Crossing Targets Yesterday at my club, I was practicing on a 30-yard left-to-right crosser. I tried to break the target at various spots along the flight path. My best breaks were shots where I hit the bird just before it started to fade and fall off the target line. When I tried to break the target a bit later, I had a lot of trouble. Why did I have so much trouble breaking this target as it was starting to slow down and fall? Let’s eliminate eye dominance and gun fit and assume that the issue here is technique. Identifying a specific terrain feature to mark your break … [Read more...]
Hartmann’s Hint #6: Journal
Journal Have you ever wondered why you can shoot well at one event and not at another? You can shoot a competition every week and not perform at each shoot as you think you should. Your practice seems up to par, but for some strange reason you can't seem to be consistently competitive at your shoots. One of the things that I tell new shooters that show an aptitude for competition is to keep a journal or, as some call it, a diary. Whatever you call it, it will help you to know why you shoot well at one venue and not at another, or at one time and not at another. There … [Read more...]
Ask the Instructor: Custom Perazzi
Custom Perazzi I am in the process of ordering a new Perazzi and would like to know the pros and cons of a flat rib compared to a mid-height rib for sporting clays. I really like Perazzi’s 4mm raised, ramped and ventilated rib. I call this an “elevated rib” because it is slightly higher than a flat rib yet much lower than most high-rib and even mid-rib shotguns on the market. I ordered my MX2000S with the 4mm, 11x7 tapered, ramped and ventilated rib, and I love it. The advantage of this rib over the standard flat rib is improved visibility over the barrel, particularly for … [Read more...]
Giving a Firearm as a Gift? Some Reminders From NSSF
The holidays are just around the corner. As skeet and sporting clays shooters, it’s a natural instinct to want to share our enjoyment of firearms with others. What better way to do that than to make a gift of a firearm to a family member, close friend or relative? The first thing to remember if you’re thinking about giving someone a gun is that . . . it’s a gun! You already know that ownership of a firearm brings with it some serious legal and ethical obligations that other consumer products don’t. So let’s look at some questions you may have about giving a firearm as a gift. The first … [Read more...]
Ask the Instructor: Flinching
Flinching I have a flinch — a bad one. I used to flinch every once in a while, but since I changed guns about three months ago, I flinch constantly. What do I do? Ah, the dreaded flinch. It is perhaps the most misunderstood affliction in shotgunning. Contrary to popular mythology, the flinch is almost never caused by anticipation of recoil. That’s right — if you have a flinch, you can switch to a lighter shell or even install sub-gauge tubes in your shotgun and shoot .410, and you will still have a flinch. The cause of a flinch is “visual interruption.” It occurs when … [Read more...]
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