why can,t I hit a barn door with a frying pan?

[welshboy454 3]

I'm betting that besides what's already been said about lead being critical, if you are a rifle shooter you may well also do one other thing that is a no-no with shotguns - you will 'stop' the gun when you pull the trigger - you've got to keep swinging the gun ahead of the target and keep the gun moving as you pull the trigger - don't stop the gun swing until well AFTER you have shot

I second this analysis. You have hit some high fast birds on instinct swinging fast and firing in the swing .You are probably leading enough on slower targets then thinking fire but stopping the gun swinging. The time delay between thinking fire and actually firing is say quarter of a second. A 40mph target will have traveled 12ft or so in that time. It is easy to miss behind then.

[ezzy6.5 0]

It allways amazes me that people will spend a fortune on kit clothing driven days but seem reluctent to spend money on a few lessons.

Lots of the advice given will be valid but you really need someone to check gun fit, eye dominance, stance etc.

I'm lucky enough to count a couple of cpsa coaches as friends and they really do help (although I think i'm a better game shot than them both)

A few lessons early on will give you a good grounding and will make sure you are practicing the right things rather than enforcing bad form.

 

Good luck, Ezzy

[nimrod49 0]

Thanks everyone for the advice the comments on lead help ive just been out and had a go at a few woodies and lo and behold I hit more than I missed and a lot of the misses Iwas overly aware of having enough lead once I relaxed and did the b-bum bit it started to come together thanks again now for the rabbits

Mark

[cyclonebri1 8]

B.bum B.belly B. beak B.bang works for me

 

 

 

Been thinkin about this for weeks. Obviously too over sexed, will have to try shooting again

[chimp 299]

im going to try the BBBB myself as im suffering the same problem plus my shooting partner stands in shock and horror as i let rip like a the jungle clearing scene out of preditor, also for some reason i seem to shoot slighty better with light loads

 

here is an example of a normal days pigeon shooting , my shooting is similar to 30 secs in

 

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=v7ZxVbT5kys