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

by Blakeley, Peter F.

• ISBN13: 9780811700429
• ISBN10: 0811700429
• Edition: 1st
• Format: Hardcover
• Copyright: 2003-08-01
• Publisher: Stackpole Books

Summary

This book 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.

Author Biography

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	(18)
2. Gun Safety and Shotgun Etiquette	19	(12)
3. Which Gun?	31	(21)
4. Recoil and How to Tame It	52	(10)
5. Eye Dominance: Diagnosis and Some Eye Problems	62	(12)
6. Gun Fit	74	(22)
7. Stance, Mount, and Swing	96	(17)
8. Application of Lead and Various Shooting Methods	113	(9)
9. The Modern Shotshell	122	(7)
10. Internal Dynamics, Chokes, Barrels, and Forcing Cones	129	(15)
11. Proof of Guns	144	(5)
12. The Pathway to Pointability	149	(7)
13. That Shot-String Thing	156	(7)
14. Pattern versus Penetration	163	(9)
15. The Logic of Lead	172	(35)
16. Evaluating Range	207	(16)
17. Cleaning and Maintenance	223	(11)
18. Sporting Clays	234	(37)
19. Skeet Shooting	271	(20)
20. Addicted to Dove	291	(6)
Index	297