Thread: Rifle shooter or shotgun shooter

Don't own a shottie, have used them a few times on clays and ducks and can hit 40-50% of shots.
My brother on the other hand, doesn't matter what shotgun he picks up seems to hit 80-90% of clays and he hardly ever shoots.
I'll stick with the rifles for me, small one for rabbits/possums, medium one for wallabies/fallow and big one for deer/tahr.

Originally Posted by Marty Henry

Both, and thanks to having a brno 201 I can occasionally do both simultaneously.

photos of this mystical beast......its not u/o with 7x57 barrels is it??? saw photos of one in rod n rifle ..must be 30 years ago now,always struck me as great idea
I can cheat and do it now too....

Originally Posted by RUMPY

Don't own a shottie, have used them a few times on clays and ducks and can hit 40-50% of shots.
My brother on the other hand, doesn't matter what shotgun he picks up seems to hit 80-90% of clays and he hardly ever shoots.
I'll stick with the rifles for me, small one for rabbits/possums, medium one for wallabies/fallow and big one for deer/tahr.

one of these days I shall have to try n convert you mate......when you drop a running hare going full tit across in front of you...the whole world looks rosey.
very versitile weapon the old shotgun, have shot ducks pheasant,rabbit hare and wallaby in a single outing with u/o russian mistress
have shot pigs and even a deer with them too.
I consider myself competant with either rifle of shotgun ,but you only get good and stay good with any gun by constant use.
I would back myself under 50 yards with a shotgun against pretty much anything that walks this great green country of ours.

Using both and going for a b cat so hopefully 3 shortly, best tip on shotgun don't aim at it swing through it

plucking heads off rabbits with full choke and careful aim under 10 yards being the exception to that rule,we used to do it at least twice most nights spotlighting.

Originally Posted by Micky Duck

photos of this mystical beast......its not u/o with 7x57 barrels is it??? saw photos of one in rod n rifle ..must be 30 years ago now,always struck me as great idea
I can cheat and do it now too....

I'll get a photo for you when I get home, yes it is 7x57 over 12 and I've got a set of 12/12 full chokes for it as well.

hmmm Im SURE it was a ruger u/o that also has U/O in 7x57 so two scatter gun OR two rifle barrels I saw all those years ago....
looking forward to seeing your drilling.

Originally Posted by Marty Henry

I'll get a photo for you when I get home, yes it is 7x57 over 12 and I've got a set of 12/12 full chokes for it as well.

Sounds like my old one I sold about 20 yrs ago had a set 12 barrels missus left a trail of 7x57r in the bush behind gizzy when I took her with me with the gun broken . cool trigger front was rifle first then pull again for lower barrel or back trigger for lower 12g also front was a set trigger if pushed forward . I disconected the auto safety , prick of a job , my boy managed to dunk it in lake wairarapa duck shooting .

I have shot shotgun, rifle, and pistol since I was a kid. All require different techniques but I have shot international competition with all three successfully. I think rifle shooters learning to use a shotgun have some difficulty for a while, but not as much as shotgun shooters learning to use a pistol! Nothing is harder to overcome than bad habits that are fine for one discipline but not for any other.

gentle squeeze of rifle trigger Vs slap of shotgun comes to mind.....

Originally Posted by gundoc

I have shot shotgun, rifle, and pistol since I was a kid. All require different techniques but I have shot international competition with all three successfully. I think rifle shooters learning to use a shotgun have some difficulty for a while, but not as much as shotgun shooters learning to use a pistol! Nothing is harder to overcome than bad habits that are fine for one discipline but not for any other.

one bad habit I have sometimes when using a shotgun is for some reason I pull down on it as I fire, dont know where that comes from

I started out with air rifles aswell. Not much of a shotgun shooter, though im sure more practice makes perfect.
Im more of a rim fire/center fire now as well as getting back in to air rifles now.

Originally Posted by blip

one bad habit I have sometimes when using a shotgun is for some reason I pull down on it as I fire, dont know where that comes from

That is flinching from anticipating the recoil. You momentarily tense up and your forward arm pulls down. The recoil is much less noticeable with a good shooting stance that lets you 'roll with the punch'. Get an experienced shotgun shooter to give you a few pointers.

100% rifle shooter

99.99% of my shooting has been with a rifle however I appear to have a natural ability with DTL clay bird shooting. It takes me at least a round or two to get back into the groove with a shotgun, I find the two disciplines detrimental to each other.

I’d love to get to the point with rifle shooting as I am with shotguns, no thinking or aiming, all instinctive.