Hey guys - some expertise needed

[Rock_Steady]

I have just purchased a remington spartan spr-310 - I know it is a baikal shotgun, I know I should have waited, I know it is inferior, whatever - I'm just looking for help here.

Shot a round of clays and 2 rounds of wobble trap on Sunday. I like this gun. My only beef is the front bead. This is not the sporting clays model. It is the nickel reciever non-ported barrels. I tried unscrewing the front bead to replace it, but I don't think it is that kinda deal. Anyone have experience with these? I just want a better bead and I think ordering a new choke or two will be in its future.

How hard is it to get this bead out, and should I try it, or will I need a competent gunsmith?

Thanks,

--Rock

 

[Fred Fuller]

Rock,

If you're focusing that much on the bead, then you aren't paying enough attention to the target. Shift your focus to the target, concentrate on keeping your head down on the stock, use the rib/barrels as if it were a finger you were pointing, don't stop your swing and see how that works. If the gun fits you properly you should do fine.

lpl/nc
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http://www.fieldandstream.com/fieldstream/shooting/shotguns/article/0,13199,1083057,00.html

Lesson 1: Focus on the Bird
Aiming a shotgun guarantees a miss. The instant your eyes leave the target and focus on the bead to aim, the gun stops moving. Focus on the target and the gun will shoot where you look—as long as your head stays down on the stock.

Set the trap to throw straightaway targets. Stand next to it, mount the gun, look down the rib so that you only see the bead sticking up, then ignore the bead and gaze past it into the blue. Feel the stock nestled underneath the ledge of your cheekbone. As you call "pull," you should be aware of the barrel only as a blur in your secondary vision; all your focus must be on the target. Look at the bird, point, and shoot. Take five shots and switch with the puller until you've shot three boxes of shells apiece.

 

[BozemanMT]

What lee said
it took me a LOOONNNNGGG time to do this (i'm a slow learner)
but now, if i'm on, i couldn't tell you what color my bead is. I know it will be there.

 

[Rock_Steady]

Wow. That seems like it would be REALLY hard to do - But I guess It is all part of shotgun zen. Boy, am I gonna spend alot of time shooting little clay birds! Wish I had more places to do it!

I liked that bead on my 870. But, the more I think about it, when I was really hitting them well, I didn't even realize I had pulled the trigger or shucked - maybe I need to work on pointing more than aiming and swinging more than tracking.

Curse you all and curse this addictive sport!

 

[sm]

I learned to shoot shotguns without beads.

Many of the top shooters, with custom fitted shotguns, do not have beads - on purpose.

I use the method Brister shares in his book - using a BB Gun, sights removed, shooting ping pong balls, to teach shotgunning.


One should only focus on the most leading edge of a target... - Misseldine

One cannot shoot what they cannot see. - Misseldine

You keep lookin' at that ditch , you gonna put this vehicle, with me, him and you driving it in that ditch. Don't be lookin' at the hood ornament either, just look on down the road, where you want to go.

-Mentor teaching his kinfolk to drive. I was the "him", and not sure the back seat was anymore safe that being up front.