pre-mounted or low gun
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American skeet, which is probably what you'll shoot is high mount or premount. International skeet is low mount. Canadian sporting clays rules are high gun, but if you shoot FITASC its low mount.
Most likely anything you will find will be high mount.
Most likely anything you will find will be high mount.
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Alberta Sporting Clays Association Rules on the CNSCA website state that a mounted gun is allowed.
I do not shoot skeet or sporting with a really low gun like in international skeet, but I am not shouldered. I have tried both with a full mount but it is not for me. Although I has frequently shot straights in skeet with the lower mount, I have not ever shot a straight in a round of skeet with the gun fully mounted. The gun just seems to get in the way. I liked sporting with gun down but so many were not doing it that everyone just gave up and gave in.
Dont be afraid to shoot low gun. My only advice is to get a gun that fits properly, and practice your mount from the proper low gun position (ISSF).
I started shooting low gun, because that was just the way I shot. I have trouble getting my eyes off the barrell with a pre-mounted gun. I also find a lot of new shooters who premount tend to want to aim the gun, so getting the muzzle down and out of the way is important to allow for the earliest possible aquisition of the target, regardless of a mounted or premounted gun.
Unfortunately there are few good references or videos for low gun shooters, however, the basic rules apply, head on the gun, eye on the bird! And of course foot position is also critical. My advice would be to go to the ISSF website and watch the skeet videos. Pay particular attention to not only where they start the butt of the gun, but where the end of the muzzle is in relation to their eyes. Also note the foot position on each station, and their hold points and how the mount the gun and move to the target in one smooth motion.
I started shooting low gun, because that was just the way I shot. I have trouble getting my eyes off the barrell with a pre-mounted gun. I also find a lot of new shooters who premount tend to want to aim the gun, so getting the muzzle down and out of the way is important to allow for the earliest possible aquisition of the target, regardless of a mounted or premounted gun.
Unfortunately there are few good references or videos for low gun shooters, however, the basic rules apply, head on the gun, eye on the bird! And of course foot position is also critical. My advice would be to go to the ISSF website and watch the skeet videos. Pay particular attention to not only where they start the butt of the gun, but where the end of the muzzle is in relation to their eyes. Also note the foot position on each station, and their hold points and how the mount the gun and move to the target in one smooth motion.
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American skeet, gun up. Its not wrong to shoot gun down, it just gives you more room for error via a bad mount. And even if you practice mounting for hours, the possibility of a bad mount is there. If you're just shooting for recreation, who cares, go nuts. In competition, you may not want that extra room for error. It is fun however and I do shoot low gun skeet from time to time.
Sporting clays and 5 stand. Either low gun, or cheek pulled lightly off the stock. That's how I shoot it anyways on most stands. And I lower the gun between shots many times as well.
Sporting clays and 5 stand. Either low gun, or cheek pulled lightly off the stock. That's how I shoot it anyways on most stands. And I lower the gun between shots many times as well.
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- Ft. Mac. Alberta
Same here, it lets me se the target better when it's coming out of the house.
In trap however, I shoot with a mounted gun, go figure!
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