I have been shooting the piss out of my 870 this past month. I am new to shotguns, and most of my shotgun shooting has been on my range's 10yd line against a plate rack. I brought my timer out today and did some measuring. Split time between shots (8" plates @ 10yds, all hits) is ~0.6 seconds. My combat load time (shot, combat load, shot) is ~3 seconds. Not too good I am sure, but this is my starting point.
In the meantime, what are your favorite shotgun skill builder drills? I have a class coming up this spring.
Also, some general questions:
- when combat loading and topping off the mag tube, do you keep the shotgun firmly shouldered or do you roll it into a "tuck" position (tucked underneath armpit, still in strong hand, pointed towards target)?
- when combat loading, do you go over or under the receiver?