Sporting Clays

Get a Grip

It's amazing how much insight you can gain into how people shoot simply by observing how they grip and mount a gun. I've seen some folks pinch the forearm so daintily between their thumb and index finger it's as if they're trying to carry a half-fresh cow pie. And I've seen others who grip the forearm with such conviction it's as if they're trying to strangle an IRS agent. Seriously, though, in extreme situations like these, I've seen the gun butt literally bounce out of a shooter's shoulder pocket upon recoil in the first instance and, conversely, be clamped in so inflexibly it's as if they were squeezing off a .

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