Heartbeat

[kopcicle]

...ever seen your heartbeat in a 24x+ optic ?

It took me nearly 20 years to get dead quiet on a trigger. That and a fascination with black powder rifles.

 

[lancetkenyon]

Absolutely. Especially when the adrenaline is pumping.

 

[codyadams]

Yup. I started seeing it in my diopter peep rifles while competing in 4 position 10 meter air and 50 ft small bore when I was about 10 or 11 years old. Had to start figuring out trigger press between heartbeats.

 

[kopcicle]

I started anticipating point of aim when very young.
I found that when attempting to hold smallest arc I was inconsistent.
When I found what a combination of anticipating the effect of breathing and timing of heartbeat did to observed point of aim I got much better.
For "most" of my rifles, when prone, it's a bit low left of intended and time the release to coincide with where I want to place the round.
From the bench it's more 6:00 low. Off hand it's a bit lower.

A conversation at the local range went on for hours when I brought this up. This produced two distinct opinions. "You're doing it wrong" and "Never quite thought of it that way but yeah..." .

The inbetweeners were " Never gave it much thought" and a minority.