P.O.I
April
2008
Shooting
Tip
by: Dan Schindler
What is POI?
It’s 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. You
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 dimensions—rib configuration—and how a stock fits you—all move
your shooting eye up or down behind the receiver. The final
configuration of all this can directly affect your final X count—and 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.
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