Examples of use:

Consider the following 5-stand target presentation.

A left to right rabbit thrown as a true pair with a chandelle from the right that lands about where the rabbit 'window' is. The wabbit is a quickie so it has to be taken first. It has the typical ramp, which may or not cause it to hop.

Option 1. Premount and aggressively swing through the rabbit before it has a chance to change path, then shoot the chandelle at it's peak either sustained or swing through.

Disadvantage, it's risky on the rabbit due to angle and distance. You gotta be really quick. Advantage, it's fun and it looks cool when you pull it off.

Option 2. Move with the rabbit until it either hops or doesn't then mount and shoot with speed of swing through dictated by target path and velocity. This is the higher percentage shot on the rabbit. The chandelle will be falling by now and virtually demands a 'spot' swing from below. Once you've done it a few times there is no percentage loss on this target vs shooting it up high before it develops downward arc.

The key point is that this presentation does not reward 'poke and pray' shooting. You need to think out how to approach something like this and it's most of the appeal of Sporting Clays at least to me.


"The price of good shotgunnery is constant practice" - Fred Kimble