TO Mark Marshall a firearm is like a piece of furniture.The British shooter can't remember his life without guns. His father was a game keeper on a sprawling estate about an hour's drive north of London and shooting was a sport which came naturally."When I was growing up a shotgun would be in the corner of the kitchen," Marshall said."My father used to look after all the game birds for people to shoot and it (shooting) was just part of our lives."A love of game shooting has earned Marshall a place in the 2009 FITASC World Sporting Clay Shooting Championships at Laang.Yesterday he was equal third-placed on the leader board - not a bad effort considering it was his second world championships.He competed in his first global event four years ago."I shot OK but I wasn't up there in the top places."The 2009 championships represent Marshall's first visit to Australia. He admitted adjusting to the south-west's inconsistent weather was difficult. While on Thursday the temperature teetered around 30 degrees, yesterday was cool, wet and cloudy."Today's just like the weather back home," Marshall laughed."I don't mind it. The heat drains you and it can be very exhausting, standing out there for a few hours with no shade."On the first day of competition Marshall shot a 48 - one shot behind joint leaders George Digweed (Great Britain) and Damien Birgan (Australia).Yesterday he shot a 24 in the first round, followed by a 21 in the second."It's a 45, I'm pretty happy with it."The 21 was bit disappointing. There was a bit of wind and really what you are shooting at is a frisbee."Obviously if you throw a frisbee into the wind then it's going to do all sorts of undetermined things."Marshall praised the Laang course topography and said the targets were of a high standard. The main thing he said he had to focus on was maintaining his technique."It's a bit like golf. You have to try and use good technique and keep a good stance."Marshall, a coach, is no stranger to competitive shooting. He took out the British open in 2007 .He held a coaching clinic in Melbourne earlier this week.While he loves shooting he said it was unlikely he'd follow in his father's footsteps.