How to shoot FITASC - Smokin' Targets with Ben Husthwaite

FITASC rules - including how to bring the gun up - are notoriously easy to get wrong. Champion shot Ben Husthwaite shows how to get them right.
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[@pikey3330]

Just a little technical point, the FITASC line on the vest is 25 cm below the highest point on your shoulder not 23 cm as BH suggests. From the rule book "This line is 25 cm (9.85") below the axis of the shoulder and in parallel with this axis"

[@azzloverbuttpincher]

Ben and Fieldsports are doing great job posting this kind of video's. Its up to viewer to accept this tips or not. 👍

[@bhoden12]

This series is really great. Keep it up!

[@gargar6621]

Very well put together video, Ben explains everything precisely and more importantly so we can all understand. Wish he was nearby so he could gelp fit my gun, tried the coach at our gun club, he said its not to bad a fit, soukd like go geg it done properly. Keep filming Ben

[@Snoosemoose]

Great video. Clearly from the Shotcam Ben does start moving, somewhat with the target, even though he says he is against a sliding mount. Maybe the point he is making is not to overdo it. Personally, I've noticed that a pronounced sliding mount on longer range crossers can lead to a slightly askew gun mount. Which, at 40+ yards, often results in a miss. I think he may be saying : take some time to make sure you've got a perfect gun mount onto the target before you move too much off your 'hold' point. What does anyone else think?

[@bartofilms]

Tried proper S.C.'s for the first time today. Much more challenging than previously thought!

[@bigleemac]

Great tips, thanks!

[@MrMx297]

What I have gathered from these great videos is that the method of the bayonet mount, gain the lead on the bird and break it is a pull away style of shooting. I can see where this may not work for many people if they are a sustained lead type of shooter. Would I be correct on this? Also just based on the tight fast woods shooting that we have allot of here in wisconsin I don't know how the bayonet style would pan out. Would one use more of the slide mount in these scenarios or not? In the big open field shooting I will definitely need to try this method of the bayonet mount and pull away to see if improves my distance game. Great videos and in depth explanation. Keep up the good work

[@cochinogordo]

This is magic. I much prefer the bayonet mount and move over the move and mount. Where do I send my money?

[@hendrikstrothmann6336]

Looking at the other videos of this very interesting series I learned about the concept of the "bajonet mount" As I understand the theory of Mr Husthwaite's concept his technique is based on a mount to a predetermined insertion point about half way between "viewpoint" and "killpoint" without any ! sideways movement. In his theory he requires a solid mount on the flightline with the head on the stock and the eyes on the target before any sideways swing is allowed to start. Right ? If I watch the the footage of the shotcam videos i beleive that he starts turning with the clay and inserts to the flightline and at the clay with an already sideways moving gun. To my understanding this is what he calls a "sliding mount" and this is to my experience the most effortless and smoothest way of getting in sync with the target as it has a few distinct advantages: - smoother insertion - target speed and gun speed are matched long before the gun comes into play - less visible target speed as gun and target merge into another - more time for the gunmount as I mount and swing at the same time therefore i am either on the line of the target faster or if i use the saved time wisly my gunmount (the No 1 reason for many misses) can be more precise. - If the gun is already in motion at about the equal speed when it meets the target along the flight line it is a smoother start with the target - when the gun comes into the face of the shooter while the gun is already on line and at equal speed than the biggest advantage is that "rib time" is greatly reduced. With "rib time" I describe the amount of time a shooter spends looking along or in this case sideways past the rib at the target without looking at the bead or rib to start measuring leads and causing the gun to stop or slow down during the swing. - to my experience the concept of the "bajonet mount" is interesting. Mr Hustwhaites international sucess proves it works for him and many of his students. Theoretically I have either not understood it good enough or I am still not conviced and practically I see many of my own student that stuggle to apply it this with sucess. I would like to discuss that professionally if possible To conclude I would like to bring up this little provocant comparison which might not be right ? If we drive into traffic of a motorway/highway it proofed useful to have an acceleration lane to ease merging into traffic. This is the "slide into traffic" approach inspired by John Bidwell´s Move Mount and Shoot. The Husthwaite "bajonet style" of merging into highway/Motorway traffic would be a stop sign at the end of the acceleration lane to stop and wait for the one gap in traffic moving towards you to jumpstart your vehicle into the gap. What would your rather do ?

[@fieldsportstv]

Wonderful, in-depth response - thank you. Viewers make up your minds. / Charlie

[@aidansherry3890]

More or less exactly what I was thinking

[@Procharged32]

good teacher

[@buserror]

Nice video -thanks for posting- the 'scisor' mount doesn't work for everyone -- or there's something about the footing that I'm missing. Or perhaps you can only do it with enough physical to get the gun basically from a mounted/stopped position to a moving at clay speed one? The apparent advantage of the sliding mount is that you can get the gun up to speed by the time the gun is mounted, you don't need the 'cold start'. And, where do you look? trap? sky? I'm not criticising, I know nothing, I'm just busy trying to figure out for myself. I see a lot of excellent FITASC shooter with the gun down to their hip, facing the trap, and doing that awesome turning mount+shoot that just leaves me amazed.

[@fieldsportstv]

Thanks Michel - good questions for us to put to Ben. / Charlie

[@manofkentcatapultsgunsando5069]

Ben knows his onions

[@flamincooo1]

so what happened to the move mount shoot method!!!!!!! this only works when you have time to i think but can't apply for skeet shooting with low gun ready position

[@ricardoparolin]

the title of the video says FITASC, not skeet. No one is advocating this for skeet... people tend to cluster all shotgun shooting together for some reason...

[@Basstandsforbasic]

what does Ben put on his comb?

[@DFox-ud3gx]

His cheek ,mate

[@advmotorrad]

Which gun cam is this?

[@georgedubovsky3429]

ShotKam

[@helenscott8231]

R V

[@mallardcutter7209]

Ok. While I like Mark you really do need to get Ben back

[@SINGHAzzbird]

Awesome shooter and efficient teacher but look at the stock : 😳😳😳😳😳 pistol with many scotch layer ???? Nonstock can do one : made to measure for this high level shooter 😒😒😒😒

[@stevemyers1611]

Known CHEATER should be banned