Category Archives: Shotguns
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A Genuine “Sleeper”
Posted on May 22, 2015 by Alan Rhone in Shotguns.Back in 1998 I sold a quite unusual K-80 through Chris Potter Guns in Tunbridge Wells. The gun was memorable because it was a K-80 with the detachable trigger mechanism and it was custom engraved by Katrin Nonn in a variation of the Arabesque Scroll engraving pattern. This version of the K-80 was known as […]
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Stock Fit. Part III. Cast-on, Cast-off.
Posted on May 7, 2015 by Alan Rhone in Shotguns, Stock Fit.Cast is the horizontal offset of a stock that allows your eye to line up with the rib. Viewed from above, barrels forward, stock bent to the right we call “cast-off”, and to the left “cast-on”. Cast-off or right hand cast is normally for right handed shots whilst cast-on or left cast is for lefties. This […]
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Stock Fit. Part II. Length and Pitch
Posted on April 24, 2015 by Alan Rhone in Shotguns, Stock Fit.The right stock fit is a length that allows you to mount the gun consistently and easily. If you have to stretch to get the gun in the shoulder it is too long. If you bump your nose with the heel of your thumb it is too short. There is no need to make it […]
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Release Trigger
Posted on April 22, 2015 by Alan Rhone in Krieghoff K-80, Shooting, Shotguns.A release trigger is a trigger that fires when you let it go, not when your pull it. Sounds obvious but scary. Why on earth would anyone want such a thing. The answer is a little more complicated. Many shooters, especially Trap shooters, suffer from a flinch. For more information see my earlier post – Flinching. […]
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Flinching
Posted on April 20, 2015 by Alan Rhone in Krieghoff K-80, Shooting, Shotguns.For those who do not know, a flinch is something that happens when you try to pull the trigger. It can take two distinct forms. The first is a jerk or snatch that pulls the gun off target at the instant of firing. The second is an inability to pull the trigger and can vary […]
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Bruised face
Posted on April 17, 2015 by Alan Rhone in Shotguns.Probably the most common symptom of recoil is a bruise or graze to the face and yet this is one problem that can be completely eliminated by a correct gun mount technique. Rarely is the cause the gun or cartridge unless the load is heavy and the gun light, even then, correct technique will overcome […]
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New Gun Syndrome
Posted on April 16, 2015 by Alan Rhone in Shooting.Shooters often buy a new gun expecting that it will transform their shooting overnight and are disappointed when it does not. Shooting a gun is the same as driving a car or anything else we do in our day to day to lives. We rely on muscle memory. Put simply, muscle memory is what we […]
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Stock Fit. Part I. The Basics
Posted on April 15, 2015 by Alan Rhone in Shooting, Shotguns, Stock Fit.The single most important part of stock fit is the shooter. If you cannot mount a gun consistently in the same place, time after time, no one on earth can make a stock to fit you. I cannot count the number of times I have been asked to look at a stock fit only to […]
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