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The Shotgun Violin Reload

There are tons of different ways to load and reload a shotgun. They’ve all got their strengths and weaknesses. For most methods, you use your support hand to reload and either keep the shotgun mounted on your shoulder, bring it in under your arm, or flip it upside down. This one is a little different.

Bring the gun up on top of the shoulder and rotate it 90 degrees so it looks like you’re holding a violin. The loading port should be facing away from you. Hang onto the forend with your support hand and use the strong hand to do the actual reloading. Just pull the shells from your sidesaddle, stock-mounted shell holder, belt pouch or whatever and slide them into the tube.

This is a common position for twin loading and quad loading in 3-gun matches. Those techniques take a lot of practice to nail down. They work best with competition-specific guns and gear. But for loading one shell at a time, I think this position might be easier to learn than the more typical support-hand reloading techniques. It should also work with just about any tube-fed shotgun out there.

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