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Shooting tips from Deborah McKown

Deborah McKown, editor of Shotgun Life and NSCA Level I instructor gives shooting tips on how to customize your shotgun’s grip.

 

 ShotgunLife Deborah McKown

 

Unless you’re using a shotgun specifically designed for women, chances are the gun’s grip could be too large for your hand. If you can’t find a comfortable hold on the grip, any number of things can go wrong such as target view obscured by the receiver, premature trigger pulls, flinches or consistently shooting over or behind the target.

You may not find the problem as prevalent on so-called English straight grips but instead on pistol grips or semi-pistol grips.

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