First Time at Trap

[midlife]

Holy crap. I shot trap for first time today with my new 1187. I totally sucked. Scored 10 out of 25 into wind. But it was awesome!!!!!!!!!!!!!

[kdruff2]

And I bet you remembered every one of those 10! Careful, breaking clays can be addicting.

[midlife]

Not really. Shot 4 rounds. So hard to tell where you are missing though! Yes I'm hooked. Shot 10 twice. And 13 on practice round with all clays shot in same place.

[XVIga_Rob]

Welcome to a new addiction!!

[Sideline Shooter]

Save yourself a headache and pattern your shotgun. See if it shoots point of aim, 70/30, 40/60 or ?? Your shooting range should help you out with this and will definetly save you ammo once you know where you are shot pattern is going. The 70/30 percentage is usually a 30 inch circle target shot at 40 yards. The target will have a horizontal line dividing the circle in 2 halves. Aim at the line. If 70% of your shot hits above the line, you shotgun shoots high, 70% below the line, shoots low, so you have to aim above the target.

Here is a good video to understand shooting clay targets.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YLT-LrT-0Fc

sideline shooter

[midlife]

Thanks you!

[midlife]

My god. Everyone says to do it a different way! Some say to aim. Others to look at clay and shoot by feel. Some to mount bf pull. Some after.

[m16]

Yes, it's addicting.

I've only been into it for about a year, it's a cheap way to have fun.

I finally put a 30" barrel on my Wingmaster and got my first 24 a couple of weeks ago.

[midlife]

Yes, it's addicting.

I've only been into it for about a year, it's a cheap way to have fun.

I finally put a 30" barrel on my Wingmaster and got my first 24 a couple of weeks ago.

How long was the old barrel.

[XVIga_Rob]

My god. Everyone says to do it a different way! Some say to aim. Others to look at clay and shoot by feel. Some to mount bf pull. Some after.

Do yourself a favor and do these 2 things.
* Take a lesson
* Pattern your gun with a couple different brands of shells.

[midlife]

I will. Today we had a clinic at the range. But haven't patterned yet.

[m16]

I started out using the original 20" barrel, took me a while to find a 30" with assorted chokes.

Definitely take a lesson, I learned a lot just by talking to the guys that run range 107 at Pendleton.

They gave me some basic pointers that really helped me out when I first got into it.

[kdruff2]

Check out the sticky in the shotgun thread. There are clinics in SoCal and Nocal. They are very affordable and very useful in getting you to down the right path. Good luck to you and your bank account.

[midlife]

I started out using the original 20" barrel, took me a while to find a 30" with assorted chokes.

Definitely take a lesson, I learned a lot just by talking to the guys that run range 107 at Pendleton.

They gave me some basic pointers that really helped me out when I first got into it.

Is range 107 open to public. I live near del mar.

[m16]

I don't think you can go there without a sponsor, but I'm not 100% sure about that.

Call them up and ask, do a search for the Vado Del Rio Gun Club and you should be able to find a phone number to reach the range.