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PRO TIPS with MICHAEL VOIGT - LESSON 6

Setting Up Your Shotgun

Today we want to talk about setting up your shotgun for USPSA shooting. The butt stock has three critical elements to it. We have the length of pull, the height and angle of the comb and the pitch or the angle of the recoil pad.

The length of pull needs to be short enough to clear my clothing, but long enough so that my nose and thumb don’t come together. As the comb touches your cheek, your eyes are placed in the middle of the sight every time.

The pitch or angle of the recoil pad is critical to keeping the entire rear surface of the pad against my shoulder. If the angle is too low or too high, I only get a single point of contact. You can also see that I’ve wrapped the butt stock with electrical tape to make it slide up against the clothing. These three elements, that we’ve talked about, consistently put my eye behind the sight and the gun on my shoulder to control it during the entire course of fire.

As you can see through the sight, I have a wide field of view. the dot is easily seen and the sight is mounted very low to the bore. These things come together to make the open guns very fast from target to target acquisition.

Now lets take a look at a limited gun. With only a front sight on the limited gun, stock fit is very important. Your eye is actually your rear sight.

Let’s put this all together and go through a shot sequence. I’m back with the open gun. The butt stock starts against the belt. The muzzle’s placed directly between the eyes and the target.

On the start signal the left hand moves towards the target and the right hand brings the sight directly to my eye. A lot of newer shooters that we see, they tend to shoulder the gun first and then bring the muzzle on the target. This is less efficient and wastes precious time.

Let’s go ahead and go through this in real time now. What we covered today will get you started in USPSA Shotgun shooting. I’ll see you next time with some more tips.