{"id":67903,"date":"2017-02-02T11:58:19","date_gmt":"2017-02-02T16:58:19","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.gunsamerica.com\/blog\/?p=67903"},"modified":"2017-02-02T11:58:19","modified_gmt":"2023-08-20T17:29:16","slug":"journey-into-competitive-shooting-ep-8-shotgun-ii-action-shooting","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/gunsamerica.com\/digest\/journey-into-competitive-shooting-ep-8-shotgun-ii-action-shooting\/","title":{"rendered":"Journey Into Competitive Shooting: Ep. 8 Shotgun II &#8216;Action Shooting&#8217;"},"content":{"rendered":"<div id=\"attachment_69419\" style=\"width: 353px\" class=\"wp-caption alignright\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.gunsamerica.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/01\/Yackley-Shotgun.jpg\" target=\"_blank\" class=\"clickTracking\" campaign=\"journey-into-competitive-shooting-ep-8-shotgun-ii-action-shooting\" title=\"Journey Into Competitive Shooting: Ep. 8 Shotgun II 'Action Shooting'\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-69419\" alt=\"Journey Into Competitive Shooting: Ep. 8 Shotgun II 'Action Shooting'\" title=\"Journey Into Competitive Shooting: Ep. 8 Shotgun II 'Action Shooting'\" class=\"wp-image-69419 size-medium\" src=\"https:\/\/www.gunsamerica.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/01\/Yackley-Shotgun-343x300.jpg\" width=\"343\" height=\"300\" srcset=\"https:\/\/gunsamerica.com\/digest\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/01\/Yackley-Shotgun-343x300.jpg 343w, https:\/\/gunsamerica.com\/digest\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/01\/Yackley-Shotgun-150x131.jpg 150w, https:\/\/gunsamerica.com\/digest\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/01\/Yackley-Shotgun.jpg 451w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 343px) 100vw, 343px\" \/><\/a><p id=\"caption-attachment-69419\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Author Becky Yackley during 2016 3 gun Pro Am, focused on aggressively engaging a series of knock-down targets.<\/p><\/div>\n<h2>Introduction:<\/h2>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">Last time we talked shotguns\u00a0<\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/www.gunsamerica.com\/blog\/journey-into-competitive-shooting-ep4-shotgun\/\" target=\"_blank\" class=\"clickTracking\" campaign=\"journey-into-competitive-shooting-ep-8-shotgun-ii-action-shooting\" title=\"Journey Into Competitive Shooting: Ep. 8 Shotgun II 'Action Shooting'\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">we looked at the basics<\/span><\/a><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">\u00a0involving stance, proper fit, safe handling, and loading. <\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">We suggested that you use dummy rounds and dry fire to familiarize yourself with the processes unique to your gun. <\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">We talked about developing an eye for lead and the need to \u201cbe one\u201d with your firearm, meaning that you have to put your gun through its paces so that shooting it and hitting targets becomes instinctive.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">Now we\u2019re going to dive a little deeper, specifically as it relates to mounting a shotgun, transitioning or swinging a shotgun and shooting on the move. And these are skills you will need if you plan to start shooting practical shotgun matches or 3 gun.<\/span><\/p>\n<h2>The Series:<\/h2>\n<ul>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.gunsamerica.com\/blog\/journey-competitive-shooting-ep-1-getting-started\/\" target=\"_blank\" class=\"clickTracking\" campaign=\"journey-into-competitive-shooting-ep-8-shotgun-ii-action-shooting\" title=\"Journey Into Competitive Shooting: Ep. 8 Shotgun II 'Action Shooting'\">Ep. 1 Getting Started<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.gunsamerica.com\/blog\/steel-challenge\/\" target=\"_blank\" class=\"clickTracking\" campaign=\"journey-into-competitive-shooting-ep-8-shotgun-ii-action-shooting\" title=\"Journey Into Competitive Shooting: Ep. 8 Shotgun II 'Action Shooting'\">Ep. 2 Steel Challenge<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.gunsamerica.com\/blog\/journey-competitive-shooting-uspsa\/\" target=\"_blank\" class=\"clickTracking\" campaign=\"journey-into-competitive-shooting-ep-8-shotgun-ii-action-shooting\" title=\"Journey Into Competitive Shooting: Ep. 8 Shotgun II 'Action Shooting'\">Ep. 3 USPSA Pistol<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.gunsamerica.com\/blog\/journey-into-competitive-shooting-ep4-shotgun\/\" target=\"_blank\" class=\"clickTracking\" campaign=\"journey-into-competitive-shooting-ep-8-shotgun-ii-action-shooting\" title=\"Journey Into Competitive Shooting: Ep. 8 Shotgun II 'Action Shooting'\">Ep. 4 Shotgun<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.gunsamerica.com\/blog\/journey-competitive-shooting-episode-5-three-gun\/\" target=\"_blank\" class=\"clickTracking\" campaign=\"journey-into-competitive-shooting-ep-8-shotgun-ii-action-shooting\" title=\"Journey Into Competitive Shooting: Ep. 8 Shotgun II 'Action Shooting'\">Ep. 5 3 Gun<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.gunsamerica.com\/blog\/journey-competitive-shooting-highpower-rifle\/\" target=\"_blank\" class=\"clickTracking\" campaign=\"journey-into-competitive-shooting-ep-8-shotgun-ii-action-shooting\" title=\"Journey Into Competitive Shooting: Ep. 8 Shotgun II 'Action Shooting'\">Ep. 6 High Power Rifle<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.gunsamerica.com\/blog\/journey-competitive-shooting-episode-7-cowboy-action\/\" target=\"_blank\" class=\"clickTracking\" campaign=\"journey-into-competitive-shooting-ep-8-shotgun-ii-action-shooting\" title=\"Journey Into Competitive Shooting: Ep. 8 Shotgun II 'Action Shooting'\">Ep. 7 Cowboy Action<\/a><\/li>\n<li>Ep. 8 Shotgun II<\/li>\n<li>Ep. 9 IDPA<\/li>\n<li>Ep. 10 Bulls Eye Pistol<\/li>\n<li>Ep. 11 Smallbore Rifle<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<h2><strong>Mounting the Gun<\/strong><\/h2>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">This is a very beneficial place for a new shooter to spend time with their shotgun. \u00a0<\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">Mounting a gun in practical shooting is usually done with one of two main methods: 1. Port Arms, or 2. Low Ready. \u00a0There are others, such as table starts and IPSC-style &#8220;receiver parallel to ground&#8221; starts, but they are not as common. <\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">For low ready, you start by shouldering the gun to take a sight picture and then you drop the muzzle to a low ready position. \u00a0For port arms, you drop the buttstock and lift the port high enough so that the buttstock is at your belt and the muzzle is generally above your\u00a0shoulder. \u00a0The key to both of these starts is not lowering the gun more than is necessary, and practicing until the movements are clean and smooth.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">Mounting the gun is important to practice because a poor mount will set you up for failure. \u00a0If you don&#8217;t get the gun high enough into your shoulder, your eye may not come to the same place as you normally shoot and this will affect not only your sight picture\u00a0but your ability to manage recoil may be impacted and your entire string of fire will fall short of your goal. \u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">While it seems rather obvious and simple, mounting the gun properly is a big deal whether you&#8217;re shooting only one target or shooting a string of fire that might have 12 targets. \u00a0Of course, the longer the string of fire the more a poor mount can mar your performance. \u00a0Get comfortable mounting your scatter gun! \u00a0 \u00a0\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<h2><strong>Swinging a Shotgun<\/strong><\/h2>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">Shotguns are sometimes on the heavy side in practical shooting because of how\u00a0many rounds we load (9 to 20 +, depending on your division). \u00a0They have very long tubes, and we\u2019re holding them out in front of our bodies for prolonged periods of time. Nothing about that makes it convenient to haul ass with them, and whether it&#8217;s in a straight line or side-to-side, they\u2019re cumbersome. \u00a0So we have to think back to <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/www.gunsamerica.com\/blog\/journey-into-competitive-shooting-ep4-shotgun\/\" target=\"_blank\" class=\"clickTracking\" campaign=\"journey-into-competitive-shooting-ep-8-shotgun-ii-action-shooting\" title=\"Journey Into Competitive Shooting: Ep. 8 Shotgun II 'Action Shooting'\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">that position we talked about with sporting clays and skee<\/span><\/a><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">t and being able to uncoil and move. \u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">What we want to strive for is a fluid movement, without fighting our momentum and our own body, and without any\u00a0up and down. \u00a0When I teach skiers how to turn, I look at their bodies, do they pop up mid-way through or at the end of the turn? \u00a0That tells me something about how they set up for the turn. \u00a0The same thing goes for swinging a shotgun; you have to set up. \u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400\"><strong>Try this:<\/strong> stand up really straight and tall, like a soldier in formation. \u00a0Now hold your arms like you have a shotgun in them. While maintaining that upright, straight-back position, try to swing 180 degrees from side to side. \u00a0Not so graceful is it?! \u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">Now, take an aggressive stance: feet separated and weight forward like you&#8217;re ready to counter someone who wants to push you backward, then swing. \u00a0See the difference? \u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">Pistol shooters are taught to transition from target to target similarly with the power coming from the knees and body moving like a tank turret. You don&#8217;t want to swing your gun and upper body while your lower body is playing catch up. \u00a0You want to swing or transition as a unit. <\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">Swinging a shotgun is very similar to transitioning with a pistol, except you have a much bigger gun and much more weight. \u00a0Your foot placement becomes critical, and you have a lot of room to make your stance your own and see what works for you, while maintaining the principles of good stance: bend in your knees, weight over the balls of your feet, hips slightly forward, shoulders rounded, and a functional tension in your core to counteract and absorb the recoil of the gun. \u00a0Some people will play with a narrower stance, toes pointed slightly outward, others find one foot forward helpful.<\/span><\/p>\n<p>Again, it&#8217;s going to take some practice before you master swinging your shotgun. \u00a0Set up your phone or a camera, watch how you move and see what changes when you change your position. \u00a0Does your gun stay level, are you off balance? Can you transition without needing to pivot your feet?<\/p>\n<h2><strong>Shooting on the Move<\/strong><\/h2>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">The biggest thing to be aware of in shooting a shotgun on the move is the amount of active muscular tension that needs to be held in your core. \u00a0Folks often call this an aggressive stance or posture. \u00a0<\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">But there&#8217;s more to it than standing with your body weight over the balls of your feet. You hold this position as you move and your muscles have what is called &#8220;functional tension.&#8221; \u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">The best description I&#8217;ve heard of functional tension is to imagine you&#8217;re holding a weight to do a bicep curl and then you make that motion. \u00a0You can either make the motion as if you&#8217;re holding a weightless weight, or pretend you have an actual 15-pound weight in hand. \u00a0That tension you hold when pretending to do it with the weight is something like what you should feel w<\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">hen you are maintaining functional tension in any other part of your body.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<div id=\"attachment_69514\" style=\"width: 410px\" class=\"wp-caption alignright\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-69514\" alt=\"Journey Into Competitive Shooting: Ep. 8 Shotgun II 'Action Shooting'\" title=\"Journey Into Competitive Shooting: Ep. 8 Shotgun II 'Action Shooting'\" class=\"wp-image-69514 size-medium\" src=\"https:\/\/www.gunsamerica.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/02\/sean-2016-sm-400x256.jpg\" width=\"400\" height=\"256\" srcset=\"https:\/\/gunsamerica.com\/digest\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/02\/sean-2016-sm-400x256.jpg 400w, https:\/\/gunsamerica.com\/digest\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/02\/sean-2016-sm-150x96.jpg 150w, https:\/\/gunsamerica.com\/digest\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/02\/sean-2016-sm-768x492.jpg 768w, https:\/\/gunsamerica.com\/digest\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/02\/sean-2016-sm-1024x656.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/gunsamerica.com\/digest\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/02\/sean-2016-sm.jpg 1400w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 400px) 100vw, 400px\" \/><p id=\"caption-attachment-69514\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Knowing when to shoot while moving, 7 when to post up to get your hits are both skills learned through experience.<\/p><\/div>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">When you shoot a shotgun, your core should feel like you&#8217;re ready to counter someone pushing you backward. And that might be the best experiential way to teach what you need to feel. Hold your empty shotgun out like you&#8217;re shooting, and have someone push back on it by\u00a0giving a push to the fore-end. \u00a0It doesn&#8217;t take much to put you off balance, so figure out what you need to do so you can&#8217;t be thrown off balance! \u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">The second thing to be very aware of is that you don\u2019t want to shoot out of sync with your footfalls. You can\u2019t plod through the movement without seeing the sights dip considerably, strive for rolling footfalls. \u00a0And as you move, keep your legs bent and hinge forward at your hips enough to keep from being thrown upright or off balance by the recoil of the gun. \u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">Dry fire \u201cwalking\u201d through a row of steel is a good way to practice this, then adding live fire as you go. \u00a0By walking it first with your gun, and transitioning from target to target, you will be able to see what happens to your sights when you step, and learn how to walk smoothly. \u00a0 \u00a0 <\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">Shooting while moving\u00a0is something that you need to practice because it feels weird at first. \u00a0And you need a good sense of balance and control in your body. You have to work at it, but you can dry fire to practice, and work on the smoothing out your movement. \u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<h2><strong>Think with Your Eyes!<\/strong><\/h2>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">Just like any other part of shooting, when shooting on the move and transitioning you have a lot going on visually: what your sights tell you, what your peripheral vision tells you about your location within a stage, what your recoil tells you. \u00a0Are you looking at the target and where your hits went? \u00a0Are you thinking about the next target and what you visualized in your stage walk-through?<\/span><\/p>\n<div id=\"attachment_69507\" style=\"width: 410px\" class=\"wp-caption alignleft\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-69507\" title=\"Journey Into Competitive Shooting: Ep. 8 Shotgun II 'Action Shooting'\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-69507\" src=\"https:\/\/www.gunsamerica.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/02\/andrew-stoeger-400x265.jpg\" alt=\"Author's son competing in a 3 gun match at 11 years old.\" width=\"400\" height=\"265\" srcset=\"https:\/\/gunsamerica.com\/digest\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/02\/andrew-stoeger-400x265.jpg 400w, https:\/\/gunsamerica.com\/digest\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/02\/andrew-stoeger-150x99.jpg 150w, https:\/\/gunsamerica.com\/digest\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/02\/andrew-stoeger-768x509.jpg 768w, https:\/\/gunsamerica.com\/digest\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/02\/andrew-stoeger-1024x678.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/gunsamerica.com\/digest\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/02\/andrew-stoeger.jpg 1200w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 400px) 100vw, 400px\" \/><p id=\"caption-attachment-69507\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Attention to visual details is an important skill to sharped for any type of shooting.<\/p><\/div>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">\u00a0<\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">When transitioning your shotgun from one target to another, either in a string of fire or between two targets, the goal is to swing the gun fast and get your eyes there first. \u00a0You have to know what you\u2019re looking for, and when you swing, eyes move first and gun catches up. \u00a0How fluidly you do this, stop, and set up for the shot, and how long it takes will require you to practice. \u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">Practice snapping your eyes their first, and the gun should slow down a fraction before you\u2019re at the target so you can pull the trigger once it\u2019s on target. \u00a0Learning what you need to see with any firearm is really important. \u00a0We can practice what we need to see from our gun in dry fire, and we can practice while walking a stage what we want to see to find targets. \u00a0But being aware that every marksmanship principle we apply is driven by what we see and the feedback our eyes give us will help us to improve over time. \u00a0So think with your eyes!<\/span><\/p>\n<h2>Conclusion<\/h2>\n<p>In the end, we can&#8217;t let our visualization drive us through our stage if we don&#8217;t know what good shooting feels like. \u00a0What it feels like to properly mount the shotgun, to transition fluidly and move with it aggressively. So, yes, it takes practice!<\/p>\n<div>There\u2019s a saying in action shooting that perfect execution is better than a perfect plan. And what wins, in the end, is the\u00a0ability to execute, which is the product of sound fundamentals, hours of practice time at the range and one\u2019s ability to visualize both the current target and the course that lies ahead.<\/div>\n<div><\/div>\n<div>And that&#8217;s another life lesson found in shooting: prepare yourself, see what needs to be done, come up with a plan based on the skills you have, and above all, go out and execute.<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The biggest thing to be aware of in shooting a shotgun on the move is the amount of active muscular tension that needs to be held in your core.  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