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Gil Martin Super Member
Joined: Jan 28, 2005 Posts: 1837 Location: Schnecksville, PA
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Posted: Tue Mar 12, 2019 4:11 pm Post subject: Testing shotgun fit and point of impact |
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I well aware of patterning a shotgun and do it from time to time. My preference is to shoot at clay pigeons placed on the backstop berm on a shooting range. I then shoot at 25, 30 35 and 40 yards. That quickly tells you where the shotgun is hitting and how good your are holding and pointing it. That works for me and helps when shooting trap and hunting. All the best...
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pete4d Super Member
Joined: Nov 27, 2011 Posts: 957 Location: Dixie , Alabama , & Louisiana
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Elvis Super Member
Joined: Jul 27, 2008 Posts: 9239 Location: south island New Zealand
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Posted: Tue Mar 12, 2019 9:48 pm Post subject: Re: Testing shotgun fit and point of impact |
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a big mirror across a room and EMPTY shotty soon shows up flaws in your stance and how well you "throw it up" to shoulder
an empty cartridge case chucked out into water as far as you can chuck it works well too,sure shows up if you arent on the money.
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slimjim Super Member
Joined: May 16, 2009 Posts: 8314 Location: Fort Worth TX
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Posted: Wed Mar 13, 2019 3:32 am Post subject: Re: Testing shotgun fit and point of impact |
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I have a roll of painter's paper (used for stopping overspray). Cheap at HomeDepot. I made a 2x4 frame to hold the paper up. Place the roll on the ground, pull up the paper off the roll, attach to the top of the frame, and add orange dot sticky for POA. Besides recording the POI, I can look at the pattern density of the shot. There has been some significant differences between different brands/type of shells and choke tube. This helped me set-up my shotgun for dove and turkey. Plus I can keep a record of it to refresh my memory of POI before I go out hunting.
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Vince Site Admin
Joined: May 25, 2005 Posts: 15701 Location: Brisbane AUSTRALIA
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Elvis Super Member
Joined: Jul 27, 2008 Posts: 9239 Location: south island New Zealand
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Posted: Wed Mar 13, 2019 9:57 pm Post subject: Re: Testing shotgun fit and point of impact |
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yip I can see that working great Vince.....smart phone up on mound...boomshaggalagga...yip it works LOL.
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Vince Site Admin
Joined: May 25, 2005 Posts: 15701 Location: Brisbane AUSTRALIA
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Posted: Thu Mar 14, 2019 3:26 pm Post subject: Re: Testing shotgun fit and point of impact |
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Elvis wrote: |
yip I can see that working great Vince.....smart phone up on mound...boomshaggalagga...yip it works LOL. |
Ya don’t put ya phone on the mound...ya “Wally”.
You buy, in conjunction with the App, special target sheets which you shoot on, then using the App on your phone you take a pic of the target sheet and the App counts the hits and works out the percentage above and below the point of aim.its actually quite a smart and useful system mate...and it sure beats sitting there counting hits (and loosing count) on a target then working out percentages.
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PaulS Super Member
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Elvis Super Member
Joined: Jul 27, 2008 Posts: 9239 Location: south island New Zealand
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Posted: Sat Mar 16, 2019 4:47 pm Post subject: Re: Testing shotgun fit and point of impact |
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Mate the smart phone they gave me to use at work has been threatened with going out through fert spinners a time or 20...I would gladly shoot the crap out of it.
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PaulS Super Member
Joined: Feb 18, 2006 Posts: 4330 Location: South-Eastern Washington - the State
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Posted: Sat Mar 16, 2019 6:11 pm Post subject: Re: Testing shotgun fit and point of impact |
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I think I understand. All the things they are capable of doing means that you can't even lose it because it can be tracked through GPS.
Add to that its ability to listen and even record you when it is off and that it, the two cameras and the two or more microphones can be triggered when you think the phone is off.
I love the technology but abhor the application.
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English Mike Super Member
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Vince Site Admin
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Posted: Sun Mar 17, 2019 10:11 pm Post subject: Re: Testing shotgun fit and point of impact |
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Elvis Super Member
Joined: Jul 27, 2008 Posts: 9239 Location: south island New Zealand
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Posted: Mon Mar 18, 2019 12:35 am Post subject: Re: Testing shotgun fit and point of impact |
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Im a wally from way back...my email contains wally as does my trademe name.
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