Don't look at the barrel!

[AW13]

i have only been shooting clays for a relatively short while and I am trying to break a bad habit. If if can ignore the barrel, just watch the clay whether pre mounted or mounting the gun when the clay is visible I shoot much better and get higher scores. I still have a tendancy to look along the barrel at times and in a sense rifle shoot, not good.

Any tips on breaking the habit for good or is it just a case of practice, practic, practice?

Thanks

 

[paul b]

I can feel a beeds or no beeds thread coming on.

 

[ips]

change bead for the smallest one you can find preferably a brass game one. If stock is adjustable drop it low as you can. Many may disagree but I find if comb is high you see more rib (obviously) so dropping it so your seeing very little if any rib "may" help. Other than that train yourself to only look at the target by focusing on the leading edge.

 

[MJJ]

Shooting from the hip will stop you looking down the barrel  :lol:

 

[Lord v]

Try and read the book title on the clay. 

(It's not there, but it helps me) 

 

[Mutley]

This would be the solution if you must look at the barrel :angel:

Or even look at this barrel whilst shooting....

:smile:

 

[balltrap]

Thats a crime if its is full of beer :angel:

 

[westley]

After over 70 years of good living, I look like the bloody barrel  !    

 

[balltrap]

I was thinking that but did not like to say :angel:

After over 70 years of good living, I look like the bloody barrel  !    

 

[AW13]

Have i got this right..

1. Put on a really small bead and an optical sight
   
2. While shooting from the hip
   
3. At a clay which you can't read the name of 
   
4. on a beer keg
   

 I'm off for a shoot in the morning. i'll give it a go.

Not sure the ground staff will approve of the shooting from the hip part though !!

 

[Darkside]

If stock is adjustable drop it low as you can. Many may disagree but I find if comb is high you see more rib (obviously) so dropping it so your seeing very little if any rib "may" help. 

DO NOT DO THIS!!! THAT IS THE WORST ADVICE IVE EVER HEARD ON HERE!!!

Set the comb too low and you open up a world of pain and a Pandora's box of problems!!! 

 

[ips]

I did say many will disagree. What works for one doesn't work for all.

 

[Bebo]

Low comb might be ok on trap type targets where you just want to blot it out as you fire.  For sporting you want to be able to see the clays so a higher comb is generally considered a better bet.

 

[Sian]

I did need an adjustable comb set high to enable me to improve my sporting/Fistasc and associated disciplines.  It has not interfered with my DTL as you know I like to dabble in this discipline.

 

[foldAA]

Low comb might be ok on trap type targets where you just want to blot it out as you fire.  For sporting you want to be able to see the clays so a higher comb is generally considered a better bet.

I always tho it's the other way around, since trap targets are on the rise when u shoot them so you want your gun to shot high (hence the popular 70/30 poi talks)

to achieve that you have to set your comb "high" .... isn't that right?

 

[ips]

Correct, trap is usually shot with high comb and high ish poi. Personally I shoot better with seeing less rib as i can suffer from the OPs problem of being attracted to the bead / rib. A flatter shooting gun means that (for me) i shoot through the barell. Everyone's perception of such things is different and i appreciate that this may not be right for everyone . I always remain of the opinion that one must find what works for you and that one persons advice may be different to the "usual" but that does not make it the worst advice ever.

remember that in the olden days it was usual for game, sporting and skeet to be shot with a very low comb, only the folk who adopted trap guns for esp started to talk about comb height for sporting .

 

[Darkside]

remember that in the olden days it was usual for game, sporting and skeet to be shot with a very low comb, only the folk who adopted trap guns for esp started to talk about comb height for sporting .

Ignorance is bliss!!! 'In the olden days' they didn't know any better...thankfully clay shooting has evolved and so has the equipment we use. Traps are now capable of throwing presentations that simply weren't possible with manual release. Trap guns started getting used/adapted for sporting/skeet/game because low combed sporting/skeet/game guns put you at a disadvantage trying to shoot a moving target that doesn't follow a constant line!!!

You get drawn to looking at the bead? Take it off, you don't need it on a shotgun anyway...it only obscures your vision. 

You say you shoot through the clay with your flat gun at trap? How does that go with second barrels? Do you wait to see if it reappears, then chase it again if it does??

 

[ips]

I am not getting involved in this James. But i respect your views as ever .

 

[Skeet UK]

So...tell us more about how you actually shoot.

Gun up or down or both?

Preferred method of achieving lead?

Guide us through a left to right crosser at about 40 yards.