Russell Mark Australian Shooter Magazine, Question and Answers Article 8 – 2017 (September) Question: I am always in doubt about what shot shells to use to break targets at longer distances. I admit I am not the world’s greatest shotgun shooter, but I do think I have a fair understanding of all the basics. My […]
Question: I am always in doubt about what shot shells to use to break targets at longer distances. I admit I am not the world’s greatest shotgun shooter, but I do think I have a fair understanding of all the basics. My question to you is simple. Will using faster shot shells mean that I […]
Question: I own a Beretta S56 shotgun that has been handed down from my grandfather through my father and finally to myself. It is pretty much in its original condition as it really never got much use. On the few times I have used the shotgun I always thought that it sort of kicks upwards […]
Question: I am looking to reduce the recoil in my field shotgun, as it tends to boot me quite a lot especially with 32 gram hunting loads. I don’t want to spend a lot of money and purchase a fancy recoil reducing stock, but I was told there is a new recoil reducing device available […]
Question: I recently had a custom stock made for a sporting shotgun that cost me a considerable amount of money. To be honest I am far from happy with the results I am achieving with it although it seems to pattern test OK. My complaint to the stock maker seems to be falling on deaf […]
Question: I have recently started clay shooting and have become very addicted. I have been a long time rifle shooter where I just naturally shut my left eye when sighting. I have had my eye dominance tested and I am left eye dominant, but I am right handed at everything. I was told that I […]
Question: I have been shooting sporting clays, skeet and trap on and off for many years, but mainly for fun. One habit I have never been able to overcome is moving the gun after I call for the target to be released, but before I have actually seen the clay in the air. Is there […]
Question: I am very keen to give my 14-year-old son a chance to try and shoot some clay targets. He is slightly built and still has a lot of growing to do. I was very curious about your comments in a recent magazine about the inability of using a 20-gauge shotgun to be competitive in […]
Question: I was given a copy of your recent article in the Australian Shooters Journal (ASJ) about how to pattern a shotgun. I found it really enjoyable and used your advice to the test my Beretta and have been surprised by the results as to where my shotgun actually was shooting. The question I have […]