What you see on the range

[wrenchman]

i got my son a 20gauge mossberg when he was 12 i took a target out to pratice from his stand when we went out to hunt the deer stoped right were the target was set up i couldnt set it up any better.

[Adam Helmer]

Gil,

Why did the shooter NOT try Both slugs and sabots at 50 yards in the first instance? It reminds me of the blond who was using a coat hanger to unlock her driver's side car door in the Walmart parking lot. I walked over and opened the passenger door and told her, "This door is unlocked." She said, "Yes, I know and now I am working on this door!"

WHATEVER!

Perhaps shooters should try ALL ammo types BEFORE moving to the next range, thus not requiring your reasoned input. Have you considered posting such signage?

Adam

[Gil Martin]

The fellow mentioned in my post had at least six boxes of slugs consisting of either rifled slugs or sabot slugs. He started with the rifled slugs because that is what he was used to shooting in prior smoothbore shotguns. Certainly, he would have finally gotten to the sabot slugs. However, he was wasting ammo and getting flustered. His experience was educational and now he knows what his rifled shotgun prefers.

Regarding signage, we have various safety and range rule signs posted on all ranges. It is amazing how often folks do not read them. Hence, we have Range Officers on site nearly all the time to ensure compliance. Signs, like speed limit information, often are not followed and that requires enforcement. All the best...
Gil

[Adam Helmer]

Gil,

As you may recall back in 2009 when you assisted me with the local gun club deer season sight-in, a fellow had some super-dooper deer slugs for his scoped shotgun that cost about $15 per five rounds. The fellow had expended 15 rounds and was "chasing" hits on his 25-yard target.

I disarmed him, emptied his shotgun and then TALKED him through his difficulty. It was timely, it seems, as he only had 16 rounds left and deer season opened the next day and he was not a threat to Tioga County deer!

My client had read an article in a gun magazine about using a rest, firing a shot and then moving the scope adjustments to "hit" the last slug hole. Problem WAS he did not keep his shotgun still! I calmly advised the fellow that he must not confuse himself and settle for tried-and-true procedures.

He shot 1 round at 25 yards. I adjusted the scope and we fired another round. A slight tweek and at 100 yards he hit just below the bullseye. One slight tweek and he was one inch high on the next round. The shooter was happy with and had a dozen rounds to go chase deer the next day.

I understand the process with shooters in need of direction.

Be well, Brother.

Adam