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George Digweed’s Range Bag
By and large, shooters in the UK carry far fewer gadgets, gizmos, and trinkets than our friends in the United States, and I’m no exception. We don’t have golf carts or other...
How George Digweed Learned to Shoot
Like many of you, I started shooting as a boy, beginning with an air rifle and graduating later to a .410. My mentor – and I guess, the only one I ever had – was my grandfather,...
Digweed’s Gun Selection
I suppose I’m known as an over/under shooter, as I’ve used one for almost all of my sporting career. But I didn’t always shoot a Perazzi, which I use today. In fact, you’d be...
Hold Point
The term “hold point” is one of the most commonly used phrases in all of sporting clays. In simple terms, the hold point that a shooter selects for a given shot is a reference...
Soft Focus
Naturally, we want to have our best focus the moment we pull the trigger on a shot. Unfortunately, the human eye can only maintain hard focus on an object for a second or two at...
Developing a Practice Regimen
Any practice is better than no practice at all. I believe that and I teach that. But unless you have unlimited time and money, you had better plan to get the most out of your...
Shooting Well vs. Scoring Well
Not long ago I had a group of students in for a daylong seminar. As always, I began the day by asking them to discuss briefly their issues so we could address them later. One in...
Practice and Training
Students often ask me, “Geez, I know how to hit that bird, and I hit it the first time. Why can’t I hit it four times in a row?” In many cases, they don’t have enough skill to...
Planning for Maximum Performance
The NSCA calendar is similar every year – early events in Florida, Arizona, and other warm states; transitioning in spring and summer to state championships, regionals, and the...