Magazine Review CLAYTARGET NATION – 2021 June
ing, I agree. As to the grip, he likes pointing his index finger along the barrel as do I.
Paul Giambrone III addresses one critical area of technique this month, grip on the forend. Now, if you’ve ever seen Paul grip a forend you may wonder how he can give advice on it. He is however a product of his youth. When he was young, I have no doubt he held the forend this way because it was the most comfortable way to hold it, which also explains why he swings off his heels. If you didn’t know, many youth shooters stretch their arms way out to the end of the forend and lean back to comfortably hold the shotgun up. It’s a strength issue. The weight of the shotgun forces this on these shooters and I suspect Paul was one of those young shooters learning this way. Needless to say it works for the multi-time World Skeet Champion. This is not how he suggests holding the shotgun. He only says he prefers holding “further down the forend” rather than in the middle as most shooter do. He advises against holding too near the receiver as it encourages arm swing-
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