I am taking a written test and one of the questions is:

When shooting a shotgun with a bead sight, the tendency is to shoot high.

True or False

I am not sure on this...anyone???

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Dyin ain't much of a livin

Dont know what kind of test it is, but whether it has a bead or not shouldn't matter as it is a question of comb heigth of the stock. If that is the whole question though I would have to go with false. I have shot 1000's of shotshells and aint heard that one yet.

It's a LEO certification test to have my training transferred to another state.

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I "think"/"believe" the accepted answer would be True. The bead requires the shooter to place his/her cheek firmly on the stock in order to place the bead properly on the top of the receiver. Since this will cause the recoil sensitive to get a whack on the cheek they tend to keep their face away from the stock, but still place the bead on the target. This causes the shot to go high. Experienced shotgun shooters may not have this problem, but LEO's who may only shoot a few shotgun rounds once or twice a year will do it, along with a bunch of other things.

KAC

I have been told that when a 'typical' casual shooter fires a shotgun with a bead, they have a tendency to put the bead on the target (like a rifle sight), hence shooting low.

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Incoming fire has right of way

I think you're right about that being the intended answer, but the question is idiotic. It assumes that the shooter ignores both of the two fundamentals of shotgunning, which most 10-year old kids learn their first time out: HEAD ON THE STOCK and EYE ON THE TARGET

Nothing like a choice I guess.

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Incoming fire has right of way

That’s a lousy question, but I'm pretty sure the the answer is true. The tendency is to lift the head and not fully cheek the stock. The comb limits how low you can position your line of sight and the receiver blocks the bead if you're down too much. On a moving target (what shotguns are for), shooters who focus on the bead usually shoot high and behind.

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True is what I chose but thought I would pose the question since it seemed silly to me. A lot of those questions were like this, very subjective and not enough info provided.

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My favorite such question was on a USAF exam at what was then Air Police School.

The question? When stopping an offender, the Air Policeman parks his own vehicle to:
A. the front of, B. the side of. or 3. behind, the offender's vehicle? The answer was 4., to the rear of the offender's car.

I got it right, but had some problems figuring out if it was behind or to the rear of the other car.

The correct method, taught at the police academy, when shooting with a bead front sight is to shoot at the belly button on a target, hence the shot would tend to shoot higher. However, with a front target sight and rear peep, you would shoot dead center of target. Hope this helps.
Nick