A friend announced he was going to the Burning Man festival outside of Gerlach, Nevada. I knew he had been several times and, at $300/person, I wondered what the attraction might be. It’s hot out there in the desert, you know?

I’m reading a non-Bullseye book that has, nonetheless, a lot to say about how we succeed or fail at many aspects that directly contribute to our performance at the firing line.

A shot plan is the sequence of steps, physical and mental, that you go through when shooting. Top shooters use their shot plan to gain consistency of performance; if they follow the exact same steps for each shot, they will get the same results for each shot.

I’m mending well according to all the MDs seen today, 10 days after my ER visit. The orthopedic surgeon removed the stitches and said to “keep it clean” but to otherwise go on with things. And the infection MD moved me from the IV administered heavy-duty bug killer to a pill which should be sufficient from here on – the RN will come by the house tomorrow and remove the PICC line.

After packing the wife off for a family visit this past Saturday, I decided to give myself a visit to the Emergency Room.

For those who’ve followed the developing scores over the past several days, it’s been an exciting competition.

Brian Zins eked out his win of the 45 championship.

Do you see it?

Look at the top eight scores from today’s Center Fire championship:

Does your Slow Fire ranking predict your overall ranking on that same gun?

The squads have been rotated and Center Fire has begun. Some of the Slow Fire scores are posted here and click the match of interest – Center Fire includes #139-142 for the individual matches and then #102 for the Center Fire championship.