Being totally new to shotguns, I visited the range with a friend who grew up with them...he'd been a competitive shooter most of his life. When I took my first couple of shots in the lane, I took a natural stance where I was standing sideways with one foot behind the other, kinda like I was on a surfboard.
My friend kindly corrected me and showed me "proper" form, totally facing forwards in a semi-crouch, like I'd done with handguns in the past. Made sense to me, especially when he was explaining about tracking clays across my field of vision and such.
So yesterday I was carrying my gun around the house, envisioning various HD scenarios and where I'd want to be...and I was thinking, this stance can't be right. If someone's trying to shoot me, the last thing I'd want to do is make my torso as wide open as possible.
Thoughts?
My friend kindly corrected me and showed me "proper" form, totally facing forwards in a semi-crouch, like I'd done with handguns in the past. Made sense to me, especially when he was explaining about tracking clays across my field of vision and such.
So yesterday I was carrying my gun around the house, envisioning various HD scenarios and where I'd want to be...and I was thinking, this stance can't be right. If someone's trying to shoot me, the last thing I'd want to do is make my torso as wide open as possible.
Thoughts?