Sporting Clays

[Hair Trigger]

Our club has one or two "Vintage" shoots a year.

Do they allow a blunderbuss? I could do pretty well with one of those.

My external hammer double is a fairly new gun with replaceable chokes, the other 12 ga. is from about 1975 and has fixed mod/full chokes. When I get ribbed about "why don't you get an over-under?", I just turn the gun sideways and smile.

 

[HOUSTON RICK]

Acorn, sounds like a great day. I like the Beretta silver pigeon over under but fit is what matters, I do about as well and have as much fun with my Remington 870. The Ruger Red Label was my runner up. Nothing wrong with a lot of the Turkish shotguns at a fraction of the price. Life goes on! No one says that you cannot have a little fun while you have some flexibility in your schedule.

 

[ACORN]

Acorn, sounds like a great day. I like the Beretta silver pigeon over under but fit is what matters, I do about as well and have as much fun with my Remington 870. The Ruger Red Label was my runner up. Nothing wrong with a lot of the Turkish shotguns at a fraction of the price. Life goes on! No one says that you cannot have a little fun while you have some flexibility in your schedule.

The Silver Pigeons were what their loaners were. The semis were some iteration of the A300.
We all shot the 20ga.
I probably could have picked up a couple more birds with the added shot charge of the 12ga, at least that’s what I’ve been telling myself.

 

[Ivan the Butcher]

My brother has about 3 of the A-300 and A-400 type shotguns, he still has a 391 or two and I still have a 12 gauge 390 Golden Clays, from my younger days!

I'll say this about Berretta shotguns: They Work! We fired a 391 until it no longer functioned. This took a little over 12,000 rounds and 3 years! Recommend cleaning is every 500 rounds or end of season, whichever comes first!

Ivan

 

[growr]

My younger brother is a 5 stand sporting clays enthusiast. He started with Grandpa's Browning A-5, moved to a Winchester 101 and then to his Beretta 686 ( I think)

Told me that he would be just as competitive with the A-5, just likes the fit of his Beretta.

After discovering sporting clays, trap and skeet are gone.

Randy

 

[Ivan the Butcher]

After discovering sporting clays, trap and skeet are gone.

I haven't shot a round of trap in 30 years (shortly after discovering Sporting Clays! I do shoot practice Skeet as a warmup to Sporting Clays.

Ivan

 

[mauser9]

One of my favorites too. Use a Rem 1100 for the past 25 years.

 

[Pig Hunter]

When asked why I shoot a sxs I point out, if God had intended you to shoot an o/u he would not have put your eyes side by side!

 

[Abbynormal]

I use Grampaw's Remington Mod 11 IC in 20 ga for skeet I had a Browning
12 ga Citori for skeet for years until Ft Ben Harrison closed. Got rid of it as there wasn't any skeet ranges close.
I kept my Ithica/SKB 600 trap gun with IM/F chokes for shooting Trap and Sporting clays. Use an old Mossy 500 riot gun or Remington 870 riot gun for shooting skeet (a few ranges have popped up) and have used Mossy on sporting clays course just for S&G's

 

[ACORN]

The only shotgun I have in my battery right now is my 12ga Shockwave.
I’d of been laughed off the range.

 

[67tempest]

Spending the day with your daughter enjoying the shooting sports is a blessing. I shot trap for 9 years with a group of work guy's, had a blast. Shot several rounds of sporting clay's over the years, definitely more challenging than trap. I shoot a Browning Citori, I'd guess it has 50k+ rounds through it at this point, it still locks up like a bank vault.

 

[scooter123]

I shoot 4 gun Skeet and 70% of my practice is with the 410. People think the 410 is a lot more difficult but it really isn't, all that is needed is a bit more precision with shot placement. While I'll typically use my 28 gauge for Sporting Clays I do shoot 5 stand with the 410.

 

[somorris]

I am the odd man out here!

I grew up using shotguns for hunting, but never really shot clays of any sort. When we were going pheasant or quail hunting, my dad would have someone throw a few old cans into the air to tune up his wing shooting. I guess he wanted to save most of his shotgun shells for something to eat. Over the past few years, watching folks (especially olympians) shooting trap/skeet/sporting clays has piqued my interest, but so far, I haven’t tried it. Looks like a lot of fun (and potential embarrassment!,).

 

[ACORN]

I am the odd man out here!

I grew up using shotguns for hunting, but never really shot clays of any sort. When we were going pheasant or quail hunting, my dad would have someone throw a few old cans into the air to tune up his wing shooting. I guess he wanted to save most of his shotgun shells for something to eat. Over the past few years, watching folks (especially olympians) shooting trap/skeet/sporting clays has piqued my interest, but so far, I haven’t tried it. Looks like a lot of fun (and potential embarrassment!,).

That’s what was nice at our shoot.
No one (myself included) was any good.
No egos. Just had fun.