ErikW Posted January 2, 2004 Share Posted January 2, 2004 I took my brothers to a sporting clays event at Lemon Grove Gun Club (near San Diego) the weekend after Xmas. They had never shot any machine-thrown targets before, only some hand-thrown clays once years ago. I thought maybe we could just throw the birds one at a time for them so they wouldn't be intimidated by report pairs and true pairs. No such luck; the club provided a trapper at each station. Worse still, there was a huge crowd under time pressure, so there was no patience for instruction or help. They shot 9 and 13 out of 50 in the morning. My youngest brother, who years ago shot the hand-thrown clays like a natural, got the 13. He had to go to work so he didn't get to shoot the second 50 in the afternoon. My other brother (a crack rifle shot but not too good with the scattergun) who shot only 9 in the morning, shot 28 in the afternoon! I only shot 27! He used my Remington 1100 and I used my Marocchi O/U. The guys in the squad couldn't believe his improvement from the morning 50 to afternoon 50. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
6guns Posted January 4, 2004 Share Posted January 4, 2004 I'm happy to say that my third week shooting trap, I was up to hitting 16 out of 25. I'd only shot s shotgun a couple of times before three weeks ago when I started trap. Sure is addictive! I really like my new (to me) Winchester Super X1 and appreciate the comments I got here on this gun. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ErikW Posted January 4, 2004 Author Share Posted January 4, 2004 My buddy and I went trap shooting with this guy who had never done it before and he shot 24 out of his first 25. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Merlin Orr Posted January 4, 2004 Share Posted January 4, 2004 It sure is a lot of fun. I shot about 15-20 times with my ole faithful 870 - bought a new Citori and my scores immediately dropped about 20%. Kinda hurt my feelings. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
tightloop Posted January 18, 2004 Share Posted January 18, 2004 Merlin Have you patterned the new Citori? Might be different than the old 870. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
IPSCDRL Posted February 25, 2004 Share Posted February 25, 2004 Absolutely TL! You have to know where that thing is throwing the shot in relation to your line of sight. Merlin, get a big piece of cardboard and pattern that puppy. Sporting clays is WAY COOL. I've been shooting it for about ten years now. I use an OLD 26" barrel Lefever SXS choked Skeet - Skeet and it works quite well. This gun just naturtally fits me. I throw it up to my shoulder and just concentrate on the bird. My finger knows went to yank the triggers (yep, two) and the birds break. You could knock the gold bead off the front of that gun and I wouldn't even notice it was missing. This is the ideal setup for clays and skeet. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BLKturb091 Posted May 31, 2005 Share Posted May 31, 2005 Shot trap for the first time this weekend!!!! LOVED IT!!! The first round I hit 7-8 then on the second round i hit 18 then sucked up the third round 11....Still had fun!!! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Clay1 Posted May 31, 2005 Share Posted May 31, 2005 I encourage people to shoot a few rounds of skeet before they start with sporties. Skeet targets go to the same spot EVERY TIME. When you shoot sporting clays you really only see the target presentation once or twice and then you move on to a different target all together. Rick Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
AWLAZS Posted August 14, 2005 Share Posted August 14, 2005 Don't try it with a red dot scope. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sargenv Posted August 17, 2005 Share Posted August 17, 2005 It's funny, I've shot various clay games and actually hunt feathered critters and now I'm curious to see how bad I might be with some kind of red dot sight. Since I point a shotgun, it might give me a point of reference, but more than likely it will degrade my performance. Damn, now I have to try it Vince Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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