Re: Weekend range time in DFW?
Posted: Thu Feb 23, 2017 2:10 pm
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C-Dub,C-dub wrote:Great fun at the range today. I got to try out my friends ACOG and really liked it. I'm pretty sure I'm going to get my own.
My daughter had a good and frustrating time on the skeet range. She's good on stations 1-2 and 6-7, but still having trouble with 3-5. When I stand behind to try and figure out what she's doing or not doing I can't explain why some of her shots are not busting them. However, many of them are due to her having trouble with the swing of the shotgun while tracking the bird. She can hit true pairs on 1 and 7, but is stymied at singles on the middle stations. I think she's close.
After we were done someone else put in terms that may help next time we are out. From my description of how she swings the shotgun he thinks that she's switching her view back and forth from the barrel to the bird. I'm not that knowledgeable about this process and didn't realize that when I shoot I'm not really looking at or focusing on the barrel or the front bead, but more the bird. He said that when one has their cheek in the right place on the stock all you have to do is follow the bird and the the shotgun will move with you if you keep it properly welded to your cheek. That seemed to make some sense to both of us and we'll try that out next time.
We tried some in my 12 gauge and had a difficult time seeing the thing.puma guy wrote:C-Dub,C-dub wrote:Great fun at the range today. I got to try out my friends ACOG and really liked it. I'm pretty sure I'm going to get my own.
My daughter had a good and frustrating time on the skeet range. She's good on stations 1-2 and 6-7, but still having trouble with 3-5. When I stand behind to try and figure out what she's doing or not doing I can't explain why some of her shots are not busting them. However, many of them are due to her having trouble with the swing of the shotgun while tracking the bird. She can hit true pairs on 1 and 7, but is stymied at singles on the middle stations. I think she's close.
After we were done someone else put in terms that may help next time we are out. From my description of how she swings the shotgun he thinks that she's switching her view back and forth from the barrel to the bird. I'm not that knowledgeable about this process and didn't realize that when I shoot I'm not really looking at or focusing on the barrel or the front bead, but more the bird. He said that when one has their cheek in the right place on the stock all you have to do is follow the bird and the the shotgun will move with you if you keep it properly welded to your cheek. That seemed to make some sense to both of us and we'll try that out next time.
You might try letting her use some Winchester AA Tracker shells. They are not much more than regular AA's and come in black and orange trackers depending on bright or overcast conditions. I also highly recommend a small, but very useful book by the late, great Bob Brister, who is considered the father of sporting clays in the US. It's titled "Shotgunning: The Art and The Science". You can often find the book on Ebay and Amazon from 4-5 dollars but it;s worth it's weight in gold. Alibris is another source for used books.
If you still have your Red Ryder BB gun there's an exercise in his book involving it and ping pong balls that may be useful.C-dub wrote:We tried some in my 12 gauge and had a difficult time seeing the thing.puma guy wrote:C-Dub,C-dub wrote:Great fun at the range today. I got to try out my friends ACOG and really liked it. I'm pretty sure I'm going to get my own.
My daughter had a good and frustrating time on the skeet range. She's good on stations 1-2 and 6-7, but still having trouble with 3-5. When I stand behind to try and figure out what she's doing or not doing I can't explain why some of her shots are not busting them. However, many of them are due to her having trouble with the swing of the shotgun while tracking the bird. She can hit true pairs on 1 and 7, but is stymied at singles on the middle stations. I think she's close.
After we were done someone else put in terms that may help next time we are out. From my description of how she swings the shotgun he thinks that she's switching her view back and forth from the barrel to the bird. I'm not that knowledgeable about this process and didn't realize that when I shoot I'm not really looking at or focusing on the barrel or the front bead, but more the bird. He said that when one has their cheek in the right place on the stock all you have to do is follow the bird and the the shotgun will move with you if you keep it properly welded to your cheek. That seemed to make some sense to both of us and we'll try that out next time.
You might try letting her use some Winchester AA Tracker shells. They are not much more than regular AA's and come in black and orange trackers depending on bright or overcast conditions. I also highly recommend a small, but very useful book by the late, great Bob Brister, who is considered the father of sporting clays in the US. It's titled "Shotgunning: The Art and The Science". You can often find the book on Ebay and Amazon from 4-5 dollars but it;s worth it's weight in gold. Alibris is another source for used books.