So wife and I went on vacation, basically I was the chauffeur. She has been wanting to go se the Biltmore Estate in Ashville for some time, so we drove down. I swung through Knoxville on the way down to visit with another THR member and on through the tourist trap areas of Severeville, Pigeon Forge, and Gatlinburg.
Went to several places sight seeing, did Chimney Rock which was pretty interesting. Wife basically knew I was just taking her places she wanted to see so she got me a package of shooting instruction for shotgunners at the Biltmore. She actually should of gotten the Trapper package which was just shooting at the sporting or trap and skeet fields.
Wife dropped me off at the adventure cabin and she went to walk the gardens and other areas of the estate. First thing the instructor wanted to know was if I had any experience. I told him my wife had probably bought the wrong package as I had been a AA skeet shooter. We went back to the booking area and switched packages around for me so I was just shooting and he would be my puller on the sporting clay course. Saved a good chunk of money this way.
They supply the guns and ammo and all the eye and ear protection. Not even sure what kind of shogun it was, supposed to be an Orvis O/U. He had I/C and Mod chokes in the barrels. We started shooting. Pretty tough target presentations although all but two stations could of been shot with skeet and I/C.
We had a great time, said that there would of been nothing he could really teach me other than I picked my head up on one target that I missed. All report pair and doubles were thrown, no single target presentations. No score was kept but we figured I had about an 85 out of a 100.
Guy was great to talk with. We discussed reloading and hunting and different types of shooting, woodworking, family stuff, farming, fishing. Not going to say it was a cheap way to spend the morning, but I think it was well worth it.
The tour we later took of the mansion was very interesting, if you have any interest in architecture or history it is worth the effort to see it.
Went to several places sight seeing, did Chimney Rock which was pretty interesting. Wife basically knew I was just taking her places she wanted to see so she got me a package of shooting instruction for shotgunners at the Biltmore. She actually should of gotten the Trapper package which was just shooting at the sporting or trap and skeet fields.
Wife dropped me off at the adventure cabin and she went to walk the gardens and other areas of the estate. First thing the instructor wanted to know was if I had any experience. I told him my wife had probably bought the wrong package as I had been a AA skeet shooter. We went back to the booking area and switched packages around for me so I was just shooting and he would be my puller on the sporting clay course. Saved a good chunk of money this way.
They supply the guns and ammo and all the eye and ear protection. Not even sure what kind of shogun it was, supposed to be an Orvis O/U. He had I/C and Mod chokes in the barrels. We started shooting. Pretty tough target presentations although all but two stations could of been shot with skeet and I/C.
We had a great time, said that there would of been nothing he could really teach me other than I picked my head up on one target that I missed. All report pair and doubles were thrown, no single target presentations. No score was kept but we figured I had about an 85 out of a 100.
Guy was great to talk with. We discussed reloading and hunting and different types of shooting, woodworking, family stuff, farming, fishing. Not going to say it was a cheap way to spend the morning, but I think it was well worth it.
The tour we later took of the mansion was very interesting, if you have any interest in architecture or history it is worth the effort to see it.