Can a person shoot two different shotguns at the same time ?

[Hammer1]

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You listen and read about trap shooting and the amount of time it takes a trap shooter to get a single gun tuned to their body and shooting style...

You hear about competition trap shooters who take over a year or more to recover from a change in shotguns...

Many competitors buy combo guns so they never change stocks, actions, or triggers when moving from Singles, Handicap, and Doubles.

You read that gun fit is everything in shotgun shooting, but then you see a person shooting Parkers, L C Smiths, Lefevers, and Foxes all on the same day and you know the factory stocks are different.

Shooters seem to be able to handle more than one rifle and handgun with their scopes and conventional sights.

But with shotguns, seems like an 1/8 of an inch of stock difference can create misses.

Know some trap shooters who won't own a gun with screw-in choke tubes because they say the guns cannot be depended on to shoot the same when the chokes are removed and re-installed.  They only shoot fixed Full chokes.


I have been trying over the past few years to shoot a half-dozen different shotguns. 

I get my occasional 25 Straight, but I am a long way from shooting any 100 Straight.

Halfway tempted to sell all but one shotgun.

Would be difficult to part with the 16 gauge Parkers or L C Smiths...



Is it possible for a shotgun shooter to do well if they are shooting more than one shotgun at a time ?


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[PowPow]

Would be difficult to part with the 16 gauge Parkers or L C Smiths...

That would be tough to do, but there is something to muscle memory in all sports.
I am moving toward just one shotgun. I am down to two now.
When I was cycling, moving the seat 1mm up or down felt like riding someone else's bike, and it slowed me down.
A buddy's son shoots trap at a high level; when he starts messing with the fit at all, he ends up with a scrape on his face somehow.
Maybe you commit to only your best one for a few months and see what happens.

[S.E.Ak]

Trap is unlike any other shooting sport and just shooting a different gun range can lose you two or three birds. With a game like sporting clays the hot hammers can shoot a dozen different gun all with no beads and still be at the top of the heap when done. In the field on driven birds Britt style is very hard and everyone uses two or three guns for the shoot.

[JBlk]

You can do it, but I don't know if you will ever be able to reach your level of competence with either weapon.