Question for small bore shooters.

[6pt-Sika]

Originally Posted by Dean Romig

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.

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The further out you put it the more it slows your swing . And you'll bind up quicker .

To each his own but my hand is generally back right in front of the receiver with a SxS or O/U, shooting skeet or trap and that other PITA game as well .
In years gone by a tubed Krieghoff K-32 i'd stay around 98.5% with the 28 and about 97% with the 410 . That was a 9 1/2 pound gun with the tubes . Now with my little Browning Superposed 410 I shoot about 90-92% and with the little Iver Johnson 410 Skeeter I do the same . The Browning weighs I think 7 1/2 pounds and the IJ weighs maybe 5 1/2 . With my little Superposed 28 as of late I've been breaking around 94-95% . I have no doubt that my averages would improve if I tubed the K-32 I have now , but the inclination to do so isn't that great anymore .

[Dean Romig]

Originally Posted by CraigThompson

The further out you put it the more it slows your swing . And you'll bind up quicker . To each his own.

Indeed - To each his own. Your experience has not been my experience - I was merely suggesting to Craig what has worked very well for me.






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[Double Lab]

[QUOTE=Dean Romig;195022]Indeed - To each his own. Your experience has not been my experience - I was merely suggesting to Craig what has worked very well for me.


Same here Dean. Craig L. was asking for suggestions for shooting a smallbore SxS, not an O/U. The two are VASTLY different in handling characteristics. If I tubed my K32 with 20ga. tubes I would certainly shoot a much higher score but it would feel like a club in my hands. That is not why I shoot a smallbore SxS. They are just plain sexy and fun to shoot. As I get older fun trumps score and if I score well with a 20 or 28 all the more fun.

[6pt-Sika]

[QUOTE=Daryl Corona;195026]

Originally Posted by Dean Romig

Indeed - To each his own. Your experience has not been my experience - I was merely suggesting to Craig what has worked very well for me.


Same here Dean. Craig L. was asking for suggestions for shooting a smallbore SxS, not an O/U. The two are VASTLY different in handling characteristics. If I tubed my K32 with 20ga. tubes I would certainly shoot a much higher score but it would feel like a club in my hands. That is not why I shoot a smallbore SxS. They are just plain sexy and fun to shoot. As I get older fun trumps score and if I score well with a 20 or 28 all the more fun.

You missed my point entirely !

And no a tubed O/U doesn't feel like a club . Well not once you get used to it atleast .

With a Superposed O/U 410 that weighs about 7 1/2 pounds and an Iver Johnson side by side 410 that weighs less then 6 pounds I shot virtually the same scores . Granted I shot better with a tubed gun but then again that was a few years ago .