Dave McCracken
Moderator In Memoriam
I was shooting by myself at PGC this noon, enjoying the wind and working on right to left crossers when another shotgunner approached me. Let's call him Mike, and you've met him here before. His son was the subject of the thread called "Testosterone" I wrote not long ago.
This time he was shooting and not his son. We did a round of wobble and he did not do very well. He was pleasant about it, but I noted that his shots were on the long side. His shotgun was a nice looking Citori with upgrade engraving.
His stance had improved. He was addressing the break point and was squared on to the gun instead of being along side it. Mike mentioned getting some pointers from the regulars at PGC, including the old trick of using too much choke for practice. Tight chokes cost new shooters targets at first, but they're unequalled in getting the center of the patterns into the center of that leading molecule on each bird.Mike was using an Extra Full, practically a turkey choke.
I noticed his hits were WOD. That's Way Out Dere. It wasn't the choke that did it, he was taking time to "Make Sure", anathema to good wingshooting.
So, I reached into my bag of tricks and suggested we do a flurry. After explaining what a flurry was and how it can help we got into it.
Here's a memory freshener of flurry shooting.
Two shooters, usually standing side by side on a trap field at Post 3 both load and fire as fast as they can in turn. Using a wobble trap adds to the fun because of the greater variety of targets.
The shooters have enough time to shoot each bird, but not enough time to intellectualize themselves into misses.
ALL thinking must be done before one calls "Pull".
Mike had fun, and he hit more than he had been. His breaks were solid with few chippy shots, another bennie of using a tight choke. Reading the breaks gets easier. I 'splained this to Mike and loaded up my stuff.
So, I did my good deed for the day, helped another shotgunner a bit and had fun. Good way to spend a Sunday....
This time he was shooting and not his son. We did a round of wobble and he did not do very well. He was pleasant about it, but I noted that his shots were on the long side. His shotgun was a nice looking Citori with upgrade engraving.
His stance had improved. He was addressing the break point and was squared on to the gun instead of being along side it. Mike mentioned getting some pointers from the regulars at PGC, including the old trick of using too much choke for practice. Tight chokes cost new shooters targets at first, but they're unequalled in getting the center of the patterns into the center of that leading molecule on each bird.Mike was using an Extra Full, practically a turkey choke.
I noticed his hits were WOD. That's Way Out Dere. It wasn't the choke that did it, he was taking time to "Make Sure", anathema to good wingshooting.
So, I reached into my bag of tricks and suggested we do a flurry. After explaining what a flurry was and how it can help we got into it.
Here's a memory freshener of flurry shooting.
Two shooters, usually standing side by side on a trap field at Post 3 both load and fire as fast as they can in turn. Using a wobble trap adds to the fun because of the greater variety of targets.
The shooters have enough time to shoot each bird, but not enough time to intellectualize themselves into misses.
ALL thinking must be done before one calls "Pull".
Mike had fun, and he hit more than he had been. His breaks were solid with few chippy shots, another bennie of using a tight choke. Reading the breaks gets easier. I 'splained this to Mike and loaded up my stuff.
So, I did my good deed for the day, helped another shotgunner a bit and had fun. Good way to spend a Sunday....
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