The tactical shotgun is perhaps the least understood firearm used for defense or competition. The skills and techniques used are similar to a handgun and for most shooters it is easy to learn one when you have mastered the other. However, the shotgun requires a much different technique. There are two approaches. One is to shoot purely from a tactical aspect with shooter’s gear, using sights for every shot. But that limits what you can do and how fast you can do it. The other aspect is to learn to shoot a shotgun the way it is designed to be shot. That is, to learn wingshooting techniques and apply them to tactical shooting. Tactical shotgun shooting for competition or defense is a multifaceted thing. But the bottom line is that the better and faster you can shoot it, the higher the odds are for victory.

Get Laughed At

Take your shotgun to a local shooting range because what shotgun users do well is hit small, rapidly moving objects. If you can learn to do that you will be a faster and better tactical shotgun shooter. A flurry shoot, with lots of birds in the air will help you build loading skills.

Sight In Your Shotgun

It is important to have the patterns centered when you are shooting. This is usually the function of a gun fit but in a tactical shotgun you are usually using slugs so it is best to aim it like a rifle. It doesn’t matter if you have sights or just a bead make sure everything is adjusted so the slugs hit where you want them to hit.

Stay tuned for the second blog post on how to improve your tactical shotgun shooting.