Make mine a single
Sporting Gun|December 2020
The editor returns to his roots with a single-barrel shotgun on a walked-up day with friends
Make mine a single
What I’m going to tell you flies in the face of all received wisdom. It was never meant to be anything more than a joke, but it was a turning point in my recent shooting. Over the past year or so I have been struggling with my marksmanship. Anyone who has experienced this will know how impotent this can make you feel. If it goes on for a long time you really feel like giving up. I followed my own advice and sought professional help.

The instructors — yes, there were several of them — helped massively. With them I was on form and they sharpened my technique. After a couple of sessions I was ready for the field — but that’s where things fell apart again.

All I needed was an instructor to hang over my right shoulder and tell me where I was going wrong, then I would be able to shoot well.

I started trying different cartridges, experimenting with putting more lead in the air by opting for heavier loads. This was folly and I knew it, but I was desperate. All that happened was I got a sore shoulder. So much so that I saw a physio who, after examining my shoulder, said: “You must do a lot of shooting.” I didn’t dare tell him that I felt I never did enough.

Losing streak

Part of the problem, I thought, was the fact that I shoot many different guns (lucky me), so when it came to using my own gun it just felt like another unfamiliar gun. My losing streak continued.

هذه القصة مأخوذة من طبعة December 2020 من Sporting Gun.

ابدأ النسخة التجريبية المجانية من Magzter GOLD لمدة 7 أيام للوصول إلى آلاف القصص المتميزة المنسقة وأكثر من 9,000 مجلة وصحيفة.

هذه القصة مأخوذة من طبعة December 2020 من Sporting Gun.

ابدأ النسخة التجريبية المجانية من Magzter GOLD لمدة 7 أيام للوصول إلى آلاف القصص المتميزة المنسقة وأكثر من 9,000 مجلة وصحيفة.

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