What to do vs What not to do

The way I engage a target – meaning visual cues and trigger press – is based on 4 things.

- My current skill set based on experience

- Size of target

- Distance of target

- Risk associated with target

At 40 yds with the mini popper,

Do:

- Find/Focus on a tiny spot as best as your vision allows

- Draw with the same speed you would for a Bill

- Build your grip with same consistency and pressure

- Index precisely on the spot you chose

- React to the visual cue needed without overconfirming

- Press the trigger without adding negative input

Don't:

- Draw slower because of distance

- Aim "harder" because of distance i.e. craning your neck

- Fail to pick a small spot and look at the steel as a whole

- Increase grip pressure because of perceived difficulty of shot

- Put red on steel with no focal point

- Overconfirm. The longer you keep the gun out there the worse it gets not better.

- Pressing the trigger in a way that disturbs the sights or puts negative input on the gun via your grip i.e. squeezing your whole hand as you press.

There's only two things that change for me at this distance. The visual cue I need to see – a dot instead of simply color – and the way I press the trigger – prep and press instead of smash.

Stock G19 Gen 5, Holosun 508t