Hey guys,
I took my son out on a scouting trip the week before last because he signed up to qualify for shotgun. In order to qualify, you have to hit 25 of 50 clays. I really don't know if you call it trap or skeet shooting, but they had the thrower setup in front of the shooter so that the clay is flying away from the shooter, rather than across.
Anyway, my son shocked the heck out of me. His first time shooting at moving targets and he hit 25 out of 28 clays to qualify. Needless to say, I bought him a Remington 870 20 gauge last weekend and found us a place to shoot today.
So....I need a target thrower. I have an Academy Sports near me and they have what appear to be decent throwers. Do-All, I believe the brand name was. What I'm short on is the vocabulary associated with the sport.
What does it mean when a thrower is a full cock? 3/4 cock? Cocking not mentioned? I want to get one that will mount onto my trailer hitch, but is there really any disadvantage to the stand alone models? They do appear to be a bit more portable.
Can anyone recommend a good load for shooting clays out of a 20 gauge. From the clowning around that we did, it looks like 7 and 1/2 or 8 shot is going to do it, but is one preferred over the other? I just don't know.
His 870 came with an IC choke. Do I need to replace that for what he's going to be doing?
I'd appreciate any advise.
I took my son out on a scouting trip the week before last because he signed up to qualify for shotgun. In order to qualify, you have to hit 25 of 50 clays. I really don't know if you call it trap or skeet shooting, but they had the thrower setup in front of the shooter so that the clay is flying away from the shooter, rather than across.
Anyway, my son shocked the heck out of me. His first time shooting at moving targets and he hit 25 out of 28 clays to qualify. Needless to say, I bought him a Remington 870 20 gauge last weekend and found us a place to shoot today.
So....I need a target thrower. I have an Academy Sports near me and they have what appear to be decent throwers. Do-All, I believe the brand name was. What I'm short on is the vocabulary associated with the sport.
What does it mean when a thrower is a full cock? 3/4 cock? Cocking not mentioned? I want to get one that will mount onto my trailer hitch, but is there really any disadvantage to the stand alone models? They do appear to be a bit more portable.
Can anyone recommend a good load for shooting clays out of a 20 gauge. From the clowning around that we did, it looks like 7 and 1/2 or 8 shot is going to do it, but is one preferred over the other? I just don't know.
His 870 came with an IC choke. Do I need to replace that for what he's going to be doing?
I'd appreciate any advise.