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Shotgun practice pays off
A new column by Nick Sisley
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While fly tying, lure
modifications and tackle
tending might be high on
the list of outdoorsmen
these cold days, winter is
also a good time for the
wingshooter to tune up his
skills with his scattergun —
right in the warmth of his
own home. 1 consider
handling a shotgun to be
an art form, and practice
helps one become a better
artist.
The idea is to pull your
shotgun or shotguns from
their place on the wall
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pegs often. Slam them to
your shoulder after double
checking to make certain
they're empty. One can
never be too careful when
gun handling. 1 like to
focus on a wall object, then
throw the gun to it.
Holding the smoothbore in
place, make certain you're
shouldering the piece
properly. Are you seeing
too much barrel or rib, or
too. little, or is the
alignment off to one side or
the other? If you can’t
mount the gun comfortable
and naturally, time after
time, looking ‘straight’
down the rib, and seeing
just the right amount of
rib, you may need a stock
adjustment.
Once you have the
proper fit, and know what
is feels like, the idea is to
pull that piece off the wall
often, maybe even every
day. Get the feel of
slamming it quickly to the
shoulder. Get the feel of
what exact mounting feels
like — on the shoulder, on
the cheek, between and in
the hands. Repetition is the
Those who do it all winter
long will do it naturally
when the chips are down
next fall.
Practice swinging often,
too. Try to make the barrel
swing in a smooth, straight
plane, not a curved arc that
looks like a rainbow. Be
aware of foot work. Learn
how to aim them toward
the target. Make exagger-
ated swings from left to
right and vice versa. While
doing so be cognizant of
how your hips are moving.
They should pivot, as
should the shoulders, with
minimal movement of the
hips and shoulders to the
left or right — or up or
down.
Try walking through the
living room, then suddenly
imagine a grouse has
flushed off to your right.
While throwing your shot-
gun up, do the required
footwork that will put your
entire body in the most
advantageous shooting po-
sition. Walk through a
room and make believe
grouse are flushing from
every imaginable angle —
Think this type of
practice is useless? Not so.
It pays off. Ted Williams,
one of baseball's greatest
hitters, practiced daily with
his bat in front of a mirror.
The baseball swing is also
an art form, but Ted,
through constant practice,
put as much science into
the art as possible. You can
infinitely increase your
skills with a scattergun the
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own home.
There’s no question that
experience in cover and on
clay targets is the ultimate
teacher — just as facing
opposing pitchers was for
Ted. But by taking the time
to carefully think out all the
intricacies of the shotgun
game, by practicing at
home when you can’t be in
the woods or on the clay
target field, any shooter
can increase his effective-
way to accomplish this.
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