Shooting Times & Country

The secret behind consistent shooting

G unfit is, in my opinion, one of the most neglected areas for the large majority of game shots. The reason for this is hard to fathom. One analogy I use is this: if you were out buying a pair of jeans or trousers and the sales assistant asked, “What size are you?” and you say, “I’m a 34in waist, 32in leg,” and the sales assistant replies, “I have a pair of 32in/30in, will they do?” The answer would most definitely be “no” — why on earth would you buy a pair that don’t quite fit?

The same can be said of guns. Manufacturers make guns for a generic average build, but of course we do not all fit into this group. I fall into the even more problematic category of being left-handed, so up until my current gun, which is a factory left-hooker, I have had every gun I’ve ever owned altered, as finding a secondhand left-handed gun I like is nigh on impossible.

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