jen shooter Posted May 22, 2009 Report Share Posted May 22, 2009 HI chaps as the title says gun up gun down , just started shootling the clays and went on our club shoot . as i do the wildfowling i had to shoot gundown so i have a good teacher anybody have any comments on this cheers jen shooter Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Chard Posted May 22, 2009 Report Share Posted May 22, 2009 If you normally shoot gun down, you may as well do the same on the clays. Occasionally you may encounter clays that don't give you sufficient time to mount the gun, so it might be an idea to try a bit of gun up as well, but if you're comfortable gun up, then carry on. Some mincing tarts will try and tell you that shooting gun up is gay or somesuch tripe and they try and say that when they're out shooting sparrows, they can't stand there all day with gun up. What they don't seem to grasp is that most people don't give a rats harris what they do when they're shooting sparrows. Shooting clays is a competitive sport, shooting game isn't. If shooting gun up at clays increases your score, then it's the way to go Enjoy the sport, it gets rather addictive Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Toombsy Posted May 22, 2009 Report Share Posted May 22, 2009 Sound advice there Apart from DTL, I always go gun down since shooting Olympic skeet, and I much prefer it that way. I don't shoot clays competetively now, so if I drop a shot or two I'm not that concerned. But I did get some fantastic guidance from Richard Baker and Andy Austin and Co, who only really shoot gun down Olympic skeet, and that helped massively. I honestly believe that mounting the gun really quickly from below the hip has given me an edge, particularly when it's windy and the pigeons scream in over hedgerows, and when walking up hedgerows and all you see is a flash of a bunnies tail between crops. Having said that though, I'm definitely in a minority. Most shoot with the gun mounted or with the stock a couple of inches below the cheek. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MC Posted May 23, 2009 Report Share Posted May 23, 2009 If you normally shoot gun down, you may as well do the same on the clays. Occasionally you may encounter clays that don't give you sufficient time to mount the gun, so it might be an idea to try a bit of gun up as well, but if you're comfortable gun up, then carry on. Some mincing tarts will try and tell you that shooting gun up is gay or somesuch tripe and they try and say that when they're out shooting sparrows, they can't stand there all day with gun up. What they don't seem to grasp is that most people don't give a rats harris what they do when they're shooting sparrows. Shooting clays is a competitive sport, shooting game isn't. If shooting gun up at clays increases your score, then it's the way to go Enjoy the sport, it gets rather addictive Absolutely, shoot whichever way is going to improve your scores, but if you need any persuading then shooting gun up is for raving homsexuals. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Chard Posted May 23, 2009 Report Share Posted May 23, 2009 Absolutely, shoot whichever way is going to improve your scores, but if you need any persuading then shooting gun up is for raving homsexuals. Right on time . Here's one of the mincing tarts. Magman will be along in a bit Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
magman Posted May 23, 2009 Report Share Posted May 23, 2009 Always shoot gun down , but must have something to do with keeping an eye on what Chard gets up to behind me The things he will do to get you to drop a shot Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
reddan Posted May 23, 2009 Report Share Posted May 23, 2009 I always shoot gun down, just seems better that way. If there is a target that is too fast to complete the mount in the normal way I start mounting just before calling for the target so still go through the motions but get a bit of a head start. Dan Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Peter De La Mare Posted May 23, 2009 Report Share Posted May 23, 2009 Until I beat Mung, then I'll withhold my usual 'Gun up is for benders' line.... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
magman Posted May 23, 2009 Report Share Posted May 23, 2009 Mung shoots gun up Pussy Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MC Posted May 23, 2009 Report Share Posted May 23, 2009 Until I beat Mung, then I'll withhold my usual 'Gun up is for benders' line.... Blimey Pete, Get your act together, it ain't that hard to beat him. Admittedly he has probably beaten me more than I have outshot him but it can be done. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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