Whats that trick with the ejected hulls called?

[parcours]

Just buy a gun with 'auto ejectors' not 'extractors'
You'll get it down after about 200-300 rounds.

I doubt very much that within 300 rounds you can do this... At least with the ease and precision that you see.

There's a couple of factors that have not been brought up... Your typical O/U, i.e. Browning, 680 series Beretta, etc, and even some DT10's don't keep their ejector timing over the thousands of rounds it takes to be able to get proficient at this.

I'm not saying that you can't learn to do this with a Browning/Beretta, just look at what shotgun they are using, a Perazzi, and theres a reason. Perazzi's will keep their ejector timing over ten of thousands of rounds allowing the user to know how their gun reacts when the shells are ejected. Ejector timing is nothing more than the precise ejection of both shells at the exact same time. When that timing is off, catching both ejected shells is almost impossible.

I don't think this is trick, this is nothing more than knowing your shotgun to the point that you understand the exact point when the ejector, eject the shells.

And there's no name for this...

[Millions-Knives]

I don't think the OP is a world class shooter, let alone a shooter carrying around a Perazzi or a Krieghoff.

I'd like to like encourage shooters to the sport and I believe the OP is demonstrating an interest in clay shooting. He/she can learn do it with a Browning/Beretta and do it consistently with them.

Let's not discourage anyone from it. Especially with anything that comes along with a $7,000+ price tag.

If the OP wants to catch hulls, let him catch them. He certainly doesn't need a Perazzi to do it. I use a Beretta 686 and have no trouble doing it.

In regards to the precision of catching shells at shoulder height, that's not going to happen. But he/she can absolutely start catching them within a few hundred rounds.

[a.tinkerer]

Another facet of the 'good catch' is ejector timing and tuning.
A good solid gun will put the spent hulls in the same place every time.
A well tuned gun will put them all in the same pile, out of both barrels.
A good shotgun tuner can set the ejectors up to put them as far behind or as close to the shooter as is requested.

I'd bet that the shotgun competitor who inspired the OP to ask the question had a good relationship with his tuner!




Cheers
Tinker