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Unread 01-30-2018, 03:56 PM   #14
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No argument there about lazy missing, guilty. However I have learned their are two types of shooters, some that miss shots from time to time and others that are about to miss. But again if you read my post about why I think I miss a shot has little to do with pull weight for me with shotguns. That's just me though. Someone else fine tuning that weight just might make a difference for them or at least make them happy so they may want to fine tune it. For me I don't see the need but if your maybe a competition shooter and fine tuning that trigger to get that edge to make one extra target might make the difference, might not. I don't know. There is my ignorance.

Why I miss a target or bird is my own burden though. BTW years ago I spent a weekend shooting with a fella named Todd Rogers right before they came out with that Orvis Guide to Gunfitting. He was/is one of the Orvis shooting instructors and was on the cover of one of their shooting books. Went to a station and he had me shoot a box of shells at going away targets. Hit 25 out 25. He never said a word until the very end and just watched me shoot at different targets and then he tore into me. Everything from foot work, gun positioning, gun mount, pivoting, to actually slowing everything down since he thought I was rushing shots. I had developed wrong instincts and habits and he taught me how and where to focus and correct the issues. Even went quail hunting with him a few times and he was a heck of a coach, while actually normal hunting he would stand behind me watching me shoot at birds from covey rises. With his coaching I hit 3 doubles in row on covey rises. But just to be clear these were semi wild birds that flew pretty good but still not wild quail. Still had never done that before. Stuff works if you learn it, practice it, do not deviate too much and apply it. He also talked some about gun fit but again he did not mention anything having to so much with trigger pull. I think its low on the totem pole of indicative signs leading to misses at least for me and he had more than enough to correct, than pick on my gun.

We did get to talk about some of the guns he had seen clients bring in to learn to shoot, lots of bespoke guns that were fitted. Some of those guns were so expensive he said he was afraid to even handle. All in all a good guy. He even bought a gun from a friend of mine that he saw and just fell in love with it. He was not a big fan of old shotguns though because of the amount of drop, and it was harder for instinctive shooting. He did say if you learn to shoot with an old gun stay with it, because flip flopping always create's some issues, some will disagree and I do some, but we were just talking over a few cold beers at the end of the day. He was also more of an O/U guy, but that is a different reason.

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