Mounting for Skeet Target Shooting

Video Transcript

"Hi, my name is Don Snyder, Executive Director of the National Skeet Shooting Association, on behalf of expertvillage.com. One of the things that we want to talk to you about now is mounting a shotgun, getting the shotgun in the position where you can see the end of the gun, and also see the target. That's the primary thing we want to look at, is the target, and you've got to be able to see above the shotgun to do that. Now in order to mount the shotgun one of the things that you want to do is you want to bring the shotgun to your face, the stock. And this is the stock in the comb of the shotgun and kind of what you want to be able to do is bring that to your shoulder and face simultaneously. Bring the shotgun, the stock, the comb, to the face simultaneously. What you don't want to do is you don't want to bring the shotgun here and then bring your head down like so. You want to keep your head and eyes perfectly erect and bring the shotgun to the face. One of the things that I've found that has been very, very helpful, particularly for beginning shooters, is if they'll bring the shotgun to their shoulder, bring it to the shoulder where it's comfortable, and then actually move the shotgun over to the face and then you can check down the barrel to make sure that the eyes are aligned properly over the shotgun. Again, it's extremely important that you're able to get your eyes in line with the shotgun over above so you can look at the target. "