I admit I am a bit rusty, add my eyes are not quite as they used to be.
Yes I was hitting moving clays with slugs.
I cannot, nor will I get into some matters, privacy if you will. In another life I had reason to get really low profile. I quit competitions for many reasons, one being I need more lower profile. In that other life security was a huge concern, so I had a willingness to learn, access to what needed and some very close, trusted folks. Impromtu training if you will.
I kept shooting 9 pellet buckshot in 12ga at skeet, then the 5 stand set up. Low 8 with buckshot - my Tueller Drill. From low gun mount. Same for #3 buck from a 20 ga. Never had a problem with 20 ga slugs either.
I then transitioned to wabbit targets with slugs. Adjusting the traps really low, and slower, starting at low 7 I would shoot as many as 200 times a day at wabbits , low 7, low 8 low 6. Bone stock shotguns, some with beads, some with mid beads/ front beads - some none at all.
Yes you can run a straight using 00, #3 buckshot, you can even do this using slugs at high 1, and other stations...boy was low 5 a bit tricky...
I've typed many times - best kept secret is a 20 ga 1100...these fit in duffles, assembled easy in hotels...even delivered to you in a hotel for temporary use...
Before 3 gun become what it is today - I/ we were scootin', shooting, slapping triggers at stationary targets - often times orange clays.
"Focus small - hit small"
I harp about gun fit for a very good reason. Gun fit to shooter for task.
Pumps, Semis, and who knows how many rds with a Single Shot shotgun. Even the lowly .410. I was then as I am now determined to survive...I figure if I can hit 10/10 with a single shot .410 with slugs at low 7 - close enough for gubmint work.
I often carried a bone stock pump gun with 20" bbl in my vehicle. No side saddle, no light - just a 'bird gun". I just carried it into hotels, motels in its Garment Bag. Easy Access in case something went 'bump' in the night...
I played some shotgun games still - these were not sanctioned, no yearly dues, no magazine subscriptions...some call it bootleg. We called it having fun, relieveing stress, sanity checks...and impromtu training.
Where I get into trouble is the part about NOT getting "into" the firearms. At one Impromtu training, instead of actually going for the shotgun - I turned tail and run straight for the "balcony" thru the "patio doors" and using the drain pipe hit the "ground floor" and beat feet to a ditch.
Army Ranger just grinned, "damn son, you survived and didn't even fire a shot--you passed this one I'd say".
My goal has been to never be involved with Problem 1, that for sure alleviates Problem 2.
Shotguns and firearms use and training is great. I spent a lot of time on the Awareness, beefing up layers of security , and not being where trouble was going to be.
Things got a bit "hot" on a clay field one day, seems I had been tailed. I left that club in the truck of anothers vehicle. Someone else drove my vehicle out, later on.
It appeared I went in the clubhouse to use the restroom, instead I went out the back door. I walked away from my shotgun, my range bag, - I just left in a real big hurry. All my stuff was retreived for me, I got it later...distance was my friend that day, distance has been my friend since as well.
In that other life if I said I would be arriving at noon Monday - it meant 5pm Tuesday - perhaps, similar. We had our own way of doing things. We never trusted anyone to not overhear converstations, or read scratch pads. All legit...just some things have always had their own ways is all.
Steve
