P.O.I
April 2008 Clay Target Shooting Tip
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What is POI? Its Point of Impact and there are multiple ways to look at POI. The first is the nature of your barrels to shoot straight and a second refers to proper gun fit.
Do your barrels actually send the shotstring on a straight line to the target? From a bench rest, as you would a rifle, does your shotstring hit the bulls-eye dead on, with 50% distribution on the top, bottom, left and right? Or is it slightly high, low or off center? If score is a priority in your game, this is an important piece of information. Your barrels should be shooting dead on.
Once that is established, the next question is, where do you personally want your POI to be?
50/50 (top and bottom) POI seems to be a favorite among sporting clays shooters. For good reasons, some skeet shooters favor a slightly higher POI and trap shooters higher still.
Assuming your barrels do shoot straight, stock dimensions, rib configurations and gun fit can all move or affect POI. Depending on your stock dimensionsrib configurationand how a stock fits youall move your shooting eye up or down behind the receiver. The final configuration of all this can directly affect your final X countand the number of birds in your game pouch.
Checking you POI is a good idea. Remember too, a good gun fitter and stocker can move that POI to precisely where you want it.
By: Paragon School
About the Author:
The Paragon School of Sporting, established by Dan Schindler in 1994, is a prominent Sporting Clays Shooting and Wing Shooting school specializing in Sporting Clays instruction, Sporting Clays instructor training, lessons for the Wing Shooter, and Corporate Special Events.
