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I'm new to the sport, but so far so good with beginner's luck and such. When that starts to wear off, I'd like to try some techniques. So my question for you is, what is your single best tip for shooting trap?
 
;):) Shooting it gun down is the only way to shoot it, :cool: otherwise it can become boring! But it is a good way to train for Parcours de Chasse!:dancingbanana: Get some excitement, shoot some sporting or even 5-stand! :p

Best regards,
Henry;)
 
Watch the birds. Even when you are not shooting. See the angles. The more you see the better you will shoot
 
I have a long way to go with shooting skeet and trap, but one of the things that has helped me enjoy shooting clays a lot more is reading about where to hold the gun at each stand, and how to position yourself so you are working from a good base. There are a fair number of good books around. Jerry Meyer's "Clay Target Handbook" is one book I like and it deals with many different types of clays games in a nice reasonably simple way. It helps to have a good base to work from so a guy can just concentrate on shooting and having fun. Skeet is turning out to be my favourite and it has been really helpful knowing how to stand, where to point the shotgun and where to take the bird. Another thing that has really helped is getting my shotgun to fit so it shoots to the point I am looking at. I still have some work to do on this, of course, and what I'm looking at isn't always right but, mom never said it would be easy either! A book that really helps with fitting is Rollin Oswald's book "Stock Fitter's Bible". The English can be a bit off-putting, but I found the knowledge to be useful. Hope this helps...fred
 
hnachaj said:
;):) Shooting it gun down is the only way to shoot it, :cool: otherwise it can become boring! But it is a good way to train for Parcours de Chasse!:dancingbanana: Get some excitement, shoot some sporting or even 5-stand! :p

Best regards,
Henry;)
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That is seriously piss poor advice for a new shooter. Not even the Olympians shoot trap gun down. Henry thinks because he writes for some second rate magazine he knows all there is to know. :rolleyes:

If you are serious about improving your game the best course is to find an instructor who can school you in the fundamentals of the game.
 
Head on the stock, eye on the rock. Get a good fundamental base from a reputable instructor on fit and stance before you get too heavily invested.

It really is that simple.

All the other stuff will come via other shooters when you are ready. Use the KISS method as much as possible. Have fun. If it's not fun, stop and take a time out to get back to 'head on the stock, eye on the rock'.
 
hnachaj said:
;):) Shooting it gun down is the only way to shoot it, :cool: otherwise it can become boring! But it is a good way to train for Parcours de Chasse!:dancingbanana: Get some excitement, shoot some sporting or even 5-stand! :p

Best regards,
Henry;)
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Never heard so much crap in my life... Gun down?? WTF.
 
Claybuster said:
That is seriously piss poor advice for a new shooter. Not even the Olympians shoot trap gun down. Henry thinks because he writes for some second rate magazine he knows all there is to know. :rolleyes:

If you are serious about improving your game the best course is to find an instructor who can school you in the fundamentals of the game.
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Sorry CB you beat me to it.
 
Most guys I've seen around here that shoot trap and skeet gun down are really into Sporting Clays and they either like to shoot that way or are practicing. I think you have to shoot International Skeet this way too, though I haven't seen it. I tried gun down at stations 3, 4 and 5 in skeet thinking it might help to see the bird and lead it better. But went back to gun up pretty fast. Can't see any reason to shoot trap that way. Don't know what is going to happen when I shoot more clays though. Everything changes there. Have only entered one sporting clays and five stand fun match and shot gun up all the way through, as did a number of the guys I was shooting with. Definitely alot of on the job training with those two sports...! Great fun though and a definite challenge:)
 
Don't be afraid to let the clays get out...it will open the pattern of your gun and be a little more forgiving when your lead is off a bit.

I tend to shoot with the gun shouldered but with my head up, I like to get a read on the clay to try to anticipate it's flight. my .02
 
...Henry's advice is not really that bad...

...a temporary switch to another game can be a refreshing vacation from the tedious/tiring repetition of Trapshooting....haven't any of you trapshooters ever gotten "burn't out" before??....I have!.....Henry is right on!....
 
I think that you might be better off asking us what not to do rather than what to do.

It is good advice however to get a mentor or if rich enough an instructor. But if you can find a knowledgable person(s) at your club to look over your shoulder and tell you what they see it is sure to help.

But the most important piece of advice for all shooting is " aim small, hit small".

KTK
 
hnachaj said:
;):) Shooting it gun down is the only way to shoot it, :cool: otherwise it can become boring! But it is a good way to train for Parcours de Chasse!:dancingbanana: Get some excitement, shoot some sporting or even 5-stand! :p

Best regards,
Henry;)
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Henry,
There is a clue in the question. "best tip for shooting trap"
 
With aid of an instructor practice your move from first sight of the target til the shot, til it become subconscious.

With the aid of a good instructor, develope a routine starting when it your turn to shoot and ending when you call for the target.
 
:confused:Sorry if I offended anybody! I was poking a little fun at the serious trapshooters. I cannot see the point of shooting striaght 25s or more. I have shot 49/50 in front of Steve Torino a few years back, gun down of course!

Any type of shooting is good shooting. But, there are some that are more fun and challenging, specificaly for hunters: 5-stand, Sporting and Parcours de Chasse (FITASC).

As for a second rate magazine, it is a journal that comes out every two months. Find me a clay shooting magazine with better paper and better photography! For a North American inclined publication, ClayshootingUSA also includes some International events as well as some Canadian content. It is also the only outfit that does not change or censor ones writing. The technical information and gun reviews are very well researched and not glossed over. It is also the clay shooting publication with the most amount of pages per issue, here in NA or Europe!

In this issue, there is a report on the Canadian Allround as well as the Galt Sportsmen Sporting Series among other Canadian news. If you would like to provide any material on your clubs sporting news, events or activities as well a shoot schedules, pm me and I will include it in my Canadian Shooting Review.

Have fun shooting but take nothing too seriously as it will make it like work and not a fun leasure activity.

Best regards,
Henry;)
 
hnachaj said:
:confused:Sorry if I offended anybody! I was poking a little fun at the serious trapshooters. I cannot see the point of shooting striaght 25s or more. I have shot 49/50 in front of Steve Torino a few years back, gun down of course!
Henry;)
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Isn't the "point" too shoot more than 25 in a row?? 49/50 gun down? Let me guess you were shooting an 8" Grizz from the hip. By the way, "stiaght" is not a word.
 
Henry,

I used to be a serious trapshooter and I am not offended at all. You would have a difficult time getting a rise out of a serious shooter;) A real serious shooter would not let that get him bent. You will probably get a rise out of those who wannabe taken seriously:)

As far as that second rate rag that you write for? I do not think I have seen it. I have read Shotgun Sports and Sporting Clay, which are left laying around one of the clubs I shoot at. I would hope you would be better than that or I might think of you as 3rd rate. PM me if you have a complimentary copy that you are willing to send me. I would particularly be interested in the one you mentioned as I was a volunteer for a few events of the Canadian Clay Chmpionship. I hope someone does not run a spell check on this as I have arthritic fingers and have been known to not spell words like striaght rite.
 
I've noticed that there is a fair amount of unanimity about getting an instructor to help learn. I have no quarrel with that view, but it is not the first thing I would do. Maybe I'm just idiosyncratic, (OK, I am idiosyncratic and I like to do things myself! Thought I would save you some time there:D.), but I would read, shoot and try changing things a bit before getting an instructor, especially if one is experienced with firearms. We all might differ in how long we would wait before approaching a teacher, of course. As has been pointed out many times before, one worry is that one can develop bad habits to overcome if learning too much on their own. But a bit of reading would make it easier to understand and to appreciate what the teacher is telling you, and a bit of trying will help motivate learning and demonstrate willingness to learn. With a good teacher, who will assess how much the student knows and what attitude he/she has, I would predict that lessons would go more quickly and effectively with this approach. It's nice for a teacher if he/she doesn't have to re-invent the wheel all the time, and it is a pleasure for both people if success comes with a good pace because the student is actively engaged with what he or she is doing. Is there really any excuse for approaching an instructor who, after all, has paid his or her dues in effort and research many times over, without knowing what aim points are recommended and so on? Just my $0.02...:) fred
 
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