Boy,Did I get some funny looks

[actionshooter]

Yestarday my brother in law called me up and wanted to know if I wanted to go try sporting clays. I was just getting ready to go practice with my shotgun/rifle for 3-gun and thought this might be a learning experience (little did I know).

I wanted to use my Winchester SX2 practical (still trying to get the bugs worked out). Got to the range,got a couple of funny looks. One guy pointed and smiled,I told him I needed all 9 shots.

I had never shot SC and it was at least 6 years ago since I shot trap. I do shoot my shotguns a lot for 3-gun. I thought it was going to be fairly easy to switch over (ya right).

Well my first round I just about crapped when a pair of "rabbits" came out. (B-I-L thought it would be fun if I went first). Needless to say that was a miss.

Anyway I hit about five clays the first round,that really hurt! This games is a little harder than I thought. Well by the 3 rd round I had 17 and was feeling a little bettter.

The guys I shot with were really helpful and they were trying to get me to come to thier weekly shoot. One expesive sport is enough.

I can see this could become addicting.

Steve

Oh-ya, my brother in law shot consistantly 22-24,I'm gonna haul his butt out to the pistol range and set up the fastest drop turners I can find and make him go first.

[Guest Dick W Holliday]

i would think that the Practical should be fine if you've got the approprite choke in it......you just need to keep going anf burn more powder.....Dick

[Irishlad]

It certainly would pick up the "pace" of a sporting clays round if everyone shot a 9 round shotgun!!!

I could think of some interesting combos with that!

17 is a good round after the warm up round. Shoot a little skeet before the next round and have your brother in law go first. The scores might be a lot closer than you think!

Have fun.

[tightloop]

Did you have fun?  That is the main thing.

17 out of 25?  good score for not shooting in 6 yrs.

[Guest Dick W Holliday]

Funny looks........you should see'em when i take my mossy590 with bayonet, of course......when i say "Lost" no one argues....and when the gun racks full...no problem-just stick the bayo in the ground.......headgear WW2 steel pot of course.....Battle Dick

Forgot to mention--the bayonet helps with followthrough.....Dick

(Edited by Dick W Holliday at 9:12 pm on Jan. 17, 2003)

[tightloop]

Dick

To each his own.  I have seen all types of "animal" targets, teal, rabbits, squirrels, etc, but never seen a target needing a bayonet, or a shotgun with a bayonet on the clays range.

Maybe some of those looks were deserved.

[EricW]

TL,

I think it was a joke.

[Guest Dick W Holliday]

if i'd just had some green BDUs and a stump of a cigar the look would have been complete.......

but how about when i stop by the skeet range after the cowboy match.....the old 97 will still do the job although the boots don't feel as good as the rockports......Dick

[ErikW]

Just be sure when you have the bayonet, you don't do that muzzle-resting-on-the-toe thing.