In Sporting Clays...since you know exactly where the bird is coming from - and its flight path, prior to shooting the station ...there is no disadvantage to shooting a high gun - and the rules permit it.
At some stations I will shoot a high gun ( depends on what the targets are - and how well I can see them )....or I will use Bobby Fowler Jr's technique - where I premount the gun - and then drop the muzzle but leave the stock in contact with my shoulder if I have a lot of time or a lot of trees or brush that obscures the target on its path.
But if the targets are fast ...and with small windows to take them in an optimal spot...shooting high gun is just fine in my view. But I'm not a Master Class shooter either...the best I've ever done was class A / and I stayed in Class B for a long time.
At some stations I will shoot a high gun ( depends on what the targets are - and how well I can see them )....or I will use Bobby Fowler Jr's technique - where I premount the gun - and then drop the muzzle but leave the stock in contact with my shoulder if I have a lot of time or a lot of trees or brush that obscures the target on its path.
But if the targets are fast ...and with small windows to take them in an optimal spot...shooting high gun is just fine in my view. But I'm not a Master Class shooter either...the best I've ever done was class A / and I stayed in Class B for a long time.