I haven't shot 100 straight in this century. lol Plenty of 50s, shooting the 410 and 28 gauge, but I always seem to mess up before I reach 75.
Think I became a skeet shooter today!
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Sounds very similar... 9 years younger and started with skeet in 1978. I've never had a year I did not shoot skeet at least some since then. Can't say that about the other games...I go in spurts on the trap field and haven't shot sporting clays in 10 years now...
Yup and every year it get's a little tougher, the eye's and reflexes aren't as good, a guy get's tired and has more brain farts, I am cutting my shooting down this year I just can't shoot 300 per day for 3 or 4 straight day's anymore, by the end of the day I'm tired and just wasting ammo
I hate going to a registered shoot and watching my squad mates shoot without me, but I am starting to realize what my old buddy meant when he said he can't shoot the whole program every day, he just get's to tired.I shoot skeet twice per week now, and sporting clays once per week, but no competition any more. During the winter, we shoot skeet once per week. That is enough shootings for me.Yup and every year it get's a little tougher, the eye's and reflexes aren't as good, a guy get's tired and has more brain farts, I am cutting my shooting down this year I just can't shoot 300 per day for 3 or 4 straight day's anymore, by the end of the day I'm tired and just wasting ammo
That was a classic.
And yesterday was a perfect example of getting old. I was shooting the 410, and I shot four 24s, but couldn't shoot a clean round. Three bad flinches all on 1 low, and a miss on 8 high, targets that I rarely miss. Hopefully I don't have any flinches at sporting clays today.
Congrats on your skeet addiction. Our club is almost exclusively sporting clays, though we do have a single skeet field. Almost no one uses it, but I do often take my voice release down for some solo training. Great place to develop speed, instinct and reflexes.
Gun, load and choke will make a difference when you reach the top 10% - and one more bird means winning over losing. For now, just use something that fits well enough that it doesn't hurt. That target you missed wasn't equipment. Setup, technique and focus.
I find the fun of clays improves my attitude in all realms of life - and it's all about attitude.
Our club is almost exclusively sporting clays, though we do have a single skeet field. Almost no one uses it, but I do often take my voice release down for some solo training. Great place to develop speed, instinct and reflexes. Gun, load and choke will make a difference when you reach the top 10% - and one more bird means winning over losing. For now, just use something that fits well enough that it doesn't hurt. That target you missed wasn't equipment. Setup, technique and focus.
I find the fun of clays improves my attitude in all realms of life - and it's all about attitude.
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I prefer 5 Stand, then Trap ... Skeet = meh
To each his own ✔
To each his own ✔
Exactly, to each their own, at my former club, more people shot trap than skeet, at my current club, we may use the trap field a few times per year, while the skeet field is used twice per week.
