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Do You Need a High-Rib Shotgun?
A local shooter here in Houston who is moving from skeet into sporting clays has learned a valuable lesson about stock fit. He’s in the pattern stock phase and is shooting an “Ashed” comb on his Perazzi. He’s shooting better skeet than he ever has and is doing quite well with the OSP system of shooting on sporting clays. In a discussion the other day, he told me he’s shooting with a more erect head posit... Read more…
Light Cheek Pressure: Less is More
If you feel like you have to mount your gun perfectly to hit anything, your gun does not fit. Did you know the harder you have to put your cheek down on the comb to make your gun shoot where you want it, the more you will look at the barrel during the shot? You have heard the phrase “cheek-weld.” And how about “five pounds of pressure,” referring to how much pressure you should have on the comb with your ch... Read more…
Putting in the Time to Build Your Sight Pictures
Building sight pictures is why you practice. Not enough shooters put in the time to practice deliberately to build their inventory in their long-term memory. Most shooters just go shoot the course and play at practice with no preload, no routine, and nothing structured. If you want to get better, structure your practice around shooting singles in different breakpoints and deliberately predict where and how yo... Read more…
The Only Two Things to Consciously Think About
Just looking hard at a target will land you solidly in the mid 60s to low 70s. There are two things you need to consciously think about. One, keep the target on the correct side of the barrel. And two, match gun speed with target speed. Any more thought than that and you will overload the working memory! Read more…
You Have to Know What it Looks Like
It seems that there are coaches out there who tell shooters to just look hard at the target and not see the muzzle. But if you don’t know what it looked like when you pulled the trigger how do you replicate the shot to run the station? How do you self-correct after a miss? Read more…
