claybreaker Posted September 3, 2009 Report Share Posted September 3, 2009 when shooting a form of crosser are you supposed keep following the bird after its been shot? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
beretta Posted September 3, 2009 Report Share Posted September 3, 2009 not if its broke already. the idea about keeping your barrels moving is to try and stop people from stopping the gun when they pull the trigger. once pulled it takes a milli second top get out of the barrel so you can stop then. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Peter De La Mare Posted September 3, 2009 Report Share Posted September 3, 2009 Well, if you're 'following' the bird when you shoot it, you're going to miss anyway! I think you mean that you should keep the gun moving after you've taken the shot? If so, the answer is yes..... but not for too long obviously, the idea is just to train yourself from stopping the gun movement as you pull the trigger which would result in a miss behind (usually) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
claybreaker Posted September 3, 2009 Author Report Share Posted September 3, 2009 so i am doing the right thing thanks Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
clayman Posted September 5, 2009 Report Share Posted September 5, 2009 While the usual term for keeping the gun moving is "the follow through" this is rather a contradiction in terms as others note. It comes from older game shooting methods such as Churchill method. He advocated a short easy to swing gun that chased up behind the bird on the flightline moving faster than the quarry. Just as the shooter got to the bird they shot "at" it, but the reaction time delay from brain to finger, and the faster swing, meant that lead was always applied, albeit in a rather random way. In this method, aka smoke trail, you do follow through the target. Modern methods are usually pull away or maintained lead. In the former you "swing on", while in the latter you apply more lead than a pull away shooter uses - in the extreme, those who shoot out front may even ambush with a gun hardly moving. Today, the basic method ( aka CPSA Method) is pull away. Start with the gun about 1/3rd of the way out on the flight line, and look back for the target coming. When you see it mount the gun onto the target, move with it briefly, to establish speed and direction, then pull away in a controlled way to add lead, Fire and swing on until the clay breaks / bird drops. Keeping your eye firmly on the target helps keeping the gun moving as you shoot. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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