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Same Speed at the End
“Same speed at the end” allows you to see what it looked like as the shot was triggered so the shot can be replicated or corrected. When shooting the OSP system, do not get involved with the lead. That will increase muzzle awareness, which will alter the gun speed without you knowing it. In order to self-correct, you must begin to eliminate all variables you can. Be more specific with your target analysis ... Read more…
The Problem with the Pull Away Method of Shooting
I’m amazed at the number of shooters who are still trying to pull away from targets and are erratic at best in their scores. Pull away shooters miss a lot of targets in the last half of a stand and have a difficult time self-correcting. The older you are, the more you have to train and practice to keep your edge. And the course design has more to do with your score than you do. If the course has a lot of s... Read more…
Your Gun Fit Leads to Better Sight Pictures
One conclusion I have come to about gun fit is that when it really does fit with light cheek pressure and shoots 50/50, all your sight pictures make sense. This makes them more consistent, as well as easier to visualize and predict. Most shooters with off the shelf guns are shooting high left (for right-handers) and the opposite for lefties. And this is at 20 yards. The deviation between line of sight and ... Read more…
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…
