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daryl1801

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went out today and shot some clays with my boy and could not hit a thing!! Im shooting a new o/u and im blaming the gun just not use to it yet! any good tips out thier???
 
Most likely your just not used to it or if you haven't shot in quite a while;)

Does the gun appear to fit reasonably well? I'm referring to what your seeing when you look down the rib. e.g. a lot of rib (top), the gun may be shooting high. If your seeing a good portion of the receiver and very little rib, the gun may be shooting low.

My guess you just need to pile up the empties till you get a feel for it. :)
 
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Put a pen flahlight down the barrel and practice picking it up and pointing it in your house at night, pointing at the wall. You will soon find your comfort zone and shooting it will become second nature. That is of course if the gun comes close to fitting you.
 
If you have a gun club near you, I would go there and ask for help. An experienced shooter (expert class) may be able to help you. Find someone who is respected for their opinion and who might be willing to actually work with you a few times to get you headed in the right direction. Good Luck.
 
You're right...it's the gun and it's no good. Send it to me for disposal and you will never have to worry about it again...:)

Actually, have you been shooting O/U's or is that new to you. The sight line and height on an O/U can very enough between guns that it may be a slight adjustment in your shouldering and hold. Good luck; I've been there but with automatics. Couldn't shoot one to save my live; picked up a Browning Maxus and haven't missed.

JMc
 
This is as simple as gaining some confidence. With my sons I simply got them pointing and shooting a stationary item. Pop can, butcher paper etc. Slowly I had them move to aquiring and quickly shooting. We then moved to clays and they have picked it up well. Like anything else it is time with the tools. Don't let it psyche you out. My dad died when I was eighteen. As a tribute to him I took his old 37 out to hunt once. Couldn't hit a thing with that 4" polychoke. Took some time before I got used to it. I pop it out every now and again today.
 
I'd do a couple things.

Go to a patterning board (opened up 50 lb dog food sack over a bale of hay has served many times), put a small circle in the middle of it. Go back 30 yards or so, from a low unmounted position, mount the gun and shoot, without aiming. Is the shot pattern centered around where you were looking?

Without shells, stand in your house, garage, barn, yard, wherever. Find a fairly long horizontal line (trimwork on the bedroom ceiling, edge of the barn roof, power line, whatever). Start from a low position, mount the gun as you're swinging down the horizontal line. When you get to a marker (corner, power transformer, Christmas tree topper), pull the trigger as you keep on swinging through it. Lower gun, then go back and do it from the opposite direction. This will get you some muscle memory on mounting the gun, trackingd own a line, and following through after the shot. When I was a kid new to shooting I'd do this dozens of times a night.

Remember, don't aim a shotgun. Point it where the target is going to be. Stay loose. Movement is with the whole body, not just your arms.
 
Try This

Find a place where you can throw clay birds across water. You will see right away what's going on. It can work wonders since you can see where the shot is going.

Lock and Load! :D
 
Daryl?

Take off the recoil pad, if it's there. Guarantee you will improve immediately.

I Promise.

You got too much stock.
 
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