Hunter Safety

Good marksmanship is based on three fundamentals:

Proper sight adjustment or patterning, proper shooting technique, practice

shot pattern

The spread of shot pellets after they hit a non-moving target

minutes of angle (MOA)

The standard measurement unit of shooting accuracy; one minute-of-angle (MOA) is 1/60 of one degree, or approximately one inch, at 100 yards

shot string

The three-dimensional spread of shot pellets after they leave the barrel

safety

a device that blocks the action to prevent the firearm from shooting until the safety is released or pushed to the off position.

load

amount of gunpowder in the cartridge or shot shell together with the weight of the bullet or shot charge

choke

the degree of narrowing at the muzzle end of the shotgun barrel

slight alignment

the process flinging up rear and front sights