Last night I tried sporting clays for the first time. Don't know why I did, maybe just to get away from the wife and kid for a few hours and meet new people, but I ended up having a blast.
The people who I shot with were a lot of fun, there was any air of seriousness that you often find on the trap range, just working class guys having fun with their field guns.
The setup had 8 stations, throwing a total of 50 birds at angles that I've never seen before. I used to shoot a lot of trap and shooting 25 straight today for me is still no big deal to me, but the Sporting clays course absolutely humbled me, I ended up hitting 16 out of 50 possible
Now I'm obsessed and can't wait until next week to shoot again.
BTW, does anyone have any pointers on how to lead birds that are thrown and are flying below and towards you?
The people who I shot with were a lot of fun, there was any air of seriousness that you often find on the trap range, just working class guys having fun with their field guns.
The setup had 8 stations, throwing a total of 50 birds at angles that I've never seen before. I used to shoot a lot of trap and shooting 25 straight today for me is still no big deal to me, but the Sporting clays course absolutely humbled me, I ended up hitting 16 out of 50 possible
Now I'm obsessed and can't wait until next week to shoot again.
BTW, does anyone have any pointers on how to lead birds that are thrown and are flying below and towards you?