Gun Fit There seems to be disagreement about drop at comb. There is a YouTube video that suggests a shooter should be flat on the rib with both beads lined up when the shooter is mounted to the shotgun. I’m confused. I can understand the confusion. While we have levels of certification for clay shooting instructors, no such proficiency standards exist for gun fitters. Different gun fitters will vary in their approach to gun fitting. To further complicate matters, trap shooters on average will tend to have the eye slightly higher over the rib than sporting clays and skeet … [Read more...]
Hartmann’s Hint #19: 100 Straight
100 Straight Hitting that elusive 100 straight...The desire of most shooters is to get them all, 100%. This desire leads to a lot of shooting, especially practice sessions where we try to perfect the techniques we've learned, ingrain them and develop new ones that work for us as individuals. Becoming a proficient shooter takes time, practice and attention to detail. A journal of your shooting will help with the details. In a journal you can track which targets you hit with some consistency and which ones you may be having trouble hitting or maybe another way to hit a specific … [Read more...]
Ask the Instructor: Hold Points
Hold Points Is the recommended hold point for crossing targets of two-thirds back from the break point towards the visual pick-up point equally suitable for both maintained lead and pull-away styles, or is an adjustment needed? The short answer is, it depends. For planning purposes, a hold point that is two-thirds of the way back from the break point toward the trap is a good start for a flat-trajectory crossing target, regardless of your engagement technique. The speed, distance and engagement window of a target and pair may, however, require that you adjust your hold … [Read more...]
Hartmann’s Hint #18: Skeet Doubles
Skeet Doubles Doubles is the fastest game in skeet. At registered shoots, the normal five-person squad takes an hour or less for each shooter to shoot 100 targets. During each round of 25 targets there seems to be someone shooting all the time; it's a fast but fun event. Of course, it's more fun if you're hitting them well. Skeet shooters are used to shooting doubles on stations 1, 2, 6 and 7, so they have a lot of practice at those stations, but stations 3, 4 and 5 are where they don't normally shoot doubles. Station 8 is not shot in the doubles event. Since they get a lot … [Read more...]
Ask the Instructor: Mental Process
Mental Process I’ve been shooting for two years now and progressing well. When I practice, things go well, but in a registered shoot, I just cannot bring it all together for a good score. The boredom gets to me waiting to shoot. Any advice on the mental game of registered shooting? At a certain point in your technical development, you will reach a point where very few targets are beyond your ability to break. At this point, the mental process you follow while in the stand, and just prior to calling for the target, has a much greater impact on your score. Some, who don’t … [Read more...]
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