JoeA

Shoot em where they eat and not where they crap. Great line Oldtimr!

Watch out for some of the 'hotter' loads. Some guns like'em many don't. There's a hyper-sonic load sold as 1700fps. That is got to be harder on a gun than neccessary. Speed kills, but a miss is a miss and a broken gun won't shoot.

I'll venture that stopping the barrel, aiming at the duck, too much thinking (about a target) and a poor fitting stock account for more missed ducks than slow pellet speed.

Practice in the off-season different clay target presentations at a local skeet or sporting clays range (5-stand works too). Better shooting makes the recoil worth it in the duck blind.