I just thumbed through Capt. Money's book Pigeon Shooting, and found most of the shooters in position with the gun off the shoulder. Hurlingham Club Rules call for the gun off the shoulder with the butt below the arm pit. Carteret Gun Club rules #3 The shooter may hold his gun in any position he pleases. In his book Growing Up With Bootleggers Gamblers & Pigeons, Patrick M. Canfield goes on at length about "fair gun shooters" and "high gun shooters."

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