Trap Shooting is still affordable

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Blackbeard 44

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with the increased demand/prices of rifle amd handgun ammo upon us, I noticed that a 100 pack of 12 gauge shells is still around $20, I loaded up a few boxes and bought a box of clays for $10 and me an my wife had a good time shooting.

I think as long as the demand allows ammo to be so pricey, I will be fine tuning my trap shooting skills.

I haven't shot some clays for probably 5 years until today and I forgot how much fun it is.

I hope everyone is still able to enjoy the hobby as I did today.
 
My son was home on leave recently; we shot a couple of rounds at my private club - a fun afternoon. He was then deployed but will return home on leave again this October for my daughter’s (his sister’s) wedding. We will take my Citori to the range again and have a good time. Clay birds are cheap, 12 ga. shells are cheap, time with that sailor is priceless.
 
A VERY GOOD friend of mine had a nice gift from the kids about 10 years ago in a trap thrower (Whirly bird?).
And recently he added the remote:thumbup:.
A round of trap costs $4.00 at our club with evening shoots. But, mobile-agile-hostile (to orange domes lol) is EXTRA nice,especially earlier in the morning when it is cooler!

FYI big box/100rds Federal 'dove loads' (clay bird to me:scrutiny:) at WM*** for $19bucks & change. I thought that was $22ish a while back? prices of anything shooting coming down is a shocker in these times!
 
I did notice a 100 round box of 7 or 8 shot was only $15 at the local Wally Mart. Probably the only ammo that hasn't gone up significantly in price. I don't shoot trap so a box of birdshot lasts me a really long time.
 
we blew through about 2/3 a box of shells, and half a box of clays, it was alot of fun for $20 bucks altogether.

I was reminded about how your shoulder feels the day after shooting 12 gauges
 
Hand Trap like you mentioned is still cheap, and still fun, too. A round at a club, as mentioned averages $6, (we just had a thread on this on another forum dedicated to Trap), and then,

Blackbeard 44 said:
I was reminded about how your shoulder feels the day after shooting 12 gauges
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to avoid the above costs more money yet. A recoil reduction device adds $100-$900 to a gun,but one can shoot all day with one on a gun that fits you. I shoot @ 250 rounds a night on league nights. Only shot 150 today, we were only open 3 hours.
 
I have been thinking about trap shooting for a while now,I think my daughter would enjoy it. She asked me why we dont use the lower range when we go to the upper pistol/rifle range and I explained that it was for shooting trap/clays only and when I described it she kinda perqued up with interest.

I shot trap once when I was younger. It was my first time shooting a shotgun and I remember my dad and the guy I went with were really impressed with how I did.

I'm a lil unsure though because I was at the range and one of the guys there asked if i was interested in shooting trap on wednesdays and saturdays and that they were trying to get more people involved. I told him I was and he goes "yeah it's only $4 a round". He was from Jersey and said where he is from it costs $12 a round. Now this will show how much I know about trap but when he says $4 a round that means one shot, correct? If that's the case I dont know that I'll ever participate, as fun as it may be to compete and be part of the club I'd sooner buy a trap thrower thingy and save a truckload of money....
 
Compared to my favorite, ZZs, which run $2-$3 EACH target, $4/round of 25 for trap is CHEAP; most are double that, especially if they have to show a profit.

On a normal day, sporting clays cost ~$45/100 or almost 3X your trap costs - B UT the targets are all different and that is what makes it fun, IMO
 
I like the interaction with sporting clays but it's nowhere that cheap here for it. I don't have my own shotgun so thats a $20 rental, $20 for the golfcart and then it's 50 cents for every target whether you hit it or not. If you buy their own ammo it's $8 for 25 rds. Gets cheaper if you go with friends and split the costs
 
entropy said:
What is this golfcart you speak of?
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I guess it's kinda a large place. Probably take 5-10 minutes to walk from some stations to the end. Not some thingyou wanna do in 90+ degree Florida heat and bringing all your gear. Thats if your doing sporting clays. I've seen some ppl with a little handcart and do walk. Unless your just going to use the Olympic skeet bunker
 
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I guess it's kinda a large place. Probably take 5-10 minutes to walk from some stations to the end. Not some thingyou wanna do in 90+ degree Florida heat and bringing all your gear. Thats if your doing sporting clays. I've seen some ppl with a little handcart and do walk. Unless your just going to use the Olympic skeet bunker
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Sounds like Tampa Bay to me; used to shoot there all the time, as well as Blackjack, Bradford, Fishhawk, Polk County (when it was known as Catfish creek). When my regular guys and I first started, we ALL walked with homemade pushcarts; now with the average age over 70, (I'm the kid in mid-60s) everyone rides
 
I shoot ten rounds of trap for score in league competition a month plus eight rounds for practice. That isn't even a real case of shells in the good old days. I'm looking at thirty bags of shot in the vault, two kegs of Red Dot, and a few bricks of WW209s. Ten flats of Gun Clubs, a few of Top Guns. I'm good for a couple years. 75 years old and hoping for 90. Still in the 96% range.
Looks like age related mathmentia has set in. Ten league shoots is twenty rounds of trap. I knew the empties were piling up faster than my first note.
 
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I used to shoot at clays quite often, it is a ton of fun and challenging, I am upset with myself for forgetting all about it over the last 5 or 10 years.

I had a blast and will definatley be investing into some spring loaded throwers for future good times
 
PapaG said:
I shoot ten rounds of trap for score in league competition a month plus eight rounds for practice. That isn't even a real case of shells in the good old days. I'm looking at thirty bags of shot in the vault, two kegs of Red Dot, and a few bricks of WW209s. Ten flats of Gun Clubs, a few of Top Guns. I'm good for a couple years. 75 years old and hoping for 90. Still in the 96% range.
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With Remington going to BK court, I went and cleaned out a few Walmarts of the Nitro Golds that I use for NSCA registered sporting tournaments; who can tell if the ammo side will come through or not.
 
I hunt with a shotgun a LOT during the seasons (September through February). I was poking through the pile and realized that 12 gauge steel shells were the only thing I might be a little light on so I ordered another flat today. Unlike trap (for which I reload 20 gauge), I don't reload 12 gauge or steel. I do have to wonder how long shotshells will remain readily available if all this "fun" keeps up.
 
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