Hunting weapons...

[Dr_V]

I've hared from many people a strange idea: that policemen (and other people that regullary use handguns) are very poor marksmen when they use shotguns.

Thaugh I am a hunter for quite a while, I've never seen a policeman hunting, but I find the idea to be a little bit odd. I'd expect the exact opposite from someone with police training.

Does any of you have any experience with hunting weapons? Is a 12Ga shotgun so heavy or massive that someone used to a revolver can't aim it propperly? Or that's just another "hunters story" as many others...?

[MOCOP]

Not for me. I'm a little better with long guns than hand guns. Your degree of marksmanship is direct ratio to how much you practice.

[mcsap]

You don't need to be as good a shot with a shotgun

[scott715us]

You don't need to be as good a shot with a shotgun

Definitely an accurate statement.

I've never heard of officers being "bad" with a shotgun. We have training on both weapons in the academy, with obviously more on the handgun because it is what we're most likely to use.

I will mention that we had a "friendly tournament" of skeet shooting at the academy the last week and I was very surprised of how good some of the officers were. ;)

[Wombat311]

I'm fine with longarms, perhaps even slightly better, and I enjoy hunting whenever I can. I don't htink it's odd.

[Johninaustin]

Never ran across anyone with a problem. By the way, LOTS of officers hunt here, mostly with rifles.