megawatt
.270 WIN
Shooting is a hobby for me and I am always learning, hopefully this helps someone out.
Many firearms training facilities conduct 4 day shotgun classes and their students shoot over 600 shells during the class, with over half of the shells being 00B and slugs. The students can shoot this much because they are taught to properly shoot a shotgun and it starts with the proper standing position. If you think you need a limbsaver pad or if you can only fire a handful of shells before getting sore then you could benefit from some instruction from someone or somewhere.
I had the opportunity to take quick picture of someone in a good standing position for you to look at. Many of you know already know this but if your new to shotguns then here is a simple pic with some points below to use as a guide. If you shoot a 12 ga and find yourself stepping backwards due to the recoil then your lean is missing or needs some work. If you think shooting slugs hurts then you might need to work on the shoulder pocket and only putting the "toe" in there, not the entire recoil pad.
Start off with 4 points of contact (#1-4) between you and the shotgun.
1. Supporting hand on forestock, if you cant reach it then at a minimum you need to grab the two action bars to prevent the forestock from moving back and possibly pinching your hand/fingers when the gun is fired.
2. Firing hand staged on safety, index finger staged well away from trigger (never on the trigger guard) when off target. Finger on trigger when on target. (Pic was taken as safety was removed and just before finger moved to trigger since gun is "on target".
3. Cheek weld on comb of the stock.
4. Toe of stock in the shoulder pocket. The pocket is located under your ear, not the end of your shoulder.
5. Lean forward so your shoulders are forward of your ankles to help resist the recoil.
6. Push your hips back, behind you to counter the weight from leaning forward.
7. Feet shoulder width apart. Firing side foot is half a step behind other foot and both feet are bladed about 30 degrees from the firing line.
Many firearms training facilities conduct 4 day shotgun classes and their students shoot over 600 shells during the class, with over half of the shells being 00B and slugs. The students can shoot this much because they are taught to properly shoot a shotgun and it starts with the proper standing position. If you think you need a limbsaver pad or if you can only fire a handful of shells before getting sore then you could benefit from some instruction from someone or somewhere.
I had the opportunity to take quick picture of someone in a good standing position for you to look at. Many of you know already know this but if your new to shotguns then here is a simple pic with some points below to use as a guide. If you shoot a 12 ga and find yourself stepping backwards due to the recoil then your lean is missing or needs some work. If you think shooting slugs hurts then you might need to work on the shoulder pocket and only putting the "toe" in there, not the entire recoil pad.
Start off with 4 points of contact (#1-4) between you and the shotgun.
1. Supporting hand on forestock, if you cant reach it then at a minimum you need to grab the two action bars to prevent the forestock from moving back and possibly pinching your hand/fingers when the gun is fired.
2. Firing hand staged on safety, index finger staged well away from trigger (never on the trigger guard) when off target. Finger on trigger when on target. (Pic was taken as safety was removed and just before finger moved to trigger since gun is "on target".
3. Cheek weld on comb of the stock.
4. Toe of stock in the shoulder pocket. The pocket is located under your ear, not the end of your shoulder.
5. Lean forward so your shoulders are forward of your ankles to help resist the recoil.
6. Push your hips back, behind you to counter the weight from leaning forward.
7. Feet shoulder width apart. Firing side foot is half a step behind other foot and both feet are bladed about 30 degrees from the firing line.