[PonyKiller]

Went to the practice range with a friend of mine yesterday, an experinced duck and goose hunter. We went with a box of clays and a few boxes of target loads. He'd just picked up a mossberg 500 an identical twin to mine.

He put a full choke in his i started off with an improved cyl, and ended with a modified when i started to get the lead down and really connect.

what fun, the last two groups i went 5 for 6! granted we were frisbee style hand chuckin em. i guess a challange in itself, since you never know where it's going. maybe one day i'll get out waterfoul hunting with him.

Took a bit of getting used too. i could never truely get it right with both eyes open. Ended up low with too much lead every time. Once i squinted the left eye a bit, smacked em almost every time.

[tranders]

Sounds like fun.

I also enjoy shooting clay targets.

[BigN]

Good deal...If you have access to a trap field, try it sometime. It's addictive...

[drsfmd]

FYI, that's not "sporting clays". Sporting clays is a shooting discipline with rules. http://www.nssa-nsca.org. It's a bit akin to saying you were in a golf tournament when you were playing against friends at the local mini-golf place.

Glad you had fun shooting your hand thrown targets though.

[jpalusk]

It is a good thing that he didn't say anything about sporting clays then isn't it. It says shooting clays.

I also love you get out and hit clays, even if it is just with a hand thrower. Most of the time that ends up being more fun anyway. I agree with BigN though, getting out on a trap field can be very addictive...

[oneounceload]

Even the hand thrower, with the handle extension, can fling the target decently, but you will never be able to replicate what you get using full-power machines. Once you get a little more comfortable, check here:

http://www.claytargetsonline.com/index.php

and find a clay target club in your area and go have some frustrating fun....:D