One little trick I have picked up from another video to practice gun mounting, is to stick a drinking strawer (using blutack) to the top of the rib line on the barrel, from the cartridge chamber towards the end of the barrel. If you think you have mounted your gun correctly then you should be able to look with the centre of your aiming eye straight through the hole in the strawer, uninterrupted. But if you can't then you need to realign your gun /head so that you can. This will help to ensure that your eyes are always aligned with the rib looking down the barrel. Thought this was a brilliantly simple idea for practicing gun mounting.
This is a good basic illustration of a good mount. However, over the years I have developed a couple additional body mechanics to help new shooters feel the proper mount. 1. Not everyone has the same cheek bone structure. I ask the shooter to place a pencil or even their index finger on the cheek point bone and notice where the pencil or finger is pointing. Most times it points somewhere across their face towards their nose. This means they will need to turn their nose towards the comb to get the proper cheek mount. This also help to set the dominate eye on top of the comb. 2. Upon push the gun forward and bringing the comb to the cheek, there is a slight to moderate shrugging of the shoulders to make the final mount. Watching this video, I can see the last bit of your mount has that slight shoulder shrug to finish the mount. Your thoughts.
Your #1 recomendation fixed 10 years of wrong mounting for me!! I have always tried to mount the gun almost paralell to my head, and then had to tilt my head to reach the rib. I was just about to start removing wood from my stock, and I tried the finger pressed to the cheekbone. And yes, it pointed straight to my nose. Tried mounting my A5 again, and it was perfect. Thank you!!!
This video helps a lot, especially the part at 1:56. One of the biggest problems I have is figuring out how square my body needs to be with the gun. I think I have been trying to get my shotgun to fit when mounting by squaring up more with the gun. That isn’t an ideal process with a pump, where squaring up more makes the pump harder to operate. I have been watching your other videos about fit (Drop in comb/heal and stock length), but correct mount is vital to establishing the correct fit. I really appreciate everything you and your team do,
Just remember bring the gun to the face not the face to the gun. Keep your eyes parallel with the ground. And remember the figure 8. Top of the mid bead under bottom of the front bead. Then concentrate on the target not the gun. Your hands will naturally follow where your eyes are looking.
Great video, some of us have to adapt to the gun we have been given, ie from your parents, I could not afford lessons, dad showed me how to do that, I started with a baikal, never owned a gun worth more than 500 quid, but I shot well either at clays or game,
Wonderful video - I never knew about proper shotgun mounting in 20 minutes my son & I will give this a go. I also learned that I am left eye dominant but right handed so I am learning to shoot left handed.
This may be a strange question but I can’t be the only one one. My eyes are not level, the left being lower. Should I tilt my head to have them level ?
Wood to metal every time I close my gun, with barrels pointed down and fingers clear of the trigger/triggers as the trigger hand controls the stock. It's a far safer habit to adopt and better to shoot the ground if the gun misfires due to a e.g. protruding striker, than swing barrels to close the gun mid-air, with loaded barrels arching vertically through the horizontal plane.
* This all well and good, but if the gun stock doesn't fit you, you will never establish a consistent sight picture. This really will become more apparent when bird hunting, where the hunter will be subjected to the sudden appearance of birds at varying degrees of angles, distances, the speed of the bird, and not to forget the difficulties that the terrain may impose.
3 fingers means absolutely nothing, it makes no consideration for the individual or simple body mechanics. You cannot expect a fixed measurement to be equally applicable to a 6 foot tall, long limbed skinny man with high cheekbones and a long neck, versus a 5.5ft chubby faced man with a short neck. Absolutely pointless. Gun fit (and mount) will always be specific to an individual.
This was my exact problem, people telling me i mount inconsistently and wrong, i'm 6'3 long limbed, long neck and skinny, when my local club and gunsmiths measured my stock it was an Inch and a quarter too short for my arm length. Funnily enough it was all the short chubby lads that said I was just doing it wrong !
One little trick I have picked up from another video to practice gun mounting, is to stick a drinking strawer (using blutack) to the top of the rib line on the barrel, from the cartridge chamber towards the end of the barrel. If you think you have mounted your gun correctly then you should be able to look with the centre of your aiming eye straight through the hole in the strawer, uninterrupted. But if you can't then you need to realign your gun /head so that you can. This will help to ensure that your eyes are always aligned with the rib looking down the barrel. Thought this was a brilliantly simple idea for practicing gun mounting.
I personally think David is a great tutor
Interesting, good instructions, clear and sensible.Good video.
Glad to see some how too videos back I enjoyed your other review videos but this is the type of videos we like 😊
This is a good basic illustration of a good mount. However, over the years I have developed a couple additional body mechanics to help new shooters feel the proper mount.
1. Not everyone has the same cheek bone structure. I ask the shooter to place a pencil or even their index finger on the cheek point bone and notice where the pencil or finger is pointing. Most times it points somewhere across their face towards their nose. This means they will need to turn their nose towards the comb to get the proper cheek mount. This also help to set the dominate eye on top of the comb.
2. Upon push the gun forward and bringing the comb to the cheek, there is a slight to moderate shrugging of the shoulders to make the final mount. Watching this video, I can see the last bit of your mount has that slight shoulder shrug to finish the mount.
Your thoughts.
Your #1 recomendation fixed 10 years of wrong mounting for me!! I have always tried to mount the gun almost paralell to my head, and then had to tilt my head to reach the rib. I was just about to start removing wood from my stock, and I tried the finger pressed to the cheekbone. And yes, it pointed straight to my nose. Tried mounting my A5 again, and it was perfect. Thank you!!!
This video helps a lot, especially the part at 1:56. One of the biggest problems I have is figuring out how square my body needs to be with the gun.
I think I have been trying to get my shotgun to fit when mounting by squaring up more with the gun. That isn’t an ideal process with a pump, where squaring up more makes the pump harder to operate.
I have been watching your other videos about fit (Drop in comb/heal and stock length), but correct mount is vital to establishing the correct fit.
I really appreciate everything you and your team do,
Really easy to follow. Makes sense. I been holding onto some bad habits I hope to break. Thanks for the advice!
Thank you. One more thing. Very nice English lesson. Greetings from Poland.
Just remember bring the gun to the face not the face to the gun. Keep your eyes parallel with the ground. And remember the figure 8. Top of the mid bead under bottom of the front bead. Then concentrate on the target not the gun. Your hands will naturally follow where your eyes are looking.
shotguns don't have a mid bead are you referring to rifle's?
@@jeansandmyshirt most shotguns for clay target sports do have a midbead. Field shotguns... some do, some don't.
Wow great instruction! Recently found your channel, great information! Thank you from the States!
Glad it was helpful!
Great video, some of us have to adapt to the gun we have been given, ie from your parents, I could not afford lessons, dad showed me how to do that, I started with a baikal, never owned a gun worth more than 500 quid, but I shot well either at clays or game,
Wonderful video - I never knew about proper shotgun mounting in 20 minutes my son & I will give this a go. I also learned that I am left eye dominant but right handed so I am learning to shoot left handed.
Reading these old comments. How did you get on with this? I’m closing the dom left eye shooting right handed
@@hargs I am now very comfortable shooting left handed but it took about 5000 rounds
Love this I wish I lived close for a lesson
Great video for a newbie like me.
Thanks, good info there, will try it....need to try it! But 'one on one' lesson would be better for sure! FFS, anythings better than the way I shoot!
Thank again David.
Sound good advice 👍
Thank you
Very informative. All very good subject matter. My only problem is the lighting... always in a shadow.
The lighting was inadequate to see clearly where the stock and your cheek meet. Can you repeat outside of the shelter so we can see better.
@TSC what is the name of that instrumental?? Good shooting advice by the way.
You've just shot the flag person on the top of the hill here in Northumberland. 😂
This may be a strange question but I can’t be the only one one. My eyes are not level, the left being lower. Should I tilt my head to have them level ?
What about how you grip with your left hand David?
David, 👍👏💪
Thank you, though I don't get how that incomer goes because from what I see it is more like a little loop from R to L
Wood to metal every time I close my gun, with barrels pointed down and fingers clear of the trigger/triggers as the trigger hand controls the stock. It's a far safer habit to adopt and better to shoot the ground if the gun misfires due to a e.g. protruding striker, than swing barrels to close the gun mid-air, with loaded barrels arching vertically through the horizontal plane.
Good tips
Hard to see with shadows
Can you let me know what that vest is and where you got it? Love that style, haven't been able to find anything like it
Thank you for you comment if you would like to email contactus@theshootingchannel.co.uk we can help you get a vest like this thanks TSC team
* This all well and good, but if the gun stock doesn't fit you, you will never establish a consistent sight picture. This really will become more apparent when bird hunting, where the hunter will be subjected to the sudden appearance of birds at varying degrees of angles, distances, the speed of the bird, and not to forget the difficulties that the terrain may impose.
I had a feeling you would do this after your old man gave me a bollocking for my messy mount the other day 🤣
If I wanted a 686 for both casual sporting clays and bird and duck hunting which model would be the best compromise......the Sporting or Hunting model
Either, lots of people use clay guns for shooting game, and lots use game guns for shooting clays. So doesn’t really matter too much.
did you review turkish khan arms guns?
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when I place my shotguns mine are 2 finger width from my nose to the first thumb nuclear
3 fingers from nose of the tip or the head ?
Tip of nose
3 fingers means absolutely nothing, it makes no consideration for the individual or simple body mechanics. You cannot expect a fixed measurement to be equally applicable to a 6 foot tall, long limbed skinny man with high cheekbones and a long neck, versus a 5.5ft chubby faced man with a short neck. Absolutely pointless. Gun fit (and mount) will always be specific to an individual.
Not to mention an enormous nose!
This was my exact problem, people telling me i mount inconsistently and wrong, i'm 6'3 long limbed, long neck and skinny, when my local club and gunsmiths measured my stock it was an Inch and a quarter too short for my arm length. Funnily enough it was all the short chubby lads that said I was just doing it wrong !