How Do You Operate A Pump Shotgun?

Greg Cruz, Brian Hoffner and Rob Haught are my go-to shotgun technique guys.
 
Win120 said:
Unless you have a reverse pump, then you pull /push. Extremely rare, have only seen a couple in my years.
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I believe that he's asking about the "pull to the rear with the control hand and push forward with the support hand upon firing", creating a bit of a shock absorber effect. This method was first (AFAIK) popularized by Rob Haught, and allows even smaller statured shooters to shoot without undue abuse. I use it myself and don't even contact my shoulder with the butt of the gun (although I am far from "smaller statured")...
 
mudgunner49 said:
I believe that he's asking about the "pull to the rear with the control hand and push forward with the support hand upon firing", creating a bit of a shock absorber effect. This method was first (AFAIK) popularized by Rob Haught, and allows even smaller statured shooters to shoot without undue abuse. I use it myself and don't even contact my shoulder with the butt of the gun (although I am far from "smaller statured")...
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There are indeed "reverse" pump actions.

The RMB-93 and variants being the most notable.

 
Just hold it. Then IMMEDIATELY after you pull the trigger, rack the living #### out of it, like it owed you money or rear-ended your car or something. Think of it as a love-hate relationship.
 
Sometimes when I have been shooting my doubles for a while I switch to one of my pumps and I pull the trigger a second time without sliding the pump and have that moment where you watch the clay or bird fly out of range.
 
Noobie81 said:
Sometimes when I have been shooting my doubles for a while I switch to one of my pumps and I pull the trigger a second time without sliding the pump and have that moment where you watch the clay or bird fly out of range.
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My trick, too! I fire the first shot, then stand there. Duh... I was brought up on my Dad's old Tobin double, a couple of singles, then graduated to a nice Weatherby semi. Pulled the trick just this past Sunday, shooting at clays with some friends at Willow Bunch.
 
I keep my offhand pushed out and nice and tight. People that don't do the push-pull are the people that complain about recoil and getting a bruised shoulder after shooting a box of 250 shells. ;)
 
wheeler said:
I can't believe this is a real question... IF you have to ask this, you should NEVER own a pump shotgun...
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Because doing research and asking people for advice is a bad thing?

The serious answer to this question is I am pulling in on the pump to support the shotgun in the shoulder, if the shotgun has a buttstock. If the shotgun doesn't have a stock, then I am gripping the fore stock/pump as tight as tight as possible.

If the shotgun is a lever action, then I am using my support and to run the throttle and front brake, like this.
 
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