The first surprise came after I returned home from California.
I had just picked up my new Grip+ stock for my Blaser F16 from Sai Chang in Hayward, California, and I was eager to get the gun back on familiar targets. I am a professional physicist, so I naturally like measurements, instrumentation, and using technology to understand what is really happening. In shooting, that means I do not want to rely only on feel or memory when I am trying to evaluate a change. I want data.
Like many shooters who use technology as part of practice, I mounted my ShotKam expecting to review my shots afterward. I wanted to see what had changed, how the new sight picture looked, and whether the stock felt as good at home as it had during the fitting process.
When I reviewed the videos, something was wrong.
My second shots were missing. Not the targets. The recordings.
