with less recoil.your spotter, keep your mind on the range, I believe that I've pretty well proven tothat's where it's all at. Not doing this prob- (Continued on page 27)AMERICAN HANDGUNNER . JULY / AUGUST 1979