First Time Sporting Clays...Whoo Hooo!

[Snarlingiron]

Got to the range at the appointed time this morning. My friend hadn't shown up, and he is neve late, so I give him a call. "Where are you?". "Having Breakfast, I'll be there at nine." "Really?...it is nine, you forgot to 'spring forward' didn't you?".

Ok, I went to the practice traps and shot about 75 rounds with both eyes open and using the Easy Hit. Hit some, missed some. Need more work. Friend shows up, and we shot about another 50 rounds each at the practice trap.

We then went to the sporting clays range. I went back to the left eye squint just before firing. This was my first sporting clays course. I shot 38. Pretty miserable, but I had a great time. Beautiful day. 50's. No wind, Good freinds, great course, the most fun you can have with your clothes on. Can't wait until next weekend and another go at it.

The new to me 11-87 Premier just keeps chugging on. Looks good. Feels good. Shoots good. Is good.

 

[Dave McCracken]

38/50 is a good start. How did you do on the jumping teal and rabbit targets? Those are usually tough the first times.

 

[Rob96]

I too had my first sporting clays experience yesterday. It was 25* and the wind was blowing at a nice 30-35mph. Not exactly the ideal day for a first timer. I ended up shooting a 52/100. It sure was fun though.

 

[flynlr]

I want to get involved in sporting clays after hearing tom last week on guntalk. I wonder if there is anywhere in Utah that has such a range

 

[Rob96]

I want to get involved in sporting clays after hearing tom last week on guntalk. I wonder if there is anywhere in Utah that has such a range

You can always search or ask here;
http://www.shotgunworld.com/bbs/viewforum.php?f=95

 

[Snarlingiron]

How did you do on the jumping teal and rabbit targets?

The rabbits are all dead, and I'm so dumb I don' really know which one is the jumping teal. However, if it is the one I remember, they all lived.

 

[throdgrain]

Sporting clays is the most common thing we shoot over here. Love the varity of targets.
I was shooting Sporting with an American bloke the other day at my local club, he said in the states they didnt generally have a lot of long targets, particularly crossers, would you guys say that was true?

This is our club by the way, in the gallery you can tell which one is me Im the only one with a sling on my shotgun

 

[Pete409]

Target length and difficulty in the states depends on which club you are shooting and which day. Tournament targets tend to be longer and more difficult while practice targets for the "average fun shooter" tend to be shorter and less difficult. The club (grounds) owner has to try to judge what his customers want and set the targets accordingly.

I saw a picture of a guy (you?) in a green shirt, holding a transmitter in his left hand and holding onto the strap attached to his shotgun with his right hand. I suppose that was you.

I couldn't tell what kind of gun you were holding, but it appeared to be an autoloader. Do you have any difficulty with the laws in obtaining and keeping an autoloader where you are?

 

[throdgrain]

Yeah thats me I expect

My gun is a Benelli M2. Over here they have to be restricted to 2+1 to comply with the Shotgun Certificate regulations. If you want more than 3 shots you have to have a full Firearms Licence which is harder to get and frankly not worth the bother for me just to load 4 (is it?) into my M2's magazine instead of 2.

Much arkward can be the bias semi autos (and even moreso for pumps) can recieve at clay grounds. Thankfully that club have got used to me now, and Ive even converted a few other people to semi-autos as well

As far as pumps go, well Ive only ever seen one other than mine at a clay ground, and that was a Mossberg too.

 

[Gearhead Jim]

Geez, I can't find even one SxS in those photos. What's happened to England?

 

[throdgrain]

Heh maybe not, but this bloke loves an old gun. If you look carefully I think you'll find thats a musket dated about 1850 that he's firing no.8 shot out of

Hes a good bloke, never scores very well because he's always using a different gun, and some real unusual stuff too ,last time I saw him it was a 1960's Greener with a Martini action Thank god for individuals , thats what I say !

 

[flynlr]

<---can be dense at times .. turns out my own gun club offers sporting clays,trap , and 5 something . never noticed that before.
always going to the 100 yard rifle range.