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    Don't own a shottie, have used them a few times on clays and ducks and can hit 40-50% of shots.
    My brother on the other hand, doesn't matter what shotgun he picks up seems to hit 80-90% of clays and he hardly ever shoots.
    I'll stick with the rifles for me, small one for rabbits/possums, medium one for wallabies/fallow and big one for deer/tahr.

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    Quote Originally Posted by Marty Henry View Post
    Both, and thanks to having a brno 201 I can occasionally do both simultaneously.
    photos of this mystical beast......its not u/o with 7x57 barrels is it??? saw photos of one in rod n rifle ..must be 30 years ago now,always struck me as great idea
    I can cheat and do it now too....
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    Quote Originally Posted by RUMPY View Post
    Don't own a shottie, have used them a few times on clays and ducks and can hit 40-50% of shots.
    My brother on the other hand, doesn't matter what shotgun he picks up seems to hit 80-90% of clays and he hardly ever shoots.
    I'll stick with the rifles for me, small one for rabbits/possums, medium one for wallabies/fallow and big one for deer/tahr.
    one of these days I shall have to try n convert you mate......when you drop a running hare going full tit across in front of you...the whole world looks rosey.
    very versitile weapon the old shotgun, have shot ducks pheasant,rabbit hare and wallaby in a single outing with u/o russian mistress
    have shot pigs and even a deer with them too.
    I consider myself competant with either rifle of shotgun ,but you only get good and stay good with any gun by constant use.
    I would back myself under 50 yards with a shotgun against pretty much anything that walks this great green country of ours.
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    Using both and going for a b cat so hopefully 3 shortly, best tip on shotgun don't aim at it swing through it

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    plucking heads off rabbits with full choke and careful aim under 10 yards being the exception to that rule,we used to do it at least twice most nights spotlighting.
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    Quote Originally Posted by Micky Duck View Post
    photos of this mystical beast......its not u/o with 7x57 barrels is it??? saw photos of one in rod n rifle ..must be 30 years ago now,always struck me as great idea
    I can cheat and do it now too....
    I'll get a photo for you when I get home, yes it is 7x57 over 12 and I've got a set of 12/12 full chokes for it as well.
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    hmmm Im SURE it was a ruger u/o that also has U/O in 7x57 so two scatter gun OR two rifle barrels I saw all those years ago....
    looking forward to seeing your drilling.
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    Quote Originally Posted by Marty Henry View Post
    I'll get a photo for you when I get home, yes it is 7x57 over 12 and I've got a set of 12/12 full chokes for it as well.
    Sounds like my old one I sold about 20 yrs ago had a set 12 barrels missus left a trail of 7x57r in the bush behind gizzy when I took her with me with the gun broken . cool trigger front was rifle first then pull again for lower barrel or back trigger for lower 12g also front was a set trigger if pushed forward . I disconected the auto safety , prick of a job , my boy managed to dunk it in lake wairarapa duck shooting .
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    I have shot shotgun, rifle, and pistol since I was a kid. All require different techniques but I have shot international competition with all three successfully. I think rifle shooters learning to use a shotgun have some difficulty for a while, but not as much as shotgun shooters learning to use a pistol! Nothing is harder to overcome than bad habits that are fine for one discipline but not for any other.

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    gentle squeeze of rifle trigger Vs slap of shotgun comes to mind.....
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    Quote Originally Posted by gundoc View Post
    I have shot shotgun, rifle, and pistol since I was a kid. All require different techniques but I have shot international competition with all three successfully. I think rifle shooters learning to use a shotgun have some difficulty for a while, but not as much as shotgun shooters learning to use a pistol! Nothing is harder to overcome than bad habits that are fine for one discipline but not for any other.
    one bad habit I have sometimes when using a shotgun is for some reason I pull down on it as I fire, dont know where that comes from

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    I started out with air rifles aswell. Not much of a shotgun shooter, though im sure more practice makes perfect.
    Im more of a rim fire/center fire now as well as getting back in to air rifles now.
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    Quote Originally Posted by blip View Post
    one bad habit I have sometimes when using a shotgun is for some reason I pull down on it as I fire, dont know where that comes from
    That is flinching from anticipating the recoil. You momentarily tense up and your forward arm pulls down. The recoil is much less noticeable with a good shooting stance that lets you 'roll with the punch'. Get an experienced shotgun shooter to give you a few pointers.
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    100% rifle shooter

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    99.99% of my shooting has been with a rifle however I appear to have a natural ability with DTL clay bird shooting. It takes me at least a round or two to get back into the groove with a shotgun, I find the two disciplines detrimental to each other.

    I’d love to get to the point with rifle shooting as I am with shotguns, no thinking or aiming, all instinctive.

 

 

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