I scored and pulled targets for a clay shooting tournament this weekend. I had never seen clay shooting before. The Nashville Clay Target Complex is incredible. A few people let me shoot their shotguns and I was really impressed with just how much fun it was.
I left with the impression that clay shooting is something fun to do with friends, family and my fiance- more so than rifle target shooting or handgun ranges.
I heard memberships are extremely pricey, and a single outing w/o membership is about $50-60/person. Not cheap compared to a $10 range fee.
I looked up a few models that people let me shoot (Perazzi MX 2000, Turkish walnut Berettas, etc.. all O/U). They were all in the $10-$15K++ range.
Are there shotguns, say an over/under, without the engraving and handfitting that will feel and shoot similarly to what I was shooting?
How affordable are they? What are the entry-level base costs like?
Am I still going to like to shoot something considerably cheaper now that I've shot some of the nicer stuff?
Just wondering if this is something I can start now while I'm young but limited in static costs.
I left with the impression that clay shooting is something fun to do with friends, family and my fiance- more so than rifle target shooting or handgun ranges.
I heard memberships are extremely pricey, and a single outing w/o membership is about $50-60/person. Not cheap compared to a $10 range fee.
I looked up a few models that people let me shoot (Perazzi MX 2000, Turkish walnut Berettas, etc.. all O/U). They were all in the $10-$15K++ range.
Are there shotguns, say an over/under, without the engraving and handfitting that will feel and shoot similarly to what I was shooting?
How affordable are they? What are the entry-level base costs like?
Am I still going to like to shoot something considerably cheaper now that I've shot some of the nicer stuff?
Just wondering if this is something I can start now while I'm young but limited in static costs.