Gas and shotgun shells are both pretty pricey these days, and a lot of shooters have been forced to forego some trips to the gun club or sporting clays course in order to conserve money. Practice drills that don't involve live ammo are likely more popular than they've been in a long time.
Shari LeGate, a former Olympic skeet shooter who'll serve as an analyst during coverage of shotgun events at this summer's Games in Beijing, developed a drill when she was competing that she performed in her garage. It helped keep her gun mount, swing and focus up to world-class standards.
"I shot low-gun (per the rules of international skeet), and the toughest part about my sport was getting a good mount and keeping the barrel on the flight path of the target at all times," she said. "You're not only bringing the gun up, but you're moving toward the target at the same time, and it has to be one fluid movement.
"If the movement is slow and controlled, then most people are okay. But when they try to do it quickly, that's when they get in trouble. This drill helped me with that."
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