Dave McCracken
Moderator In Memoriam
I cheated on my ammo allowance a bit yesterday and headed down to PGC for a bit of practice and stress management. Last week was lighter than some work weeks, but still 50 hours long.
My new addiction to Wobble matches my devotion to Trap, so I took Frankenstein, 4 boxes of 8s, Number Six, 2 boxes of 9s and intentions of shooting 2 rounds each of Trap, Wobble, and Skeet. Frank had the Light Full choke in, and 6 had the 26" Cylinder barrel from the This Old Barrel thread.
I had the range almost to myself up on the trap end. I waited while one shooter finished a round, shot the bull with him a few minutes. I then took my time, shot two rounds of conventional trap, and scored 23 and 24. Not too shabby. Not quite in the Zone, but close. And these targets broke well, many just plain disappearing with no visible rain of shards. Since I'd just shot on Saturday, the extra practice made the difference.
Next, Wobble beckoned, so I moved down, set up, and shot two rounds here with hilarity. Anyone at PGC then might have wondered at the diabolical chortle rolling off the line at intervals. Shot a round and then kicked it up a notch.
I moved the mike on post one back an arbitrary 4 yards and left perhaps three. I shot half a box here with OK results. Moving to post 3, I shot the other half box low gun, except the last 5. Those were shot high gun, left handed. Got lucky and hit three of those.
As was the plan, the differences made the targets more challenging. Breaking up the stylized, machine groove moves lowered my scores, but improved my ability.
And isn't that the idea? I'm not looking for a mess of trophies,just having fun while becoming very proficient with a shotgun. I think it's working.
Then, I moved down to a skeet range, and met by chance with Duckman and some friends of his. We shot together and while the high house from the mid points still has my number, did well for me. The doubles as usual came easier than the singles. Still thinking too much on the line. Getting better though. Duckman and I spoke of trying some SC next, he with that little 20 gauge Guerneri(sp?) and I with 6. BTW,said 20 gave me a first class case of the covets.
For new shooters just getting started with shotguns, I suggest picking a game and staying with it until a fair proficiency is reached, say 20/25. Then, try other games. All are fun.
See ya at the range...
My new addiction to Wobble matches my devotion to Trap, so I took Frankenstein, 4 boxes of 8s, Number Six, 2 boxes of 9s and intentions of shooting 2 rounds each of Trap, Wobble, and Skeet. Frank had the Light Full choke in, and 6 had the 26" Cylinder barrel from the This Old Barrel thread.
I had the range almost to myself up on the trap end. I waited while one shooter finished a round, shot the bull with him a few minutes. I then took my time, shot two rounds of conventional trap, and scored 23 and 24. Not too shabby. Not quite in the Zone, but close. And these targets broke well, many just plain disappearing with no visible rain of shards. Since I'd just shot on Saturday, the extra practice made the difference.
Next, Wobble beckoned, so I moved down, set up, and shot two rounds here with hilarity. Anyone at PGC then might have wondered at the diabolical chortle rolling off the line at intervals. Shot a round and then kicked it up a notch.
I moved the mike on post one back an arbitrary 4 yards and left perhaps three. I shot half a box here with OK results. Moving to post 3, I shot the other half box low gun, except the last 5. Those were shot high gun, left handed. Got lucky and hit three of those.
As was the plan, the differences made the targets more challenging. Breaking up the stylized, machine groove moves lowered my scores, but improved my ability.
And isn't that the idea? I'm not looking for a mess of trophies,just having fun while becoming very proficient with a shotgun. I think it's working.
Then, I moved down to a skeet range, and met by chance with Duckman and some friends of his. We shot together and while the high house from the mid points still has my number, did well for me. The doubles as usual came easier than the singles. Still thinking too much on the line. Getting better though. Duckman and I spoke of trying some SC next, he with that little 20 gauge Guerneri(sp?) and I with 6. BTW,said 20 gave me a first class case of the covets.
For new shooters just getting started with shotguns, I suggest picking a game and staying with it until a fair proficiency is reached, say 20/25. Then, try other games. All are fun.
See ya at the range...