"you have mounted your gun pointing at the exact center point of the path that the clay will travel"
not how wing shooting is done, friend, though I think you meant that as an analogy thing
forget "leading/predicting" for a moment, and google "swinging through", don't wait on target to get there, catch up with it and swing on through the shot... when it powders, your barrels best be looking where it would have been if it didn't get poofed, and your eyes will be with those barrels when the poof behind them happens
skeet in the air look pretty predictable
dove, not so much
you are looking at where the target is before the shot, and predicting where it is going to be soon, instead of following it to where it is going, and ought be after the shot, if not busted
if your barrels stop moving when the shot goes off, you are out thinking yourself
it is not aiming, it is pointing
(which is why some do wear blinders on their glasses, because it's doggone intuitive to look where it is coming from, instead of where it is going)
if your gun fits you as you say, your barrels will follow your eyes, your eyes follow the target and your barrels follow where your eyes are looking
eyes on target, not on barrels, not on bead, if your eyes see the target in different places than they see your barrels, you really are focusing on barrels, anticipating, not focusing on and following target.. focus is not same as seeing
you maybe just don't realize you are maybe (?) back swinging that gun to target before swinging to/thru the target; no bird is that fast, no need, just start swing towards where they going, let 'em "catch up' to you, and then keep up with them (unless you really want to poof the clay 15 feet off the end of the thrower, which can make the guy on the thrower a tad nervous); those barrels will try to go where you focus, you can't hardly force them not to by willpower alone
you can see many things all at once, but can focus on only one
I do it every time I lay off too long
takes me box of 25 shells just to get over myself, two boxes to get into 'rhythm'
but I don't doubt I am making a sloppy job of trying to say it
user tip, pen raised quail, they ain't getting up, they getting back down.. best track thru their feet, but keep your eyes on the birds feet, not the bead on your barrel (but don't shoot the dawg)
edit, afterthought -"it is easy for your eyes to see the target and not be aligned with the barrel"
sure is
try holding your arms out ~180 degrees apart - if have good peripheral vision, can "see" both hands at once, but can focus on neither
PS
c'mon folks, there are 3000 better wing shots than me on this forum, somebody say it right