Not that I am an especially good shot at all, I tend to do some of my best shooting when I don't have time to think about the mechanics of what I'm doing - call it 'instinctive' shooting or 'snap' shooting... although I really don't think I am a snap shooter. I come from behind and as the barrels pass the bird's head, or the clay target, I touch the trigger while I force the barrels to keep swinging through. But as Daryl says, placing your lead hand (forend hand) significantly farther out on the barrels - even beyond the end of the forend - will give you much greater control on swinging your barrels through your target without the jerky thing you describe. And shooting a lot of skeet would help tremendously, especially the long crossing shots provided by stations 3, 4, and 5.
Good Luck Craig - we know you can do it!
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"I'm a Setter man.
Not because I think they're better than the other breeds,
but because I'm a romantic - stuck on tradition - and to me, a Setter just "belongs" in the grouse picture."
George King, "That's Ruff", 2010 - a timeless classic.
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