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Not dragging on the clothing is not the goal , but the consequence, of learning a good mount. Part of the solution is to select proper attire, both fabric and fit, for the type of shooting you do. Aw heck, forget about practicing the gun mount...just add some spandex to the shooting bag along with duct tape, varnish, vaseline, Tru-oil, shellac, electrical tape, Slick-eez, baby powder and some good books.
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I try not to worry about all that crap. Perhaps some have a tendency to overthink this stuff, but the good shots I know mostly grew up around bird hunters and just see bird, shoot bird. It's not that complicated.
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I try not to worry about all that crap. Perhaps some have a tendency to overthink this stuff, but the good shots I know mostly grew up around bird hunters and just see bird, shoot bird. It's not that complicated. +1
Such a long, long time to be gone, and a short time to be there.
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Way too much BS from the Brits. I have no idea how Bob Brister got his name in the same post with those guys.
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The keyboard can be mightier than the shoulder fired gun.
Remarkably, we don't actually rest the stock butt on the shoulder, it's on the pectoral muscle which is responsible for some of the complex movements possible with the shoulder joint. This is usually considered a chest muscle.
The interface between the gun and the pectoral muscle needs to be fairly tight within reason, and I find tensing that muscle up while pulling the gun in provides this.
Do we move the shoulder forward thus 'stepping into' the shot? Possibly, but it's also required to flex the elbow inward thus pulling the gun into the pectoral muscle.
The goal is repeatability. The mount should be essentially identical with any gun in the rack and any shirt or jacket.
Your starting point may well vary depending on the sport. While it's safe to assume a 'ready' position behind a trap with the gun horizontal, generally your muzzle will or should be quite a bit higher behind a pointing dog. We lose fewer dogs and hunters this way, and it should be just as easy to get a good mount from a sky pointing position as from any other.
"The price of good shotgunnery is constant practice" - Fred Kimble
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