Show MOW HOW ow Ti Te e By Bob Dob Nichols Shooting Shoot Sh Fd FJ fr tor Field and Str Stream m M MO X O r beginners In upland wing 1 shooting mile ml e the mistake of tryIng to u use uce e n a gun too y heavy for Cor their strength Shooting quail woodcock grouse pheasant and calls for f fit fist snippy action The tinn bitne bursts from cover usually usually usually ally at the most must une une moment lien hen this tills happens In dense CO corer COer er eras as It most frequently does docs one mu must t tI I le e able to snip his gun Into post tion Instantly and shoot In a Hash It If your gun too much for Cor your our arms you simply cannot do of ef e work ork the Ibe oser o overweight weight eIght In your heavy gun not only tires you out before the til d ly I iv s hunt Is done bu but t It gl gives es you iou ou an ever present sense of oC uneasiness lou lack composure ou ou lose that deice dl that Is so necessary to good shooting the the feeling tint you vou ou cin hIt an anything thing that gets up In front ot of j you Down In your lower nerve nene con cen centers conters al a always s lurks lurs the fear Cear that you I will not be able to swing vIng your jour our gun guu i Into action fast enough The result of ot such fear Is usually n a hurried uncertain shot Time and again you iou ou shoot and miss let you do not understand why you miss lou may have ha shot o oser er and under or wobbled right or left nut But untIl you iou ou learn to call your shots to know Inow why you ou are ure missing you youcan youcan youcan can ne never neer er progress very rapidly to toI toward towards towards I ward wards becoming a crack wing ing hot hot The Tile good shot Is practically De Deer neverIn er erIn In doubt about a miss He lIe knows where here he ho shoots When hen he makes a mistake It Is frequently he misjudged the rise of ot the bird and consequently under shot Or he fails Calls to take Into account the bird s speed In a sudden s swerve serve erve to right or left and shoots behind his tar target target target get It Is little errors like these that firl first t led gun mil mal ers ens to ad I I a second barrel or a with extra shells to their guns a gun tint that Is too heavy Is Isone isone Isone one of the chief reasons rL why hy the poor field shot continues being a poor shot Indefinitely shot Indefinitely Point your our linger finger at any object and you not only point with accuracy but with effortless else case e r- r Mature beau beautifully proportioned your our hands and arms armsto armsto armsto to the weight of ot your body But Dut suppose your pointing hand sud suddenly suddenly suddenly denly had th five fife e pounds of or dead deadweight deadweight weight added to It IL It lour poInt poIntIng pointIng lag Ing would not be as ns quick or oras oras oras as accurate The same thIn thing Is true of your our gun It If you want to hit what you shoot at at with rea reasonable regularity see that your gun weight eight Is proportioned to your weight The 11 average upland gunner has no business with a gun that weighs more than about 01 GI pounds Remember lIer ber also that the weight of or your yourI gun should be proportioned to the charge It shoots shoot A Gt pound 1 12 I gauge gun Is just a trifle too lIght to shoot hoot heavy loads Especially for forthe forthe or orthe the beginner It kicks Icks like sam cam hill and antI before beCore you know kno It you that worst of ot all shoot shooters ers ens the curses curses the flinching habit The 10 IG Is an bun for upland work ork But best of all especially for Cor the beginner Is the allI I 20 gauge It Is a powerful and deadly bun Shooting the ounce loads It has SO 80 per cent of or the mat maxImum mum killing hilling range of ot the 12 gauge hating the dead certain killing range of ot the 12 gauge at CO GO yards yards- yards and that hit Is all you can expect of ot It claims to the contrary notwithstanding standing the the 1 12 gauge Ins his a range ot of 45 yards and the 20 will Illi 1111 with absolute certainty ato at nt I 0 o 0 yard yards So what hat Is the sense sene lOt of toting a il 7 to S 8 pound l 12 gauge In the field for Cor a n mere 10 yards e etc tra e i itra tra range ranee Especially since the lIghter weight 20 O can cin be brought I Into action quicker and thus re- re reI reduce re reduce I duce Its handicap over oer the larger gun And illy too since more thin than 00 JO pcr p r cent of or all nil upland game Is killed within SO 30 O yards Cut down our gun Poundage and you will find you have more corn com fort and and you will get more game After all the shot gun Is dIstinct I 11 a n short range weapon that calls for fast snippy action In handling It it Try Iry a C G to Gig OA pound 20 O gauge auge See bee how bow quickly it will help ou gaIn confidence In your ability to use It See how quickly your shoot shootIng lag Ing Improves Q Wu wen W ere rn r Nir nt tr Union U l n I II I I i |