a fun sunday-trap-skeet-sporting clays.

[eastbank]

i shot a round of trap 12 ga bt-100-23-25, two rounds of skeet-browning 20 ga cxs 20-25,21-25 and two rounds of sporting clays, 20 ga cxs 31-50, sporting clays limited 12 ga 37-50. not my best showing at the clays games, but a super day with good shooting friends with a lot of ribbing when a easy shot was missed. our group of five went from 32 t0 75 years old with four brownings and one beretta .I can,t think about a better way to spending a sunday afternoon.

 

[LoonWulf]

Sounds like a fun day! We have a sweet/trap range here, and I go a few times a year, but I'm pretty awful.
Still hanging out with friends and shooting guns, is always a good day.
Glad you enjoyed yourself!

 

[Matt.Cross]

A bad day at the clays courses is better than the best of days at work.

 

[Armored farmer]

Our local HS trap team is getting its season underway. I spent the afternoon with the kids helping the 1st year shooters learn the rules, and the second year kids break a few more targets.
My sons lifelong friend dropped his 25th target. 24x25. Another dropped #23 and #25 for 23x25.
I feel like we have them doing the fundamentals...but they have to mentally earn that 25x25.
We have 35 kids this year....7 squads! That's alot of coaching!

 

[ColtPythonElite]

Three beautiful guns

 

[George P]

Our local HS trap team is getting its season underway. I spent the afternoon with the kids helping the 1st year shooters learn the rules, and the second year kids break a few more targets.
My sons lifelong friend dropped his 25th target. 24x25. Another dropped #23 and #25 for 23x25.
I feel like we have them doing the fundamentals...but they have to mentally earn that 25x25.
We have 35 kids this year....7 squads! That's alot of coaching!

With trap and skeet, it is totally about complete repeatablility of their form, foot position, etc. In sporting, everything is different. A wise man once told me to treat each individual target as if it was a 1 target shootoff for the World Championship and to only focus on that one bird.
The hardest thing for young kids to do is to totally focus on the target; they'll start thinking about a girl friend or what they want for lunch, or the worst - thinking they got that vlast target for a straight no problem....and then OOPS, an X becomes a 0

 

[Matt.Cross]

A very good shotgunner shared some great wisdom with me; "There's only one important target in terms of your score, and that's your next target." If you stop thinking about hitting targets, and start thinking about keeping your fundamentals integrated into every shot, you'll hit a lot more targets.

 

[George P]

I watch too many go from trying to hit the target to trying not to miss the target; and that is just bad ju-ju.

 

[entropy]

You're running late, AF! Our kids have been out shooting 4 weeks now, this is from the first week:


We have a lot of good shooters, a lot of these kids will outshoot me. (not that that's a huge accomplishment...) Sadly, the range is covered in snow again, I hope it burns off by Monday. 4 out of these 5 kids here shot over 20 on this round, the one on Station 1 had a new (to him) 1100 to contend with, he shot an 18.

I have my 1100 Competition Synthetic on order; I got to shoot one belonging to one of the other coaches, can't wait 'till mine's in! Our leagues start the 25th. I get a nice bonus from coaching, in addition to watching the kids pass me up-2 of the top shooters use Nitro27's, but don't reload.

 

[Armored farmer]

I bet you'll like that new 1100 comp. I sure like mine. It fits me perfectly and shoots soooo soft. Very versatile too. I shoot some singles, doubles, hdcp, and sporting with mine.
#1 son broke his first 25x25 ar Illinois state ata shoot last spring. Followed immediately by his 2nd 25x25 for his first 50 straight.
My gun has been at his house since then! Lol
I'm still shooting my 870comp for serious trap work.

 

[PapaG]

Next week, River Valley and Peoria Skeet and Trap summer leagues start, then PSTC youth leagues a couple weeks later. I'm invested in all. Teams in the first two, grandkids in the youth. Gonna be cranking the MEC handle a lot. Goals: win RVSC again, move from 2nd to 1st in div 1 @ peoria, and have the grandkids way above 60% in youth. Set goals high, work to meet them.

 

[cfullgraf]

I like shooting skeet but I do respect folks that like to shoot trap and sporting clays. It takes skills that I have not mastered. Sounds like the OP had a great day at the range.