S ome strange looking photos have been appearing on clay shooting social media groups lately, with clay guns sporting a big U-shaped attachment clipped to the muzzles. A closer look reveals it’s called the Method Gateway, and comes from shooting coach and former world champion Ben Husthwaite. At first glance it looks like some sort of aiming device, perhaps a way of measuring the lead in front of a crossing clay – but the description on Ben’s website talks not about lead but teaching shooting methods.
So what is the Method Gateway, what does it do and how does it work? With Ben Husthwaite’s name behind it, and shooters declaring it had solved their problems, it certainly merited further investigation. So I headed off to Kibworth Shooting Ground to find out more.