ALAN_50501
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i had my brother in law from des moines come up to fort dodge one weekend to shoot my gun the way it is slug barrel rem cooper solids and he was dead on with good groups so yeah it is me..he was in the marines for a bit and was one heck of a good marksman....
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I'd offer this in regards to sighting in. If your throwing wild shots at 25 yards with a rifled barrel, it is most likely you, not your gun. I am assuming here that your using rifled sights and not a scope. Even a dirt cheap smoothbore with cheap slugs should shoot pretty decent groups at 25 yards. Try letting somebody experienced shoot your gun and see if they can get a good group. If you dont know anybody with experience go to a public range on a weekend and ask. Most people would be happy to burn up some of your ammo! If your shooting an open sighted shotgun there really just isnt much that can go wrong as long as it will go bang. Scopes are a little trickier.
Dont feel bad about not shooting well, because nobody likes sighting in a slug gun unless that person weighs 700lbs or is a liar! They just plain kick hard and that recoil will cause you to flinch like mad, which makes you miss. There are some things you can do to help with recoil though.
1. Wear ear protection. I often wear both earplugs and earmuffs if I'm shooting a hard kicking gun. Its partly mental so if the gun dosent sound bad it doesnt feel so bad. It will make a difference and you dont go deaf either.
2. Put a slip-on recoil pad on over the standard pad while sighting in. Wally world sells them for $5. A stocking cap shoved under your coat between the butt of the gun and your shoulder helps too.
3. Keep your gun fully loaded for each shot while practicing. Every extra ounce of gun weight helps to soak up that recoil.
4. Auto shotguns kick noticably less than pump shotguns.
5. Brownell's (in Montezuma) sells several aftermarket devices which will help reduce recoil.
Learn to shoot well before you worry about finding something to shoot. BTW, you will not notice any of that recoil when you are actually shooting at a deer!
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I'd offer this in regards to sighting in. If your throwing wild shots at 25 yards with a rifled barrel, it is most likely you, not your gun. I am assuming here that your using rifled sights and not a scope. Even a dirt cheap smoothbore with cheap slugs should shoot pretty decent groups at 25 yards. Try letting somebody experienced shoot your gun and see if they can get a good group. If you dont know anybody with experience go to a public range on a weekend and ask. Most people would be happy to burn up some of your ammo! If your shooting an open sighted shotgun there really just isnt much that can go wrong as long as it will go bang. Scopes are a little trickier.
Dont feel bad about not shooting well, because nobody likes sighting in a slug gun unless that person weighs 700lbs or is a liar! They just plain kick hard and that recoil will cause you to flinch like mad, which makes you miss. There are some things you can do to help with recoil though.
1. Wear ear protection. I often wear both earplugs and earmuffs if I'm shooting a hard kicking gun. Its partly mental so if the gun dosent sound bad it doesnt feel so bad. It will make a difference and you dont go deaf either.
2. Put a slip-on recoil pad on over the standard pad while sighting in. Wally world sells them for $5. A stocking cap shoved under your coat between the butt of the gun and your shoulder helps too.
3. Keep your gun fully loaded for each shot while practicing. Every extra ounce of gun weight helps to soak up that recoil.
4. Auto shotguns kick noticably less than pump shotguns.
5. Brownell's (in Montezuma) sells several aftermarket devices which will help reduce recoil.
Learn to shoot well before you worry about finding something to shoot. BTW, you will not notice any of that recoil when you are actually shooting at a deer!
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