Illness A friend of mine from another state called me recently and told me that he had been diagnosed with diabetes. He also told me that he thought that his recent decline in shooting seemed to be caused by this illness. He was having a problem with his eyes. They had been gradually getting worse over the last year. He wasn't seeing leads the same as he used to. He asked me what I would advise a shooter whose eye-dominance may have changed. He had always been a right-eyed, right-handed shooter and was 'AA' or 'AAA' in the four guns. This shooter is in his late 50s, had shot … [Read more...]
Hartmann’s Hint #52: Temper Tantrum
Temper Tantrum About a week ago, I was playing golf with a senior scramble group. I am not a very good golfer, but with a scramble sometimes it's not too noticeable. The teams are drawn by getting an 'A'-class golfer to draw a team made up of himself and the three lower classes (B, C and D). The team I was assigned to had the top, or close-to-the-top, player in the group as our team leader. He is frequently on the winning team. On the first hole, our team leader hit a great drive and, this being a scramble, we all played from his ball's location. After the rest of us had hit, … [Read more...]
Hartmann’s Hint #55: Look at the Target
Look at the Target There seems to be a tendency for newer shooters (as well as some very experienced shooters) to occasionally look at their shotgun's barrel just as they get ready to pull the trigger, thus losing sight of the target. This usually makes them shoot behind the target. I firmly believe that if you see the target, you can hit it, but you must really see it. Many years ago I was told by Roman Warren, an excellent skeet and trap shooter, to try and read the writing on the target. This hint made me really look at the target. Of course, hitting the target only happens … [Read more...]
Ask the Instructor: FITASC Mount
FITASC Mount In FITASC, is the first move to the target a bayonet move, or is the first move a lift with both hands to the cheek and break point as you match gun speed to target speed? I don’t like the term “bayonet move” because it implies that we should thrust our shotgun at the target and shift our balance to the front foot — which is ill-advised. Allow me to rephrase your question to the following: As we mount the shotgun in FITASC, should we mount and move simultaneously using both hands to move to the cheek and break point, or should we use a more aggressive, … [Read more...]
Ask the Instructor: Barrel Length
Barrel Length When I first started shooting skeet 40 years ago, everyone shot a 26-inch barrel. Now 28-, 30-, 32- and even 34-inch are the popular lengths. My sporting clays guns have 28- and 30-inch barrels. What is the difference in breaking targets? My 28-inch will reach out as far as needed for standard targets. Is the sighting plane or lead different with a longer barrel? Ballistically speaking, there is no difference in shooting a shotgun with a 28-inch barrel length versus a 34-inch barrel except that the wad and shot exit the barrel 6 inches earlier. The decision on … [Read more...]
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