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Five Shotgun Drills for Your Next Range Day
Five Shotgun Drills for Your Next Range Day
(Travis Pike, AmmoLand) - As a big fan of the repeating claymore, I am constantly trying to find new ways to train and improve my skills with the shotgun. Shotgun drills aren’t as common or as popular as pistol and rifle drills, but that doesn’t mean 12 gauge enthusiasts haven’t served up some challenging shotgun drills. I’ve gathered my five favorite shotgun drills to share with you.
1. Basic Ready Up
The shotgun doesn’t have many drills attached to it because the most essential skill with the shotgun is to rapidly put a round on target. In most defense scenarios, there aren’t a lot of shots fired. Buckshot is a devastating fight stopper, so you don’t need to Bill Drill the target.
The Basic Ready-Up Shotgun drill is straightforward. I advise you to use a smallish target. I use an IPSC-sized A-zone or a B8. These are small enough not to be gimmes and represent the vital zones of a human target. The range can vary, but I stick to ten yards. That’s the longest shot I’m going to take inside my....
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