Visibility "I’m a relatively new shooter and hope to shoot FITASC someday, so I am trying to practice a low-mount approach to as many targets as possible. When shooting at report or true pairs during a sporting clays round, however, and there is a significant delay between the appearance of the first and second target, am I better off to partly or fully dismount for the second target or to stay fully mounted? Should we be mounted or unmounted when in our ready position or whentransitioning between targets of a pair? Obviously, in FITASC, we are not given an option.We must … [Read more...]
Rule of 16ths
Rule of 16ths "How does the rule of 16ths apply to shotgun fitting?" The “rule of 16ths” has been employed by gun fitters for more than 100 years. It is used to estimate the amount of additional cast-on or cast-off needed to yield the correctpoint of impact (POI) for a given shotgun and a given shooter. Basically, the rule says that for every 16th of an inch of cast added or subtracted from a shotgun at the heel, the point of aim (center of the pattern) will be affected by one inch for a target that is 16 yards from the shooter. So theoretically, if you are shooting two … [Read more...]
Pre-Mounting
Pre-Mounting "I read your article about not dismounting between some pairs and sometimes even shooting the first target pre-mounted. I shoot most all targets using an “acquire, swing, shoot” technique. Is this wrong?" Should you start your move from a mounted or dismounted readyposition in sporting clays? There is no right or wrong. The obvious exception is in FITASC, when you must call for the target from a dis-mounted or “low-gun” ready position. Since 1997, NSCA sporting clays rules allow a shooter to mount the shotgun prior to calling for the target, and there … [Read more...]
Stance Confusion
Stance Confusion "I see so many different things written and so many differences in opinion regarding proper stance. What’s the formula for a proper stance in sporting clays?" Proper stance for a given target begins with a solid shot plan in which you identify and landmark your break point. For a right-handed shooter, the left foot, or lead foot, should be generally oriented toward the break point but slightly more oblique. This means that, if we establish the break point as 12 o’clock from your position, the lead (left) foot should be pointed at 1 o’clock (slightly … [Read more...]
Focus
Focus "I was shooting a tournament recently and became fatigued (mentally, not physically) and lost focus on the last three stations. How can I train to avoid this meltdown in the future?" You are not alone. I recently saw a Face-book video in which Zach Kienbaum, the 2018 and 2019 NSCA National Champion who broke 290 targets out of 300 in the main event this year, was asked why he missed 10 tar-gets. His reply? “I didn’t look at some of them.” I recall an-other interview of Anthony Matarese Jr. after he won the World English where he at-tributed his misses to a lack of … [Read more...]
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