My best Texas Star to date. *Video*

Nicely done, I always strive to clear them all before any serious movement.

Texas stars need practice, that's all you can do.
 
When I shoot Area match they usually have texas star and I have slightly different technique. I start with the top plate which is positioned highest and then go to second high on the other side. If this is done right, texas star will not spin, then go back to the second high on the side and back to opposite side and finish with bottom.
This most common way, but not the only one.
 
I was told about that method that morning but decided it was too late to try something new. Glad I didn't switch. I am going to try it the way you described it though because I saw another shooter try it that way and the plates never moved. Too bad he didn't hit them while they sat there!;)
 
Man the Internet is beyond cool. Here I am listening to you guys discussing this on the latest version of Canadian Reload Radio, and then I get to watch it online.

I can remember being flabergasted when I wrote a letter (yep actual paper and pen and stamps and stuff) from Halifax to my girlfriend at the time in Sydney on Monday and getting a response by Friday.

The world is indeed a smaller place.

Cool video, great run, even if you did miss a few.
 
Texas is indeed a nice shooting target. We can only using for side matches, IPSC is not recognizing this as a target, and I can see why, but it will make a hell-of-a match having one or two of them.
Good Luck with your practice, I cant even do that, only time I have to practice is at the match.
 
Good shooting. There is a sequence to shoot the array so that you are cancelling rotation with each shot and thus, shooting the plates in a more or less static position. Try this:

In this star array you have the two top plates in balance at the at 11:00 and 1:00 O'clock with the single plate dead center at the bottom at 6:00. If you draw to (for instance) the top right plate, the star will begin to spin anti-clockwise as soon as this plate is dislodged. Index immediately over to just under the top left plate as it rotates downward into your sights. The key here is to get in front of the plate instead of indexing to the plate and trying to follow it. Shoot as the edge of the plate enters your sighting plain. Hitting this plate here will now cancel rotation so the next plate that you will shoot; bottom right, will be settling into a pretty much static position. Drive your sight into the bottom 1/3rd of the plate and fire the shot as it settles. Hitting this plate will start the star rotating again, but you will index over to just under the bottom left plate and knock it off as it begins to move, just as it enters your sighting plain. This again will kill the rotation. The remaining plate on the bottom will now be almost static with a tiny bit of clockwise settle and you can drive the gun hard to it and fire the shot as soon as you see steel under your front sight.

If you shoot the top left target first the procedure is simply reversed.
 
In this star array you have the two top plates in balance at the at 11:00 and 1:00 O'clock with the single plate dead center at the bottom at 6:00. If you draw to (for instance) the top right plate, the star will begin to spin anti-clockwise as soon as this plate is dislodged. Index immediately over to just under the top left plate as it rotates downward into your sights. The key here is to get in front of the plate instead of indexing to the plate and trying to follow it. Shoot as the edge of the plate enters your sighting plain. Hitting this plate here will now cancel rotation so the next plate that you will shoot; bottom right, will be settling into a pretty much static position. Drive your sight into the bottom 1/3rd of the plate and fire the shot as it settles. Hitting this plate will start the star rotating again, but you will index over to just under the bottom left plate and knock it off as it begins to move, just as it enters your sighting plain. This again will kill the rotation. The remaining plate on the bottom will now be almost static with a tiny bit of clockwise settle and you can drive the gun hard to it and fire the shot as soon as you see steel under your front sight.
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Good stuff. Thanks for taking the time to post this.

Cheers,
Trevor
 
As long as it is stationary at the start signal, how is it any different from any other moving target activated by the shooter?
 
Aqualung said:
As long as it is stationary at the start signal, how is it any different from any other moving target activated by the shooter?
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Most moving targets move through a consistent, predictable path so in "theory" it is the same presentation for everyone. The star can present in a thousand different ways depending on which plate you hit and where you hit it in the rotation. Essentially, it is viewed as a randomized presentation as well as being non-practical.

I don't happen to think it is random, but that's just me.
 
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