Off-Season Practice There is nothing short of improving your vision or your stamina that can help maintain or improve your skill level as well as practice. How you practice is also an important facet of the maintenance and/or improvement of your skill. Incorrect practice can be detrimental and may hurt your skill. Normally we can get practice at the range during the spring, summer, and maybe during autumn, but for some of us, winter is a little too cold or wet to go to the range for practice. Then, we have to do things a little differently in order to keep or improve our skill level. … [Read more...]
Shooting in the Rain
Shooting in the Rain When we are planning to shoot during inclement weather, we prepare for it. We get our rain gear, spray protectant on our shotguns, and generally make sure we're ready for the weather. At the Mini World, I usually sign up by myself and therefore shoot with people from different places in our greater shooting community. I meet some really interesting people that way, and some with great personalities, too. For the four guns of the 2018 Mini World, we only had rain in two rounds, one round each of two different guns. I had my rain gear, made sure I had protected my … [Read more...]
Hartmann’s Hints: Young Skeet Shooters
Young Skeet Shooters I help train young skeet shooters along with my friend and SCTP team head coach, Joel Blankenship. One of the things we encourage in these young shooters, after they have attained a level of confidence in their shooting, is entering registered shoots. Several of the youth we have trained have shown skill levels that make them competitive. Some have shot on squads where they haven't known anyone on the squad, but after the first time shooting with these squads, they are welcomed back like they were long-time friends and many times are ask to shoot with some of the same … [Read more...]
Hartmann’s Hints: Shooting in Wind
Shooting in Wind Several months ago, the Tulsa Gun Club held the annual St. Patrick's Day Shoot. As always, it was a well-run shoot with over 60 shooters braving the cold and WINDY conditions. The weather in Tulsa that month had, until that weekend, been warm and mostly calm, but because there was a shoot, Mother Nature had to show us that the last of cold, windy days weren't over - it was still winter. For the conditions, we had some pretty good scores, and I believe that almost everyone had fun. Of course it's always more fun if you shoot those good scores. I've found that, … [Read more...]
Hartmann’s Hint #49: Shooting Twice At the Same Target
Shooting Twice At the Same Target I've been helping a gentleman learn to shoot skeet. He's shot trap and some sporting clays and recently started shooting skeet, and he's interested in shooting registered skeet. I've worked with him once or twice a week for the last month, and he's picking the game up pretty fast, but today he shot twice at the same target. I had to explain to him that this is something that would get him removed from an event as it's a safety violation. If you get into the habit of shooting twice at the same target during practice, chances are you may … [Read more...]
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