How to lead a target when shotgun shooting
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- Опубліковано 13 жов 2015
- SSAA TV’s Rod Pascoe and Australian Shooter writer Paul Miller head to the shotgun range to examine the subject of lead. Lead is the technique used to place a string of shot in front of a moving target so that the shot and target come together at the same place at the same time. The duo demonstrates three shotgunning techniques - including swing-through, pull-away, and sustained or maintained lead - to help you learn how to lead and then smash those clay targets.
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I am introducing my 6 grandsons to skeet. We're American so I tell them the follow-thru is like swinging a baseball bat, you don't stop the swing when batting. This is a great video!
For anyone who can please take the young ones out to the field and/or the range to keep our traditions alive.
gotta love the two roos fighting in the background
A Texan here. Ive hunted all my life. This is a great video. I learned a lot. Cheers.
My sustained lead method is to just keep the barrel ahead of the target while mounting and as soon as the gun touches the shoulder and the cheek touches the stock(same time), shoot. and don't look at the barrel or sight but focus only on the leading edge of the target and let your peripheral vision handle the rest. I never calculate how many feet lead I need at any speed or angle. But that works for me.
What a nice gentle way to educate the beginners.Thanks
It’s so hard to get a shotgun in the UK Iv got the forms and shot but because of corrona nan
My father and grandfather always taught me to get ahead of the target by one shotgun length when shooting ducks and that piece of advice has never failed.
The range of the ducks being highly variable, this would have to be an elastic gun length.
At that distance the lead shots may cool down
It takes me about three beers to get the right amount of lead.
Great vid!
Paul's shotgun is absolutely beautiful. Nice video.
American Patriot here. Enjoyed your video. Thanks and g'day mate !!!
I recently purchased a shotgun, and I am learning that it is a challenge to shoot a moving clay target. I'm pleased and a little surprised Australians are still able to participate in shooting sport, after your government's infamous gun grab. Anyway I will apply what I learn here. Thank you!
Excellent demo on leads. I must look at this video every other week. Thanks for sharing.
Looked at it again. Just saying...
I've watched quite a few videos on this question, and mostly what I see is a lot of talk, and they don't really explain well. Your video was simple, and to the point. I learned what I wanted to know. Thank you for a great, and informative video, sir.
Outstanding tutorial. Thank you for sharing!
Rod pasco was my sound teacher at film school many years ago, lovely bloke
Great stuff boys. I'll be thinking of this on the range tomorrow. Nice one!
Great video. Concise and effective.
great video... I have trouble remembering to follow through... coming from a rifle background. This really helped show the importance of the follow through. Thanks.
Let's have a look at that...
Great instruction, thank you.
Well done, enjoyed it. My sport was Running Game Target (Running Boar). Similar lead is required for shotgun shooting. Game of course varies in speed and distance. Lead and follow through are critically important.
Very good video mate. great explanation of target acquisition. execution and registration with a follow through like an aussie
Very short and clear video, thank you very much!
PS its cool when u showed from the shooter eye
Great tip. Keep them coming.
Absolutely the best presentation!
I am glad I had a look at this.
Excellent video & explanation!
Guys thank you so very much! I went from two birds last year per trip to limiting out this year!
Great video and illustration. "lets have a look at that"
thank you so much. I have always loved to learn this
Awesome thanks! This year I’m going to be joining my high school trap team this year and this was some great advice!
High School Trap Team?! You ain't from 'merica, are you? The Liberals would have a hussy fit if they tried that here in the USA.
I'm going skeet shooting tomorrow, last time I was lost. I think I'll do better after watching this. Thank you!
Loved the video and great tips to help me at skeet shooting in the near future. Thank You very much
Jerry Johnson II.410? Why handicap yourself like that lol. 12 gauge
Thanks for the tips keep up the good work.
Great tips with slowmo, thanks for explanations
Great Video, thanks for the info
Thanks for this great advice
This was an awesome video!! Thank you so much for making this
Great video and tips hello from North Carolina
Same
Good ole Australia - sound sensible advice. I'm in GB and this will really help me to shoot clays better. Cheers Chaps !
That was really helpful I shoot skeet always seem to get some but not others I think this will help a lot.thanks.
That was very informative.
Great instruction! Thanks!
That really helps me a lot thanks for the video I will support this video
Great video and instructor!
thanks for this advice it will help me because i just started
Awesome video thank you!
I consider myself a pretty good shot. Issued my 410 and 22 at birth from the state of West Virginia. Never been so humbled than the first time I tried shooting clay. .
Brian J WEST VIRGINIA HELL YEAH
Thanks for sharing!
Excellent video
This was helpful! I only shoot my shotgun once a year, but I can't wait to try this the next time we are tossing clays.
Why only once a year ?
Thanks I always wondered how to figure out how to lead a target.
Very helpful thank you
great video
great instructional video with plenty of deatail. thanks for posting....Bill
Good instructional video and not so lengthy. Thk u. My question, when you are swinging your shotgun to match the speed then get the lead, are you looking down tbe barrel at the sight? Or just looking at the clay pigeon?
Seems to me, i want to watch my sight as i swing past the target, establish the lead, then squeeze the trigger?
Thks for sharing!
mark r Scranton Pennsylvania usa thx so much been shooting 4 yrs took crossing crows at 100yds no4 shot 4 ft over and 9 yds lead
very helpful info
Very informative
That was great ty.
Outstanding> Thank you very much
Clara Harmon
Calculating lead is subconscious. All you have to do is see the bird.
Stupid question: should you look along the rib (just one bead seen) or should you tilt the gun so that beads are (about) on to of each other?
Will an 18 inch barrel work with this?
When i went Skeet Shooting it was hard as hell....looks easy but at first it felt weird shooting at blank space infront of the target because we have habit aiming directly at target
Thanks I'm American but love your vids. New at skeet.. Gaday mate..
Except here in American we use a Vepr AK shotgun with a 30 round drum and just shoot like crazy at the clay.
I kid though.... I just use a single shot 12 ga and have a good time.
Ha yes
rudder727 nice to hear you like VEPR's. Its one of the most popular guns here in Greece together with Saigas.
its gday lol
Thank you
Very informative, thank you.
great vid, i learned alot, thanks mate
What kind of camera was the shooter using?? Would like to buy one.
Thanks!
Great video, just starting with a shoty. Great to see it in slow motion for clear instruction. Hope to be ok, mainly for feild work with foxes
Gr8 video m8
awesome
Nice gun
THANK YOU MATE IT WAS VERY HELP FULL
Well. I identified my problem immediately watching this video. It wasn't the lead. It was the drop ! I have been aiming high and in front, essentially shooting too high anticipating gravity to have more impact on the shot. Not so !
Main question. What kind of choke are you guys using and what kind of shell for this sport ?
Thanks , great vid and explanation!
Skeet or Improved Cylinder more than likely !!!!
We are using open chokes because of the close range targets. Most use Skeet and Skeet but I like a little more choke so tend to use improved cylinder and quarter...this rreally breaks them well and gives confidence on the crossing targets from the middle stations. Nothing more enjoyable than really smoking the clays?!
What gun did the shooter at 1:42 have?
Rottweil Skeet Olympia 72 maybe? Ik it’s been three years but here ya go
Why the emphasis on follow through? once the shot has left the barrel, does it really matter what you do after the shot is fired? does anyone have an explanation for the importance of follow through? - Thanks for the video on different ways of leading the target, great info.
nicerperson when you continue to follow it breaks the habit of stop and shoot causing shoot behind misses
nicerperson , the importance of the follow through is to make the shot pattern fly the same way the target is flying, did the target stop? No, either should you gun, it also has to deal with how much of a lead you are giving, if you stop your swing with gun, you lost your lead
if you dont follow through you have a tendency to stop your swing as you pull the trigger, leading to a miss behind the bird.
If you don't follow through as a matter of practice, your tendency is to stop the gun at the moment you pull the trigger. Unfortunately, the shot does not leave the barrel at the exact moment your finger moves on the trigger. While everything happens really quickly, the process still involves a falling hammer, the firing pin striking the primer, primer ignites the powder, pressure forces the shot from the barrel. I know it happens extremely quickly. But if you quit on the shot when your brain tells your finger to pull the trigger, it can absolutely lead to a miss. I know people who claim to practice staying in the gun for a full 3 seconds after the shot is fired to avoid the tendency to quit on the shot prematurely.
nicerperson I believe the follow through is used if you miss on the first shot? The idea is to keep the gun moving,so you dont stop and then have to catch up to the clay? Happy to be corrected if wrong. Cheers!
Cool!
Great
I just naturally(never taught) use the always lead method I feel it gives me longer to adjust how far in front I am
Is there a reason why they use only the over under shotgun for shooting plates
What is Paul shooting with?
Thanks...
I just want one of those jackets.
I need help.. One week I hit 10 clays.. 6 another.. but this week 3.. I alternate my lead.. but nothing works.. I don't know what I'm doing wrong..
Great video learned what I'm not doing right.
Like taking a photo of a person on a bike. Follow through ;)
You guys are so lucky...
You must be the identical evil twin of the wonderful Clive James!
Nice lead explanation.
How did you know :) :)
some people can see the shot, i can not. Is there any 12 gauge cartridges that show the line ( not a tracer but similar?) If not, why not?
Thanks for your question Peter. Some people say they can see the shot under certain light conditions, but this is often only when looking over a mate’s shoulder or only as a flash of light if you’re looking up into a cloud bank on a sunny day. It’s better seen with plated shot and less so with standard lead shot. There are shells that incorporate some sort of tracer material. Winchester’s AA Traacker load incorporates a black or orange wad for either bright or overcast conditions that is designed to spread the petals and spin like a rifle bullet when it separates from the shot it is delivering and so it follows the shot line very accurately due to retaining some of the shot and therefore being heavier than a normal wad. This provides a fairly accurate idea of where your shot is in relation to the target, at least at normal clay target-type ranges. These are available at most good gunshops and online gun supplies shops.
I literally suck every 3gun event when there is clay poppers or clay throwers in the stage
Literally? That sounds very strange.
Good instruction. Kangaroo hug at 1:00. :-)
Sir, what shotgun brand are you using..?
Magnificum Imperium looks like beretta. Like a 686
Krieghoff K80 as part of reviewing that splendid gun. Normally use a Beretta DT 10L with left-handed stock and 32" barrels. The K80 also sports 32" barrels
Let’s have a look at that
lets have a look at that...
Mate, forgot about the distance to the target and the shot diameter.That said, most shooters have problems with 1. Mount and 2. Balance.....Without proper mount and balance, the lead is just a Blue Peter Show.Have a nice day, mate~!
I use 12 ga and there is more of a kick to it, is there anyway to control it?
Alex Peterson smaller size shot, i use size 7-8 for clay targets
Lean more forward
Use lighter recoiling shells, add weight to the gun, put on a more recoil absorbing recoil pad, get your gun back-bored and relieve the forcing cones. You could also port the barrels.....phew...and have a look at how well your gun fits you as a well fitting gun recoils a lot less than one that doesn't.
Do you close one eye when shooting
No.
You can shoot that way but two eyes open is better if you can teach yourself to do that. Just gives a better view of what is going on in the shooting process.