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Hi, my name is Don Snyder, Executive Director of the National Skeet Shooting Association,
on behalf of ExpertVillage.com. One of the things that we want to talk to you about now
is mounting a shotgun, getting the shotgun in the position where you can see the end
of the gun and also see the target. That's the primary thing we're going to look at is
the target, and you've got to be able to see above the shotgun to do that. Now in order
to mount the shotgun, one of the things that you want to do is you want to bring the shotgun
to your face, the stock. And this is the stock and the comb of the shotgun and kind of what
you want to be able to do is bring that to your shoulder and face simultaneously. Bring
the shotgun, the stock, the comb to the face simultaneously. What you don't want to do
is you don't want to bring the shotgun here and then bring your head down like so. You
want to keep your head and eyes perfectly erect and bring the shotgun to the face. One
of the things that I've found that has been very, very helpful, particularly for beginning
shooters, is if they'll bring the shotgun to their shoulder, bring it to the shoulder
where it's comfortable, and then actually move the shotgun over to the face, and then
you can check down the barrel to make sure that the eyes are aligned properly over the
shotgun. Again, it's extremely important that you're able to get your eyes in line with
the shotgun over and above so you can look at the target.