Long time ago I took a 2 day class on shotguns and I have to agree with Clint: You need to be competent with it. That means pattern the thing first and remember what will it do with that particular shell of that particular brand. The other thing is to remember to always keep feeding the shotgun every break you have, I don’t care if it is 5 seconds.: Stuff shells in the thing.
My shotgun is for “repeal boarders” duty. Anybody outside and inside the the immediate perimeter of the house will have a bad day thanks to buckshot.
I’d love to take a class with Clint, but I don’t know if he really teaches for one, and Oregon is just so dang far (and expensive) for two. OTOH, you’ll get a good class and a comedy show at the same time.
Yeah, I took a shotgun class 10 years ago. The main thing was keeping it fed, like you say. You know his line about (#4?) bird shot being like getting shot by 25 people with 25 auto pistols? I think 00 buck is .32 caliber. Nine guys shooting at once. I don’t think either one of those is going to be a good day.
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