“Tag: Brian Zins”

My grip is simple, it’s not hard to get into and once you get it, it will feel better, recoil will be better managed and the sights will always come back to alignment.

I have found that many shooters think entirely too much. This is not rocket science, because if it were, I would not be a shooter. Hence, I am not smart enough to shoot badly. When Erich Bujung was the Olympic Pistol Team coach, he always said, “No stinking thinking. The mind is a terrible thing to waste and in Bullseye on the firing line, the mind is just a terrible thing.”

Yes, everybody. In some form or another, practically every bad shot that was not a grip or position issue was a form of anticipation. Jerking the trigger is in essence anticipation, bucking, heeling and flinching. All of these are forms of anticipation.

Sustained fire in precision pistol shooting has to be one of the toughest things to master. Most shooters have heard the saying, “Win a match on the long line and lose in the short line.” This is very true, and fixing a bad sustained fire string comes into play with this phrase.

For the man or woman who has everything (on Earth), Cabot will offer a mirror image set of pistols constructed from a 4.5 billion-year-old meteorite.

12-time National Pistol Champion Brian Zins has set over 30 NRA National Records.

The personal solutions of champions with regard to dealing with match pressure.

We asked seven champions how they “re-set” themselves mentally.

Brian Zins has won an unprecedented twelve national championships, a record that may never be broken. Brian’s thoughts are especially valuable because he doesn’t always follow the traditional techniques.