Shooting Sporting Clays

Download or read book Shooting Sporting Clays written by Mark Brannon and published by Stackpole Books. This book was released on 2011 with total page 178 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: * Foreword by Anthony I. Matarese Jr., 14-time NSCA All-American * 15 basic target types and strategies for breaking them * Gun swing and speed for the 3 main swing types: swing-through, sustained lead, and pull-away * How to choose a pump gun, autoloader, side-by-side, or over-and-under, and check weight, balance, and fit* Understanding lead * How to fix common mistakes, including lifting your head and stopping or slowing the gun as you shoot * Practicing on skeet and 5-stand courses and preparing for competition Mark Brannon is an NRA-certified shotgun instructor and a National Sporting Clays Association Master class shooter and a member of the 2009 NSCA Zone 1 Open all-star team. He serves as the national delegate from Maine for the NSCA and lives in Durham, Maine. Tom Hanrahan lives in Whitefield, Maine, and is a past member of the Maine All State Sporting Clays team. He is also the author of Your Maine Lands: Reflections of a Maine Guide (978-1-882190-91-1) and a columnist for the Northwoods Sporting Journal.