Do the simple stuff first.
1. Shoot a gun that fits. How do you know if it fits or not? That's the tricky part. Simple way is to pick a spot on a wall, focus hard on the spot. Close your eyes and shoulder mount the gun. Open your eyes. Are you looking directly down the barrel at the spot you were aiming at? If so the gun is probably pretty close. If not, the stock may be too long or short, or the comb too high or low. That's when you need more expert advice, someone to look at you and your gun to check for fit. Of course that's assuming you have a consistent gun mount. You practice your gun mount, don't you? You can look online for gun mount drills, and I can assure you that if you practice gun mount with a gun that fits your shooting WILL get better. My favorite is one from OSP (Gil and Mary Ash in Houston). If you have a 12 ga shotgun a AA Maglite fits perfectly in the barrel. Tape it in place so it doesn't move. Turn it on, aim it at that spot on the wall, and keeping the light pointed directly at the spot mount your gun. Don't let the light move off the spot you're focusing on. Do that 50 or 100 times a day and when your gun comes up it will be pointing exactly where you're looking.
2. Get a gun that fits
3. Then practice, practice, practice........
|