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60 Seconds With Robert Churchill

60 Seconds With Robert Churchill

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60 Seconds

60 Seconds With Robert Churchill

 


‍Sept. 2, 2026

 

Now, put your shoulder forward to the stock and at the same time contract the trigger finger, so that as the g un is firm against the shoulder the trigger is pulled exactly at the limit of the movement. Swing is combined with this movement.

 

This tip came from the book “Robert Churchill’s Game Shooting” by Macdonald Hastings.

  

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