This chap won the odd shoot or two, with a S/S and FIXED chokes, makes you wonder how he did it with such old fashioned tackle. Maybe, just maybe the main thing is to place the shot where the clay is, not where it was.
Percy Stanbury's shooting achievements were vast, with a string of British championships to his credit in various disciplines. He might well have represented Great Britain at the Olympics, too, had rules concerning professionalism not been so strictly enforced in his day. As it was, he was a successful competitor from 1926 to 1953 (winning the Devon Championship in 1926 and the English Open in 1953), and was in the England international team for 26 years. His tally included no fewer than 18 British titles.
The above paragraph taken from an article by Michael Yardley for The Field.
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