FORM IN GAME SHOOTING II 



THE manner in which various shooters hold their guns, 

 or rather the position of the left hand, has been 

 elevated to the dignity of a shooter's creed almost. It is not 

 so important as is supposed. It is merely a fashion, which 

 changes with generations in England, and has never assumed 

 importance out of our very little island. The fashion at the 

 present time is to push forward the barrel hand almost if 

 not quite as far as it will reach, whereas two generations back 

 the fashionable shooter for the most part placed his hand in 

 front of and upon the trigger guard, and although a beginner 

 now who did so would be told that he would never shoot, 

 the author has seen as good work done by those who adopted 

 that method as he ever expects to see. 



The forward hand was an outcome of pigeon shooting, 

 like the very straight stock. The first can be theoretically 

 defended by those who do not require to swing with their 

 game, just as the over straight stock is a good expedient for 

 shooting a little more over a rising pigeon than the unassisted 

 intention of the shooter would accomplish. 



The method of pushing out the left arm may be good for 

 some people and bad for others. There is not the slightest 

 doubt that there are not only individuals who do best with 

 either plan, but that different methods of shooting arc each 

 most suitable to different individuals. 



Individuals may be divided into those who have long 

 arms and narrow shoulders, and those who have short arms 

 and are wide between the shoulders. The former class have 

 much more room for play with three sides of the triangle (of 



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