Successful Shotgunning: How to Build Skill in the Field and Take More Birds in Competition

by Peter F. Blakeley

Overview

A solid guide for becoming a better shotWing shooting, sporting clays, skeet shootingExpert teacher and coach shares years of experienceSuccessful Shotgunning focuses on wing-shooting and sporting clays techniques. Gain a better understanding of the shooting process as a whole as you sharpen your skills and become a better shot. How to evaluate moving targets in wing-shooting situations in the field, in a competitive environment, on a sporting clays course, or on a skeet field. Choose the correct gun and gun fit for you; learn to diagnose some common eye problems and correct your aim; tame recoil; and deal with the challenges of various sporting clays targets.Quote from the book: "Successful shotgunning isn't an inherent trait, it is a skill and it must be learned like any other skill. It requires systematic study and the ability to accurately calculate the variables of moving targets. My coaching methods involve an intuitive technique that is based on pure logic and a systematic breakdown of all the variables involved. This is how the experts shoot. Over a period of time they build up a personal mental repertoire of sight pictures, which they can then successfully apply to each target, regardless of whether it is a quail, dove, duck or clay target. They then have the ability to see a subtle but consequential target/barrel relationship on every shot and adjust to each different shooting situation."

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9780811700429
Publisher:	Stackpole Books
Publication date:	08/01/2003
Pages:	320
Product dimensions:	6.00(w) x 9.00(h) x 1.00(d)

About the Author

Peter Blakeley writes for Sporting Clays magazine. He grew up in Stockport, Cheshire, England, and shot and operated a gun shop on the Duke of Buccleuch's Estate in Langholm. He earned his credentials as a shooting coach at Annandale Shooting Ground in Dumfriesshire and Westside sporting grounds in Houston and the Dallas Gun Club. He lives near Dallas, Texas.

Table of Contents

Foreword vi

Preface vii

Acknowledgments ix

Introduction x

1 The Shotgun: A Brief History 1

2 Gun Safety and Shotgun Etiquette 19

3 Which Gun? 31

4 Recoil and How to Tame It 52

5 Eye Dominance: Diagnosis and Some Eye Problems 62

6 Gun Fit 74

7 Stance, Mount, and Swing 96

8 Application of Lead and Various Shooting Methods 113

9 The Modern Shotshell 122

10 Internal Dynamics, Chokes, Barrels, and Forcing Cones 129

11 Proof of Guns 144

12 The Pathway to Portability 149

13 That Shot-String Thing 156

14 Pattern versus Penetration 163

15 The Logic of Lead 172

16 Evaluating Range 207

17 Cleaning and Maintenance 223

18 Sporting Clays 234

19 Skeet Shooting 271

20 Addicted to Dove 291

Index 297