Any Olympic trap shooters here ?

Very few clubs have the set up.
If you are aware of the set up, you would know why.
its expensive.

Its also expensive to shoot OT, as everyone fires 2 shots at every bird, even if they break it with shot#1
Basically you want to get into the habit of shooting twice everytime
 
Bigbubba said:
Very few clubs have the set up.
If you are aware of the set up, you would know why.
its expensive.

Its also expensive to shoot OT, as everyone fires 2 shots at every bird, even if they break it with shot#1
Basically you want to get into the habit of shooting twice everytime
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Why two shots per bird? I

Im not familiar with Olympic trap.
 
Like any clay shooting discipline
It’s going to be an uphill struggle , cost quite a bit and everybody will be wasting a lot of lead, time and feeling frustrated.
The reason I mention is that it can be very rewarding if you make the team and compete on the world stage.
Make a lot of friends and travel to countries you cannot imagine possible.
Give it a go. Boys
I am very fortunate and done all that.
Please to pass on any help and share my experience if somebody has the will to learn
 
Falconflyer said:
American cheese is artificially processed and considered to be a pasteurized cheese product rather than real cheese, if that's what you like then ok but cheddar is the real deal. Just sayin....
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I have an old friend who came back with a woman/partner from New Caledonia (FRENCH) when he was working there. She calls our cheddar rubber cheese but tries to feed you this weird looking mouldy stuff. Otherwise a great woman.
 
Watched it being shot at T.I.T.S a couple times over 30 years ago but have never tried it. In my youth it intrigued me and I would have loved to try it given an invite but never did. The way I shoot and see these days? I almost have to stick to skeet to see the targets up close! Lol
 
Have participated at T.I.T.S. several times over the years, including a couple of "Provincial" shoots, and pacing a couple of our Olympic hopefuls prior to their travel to Atlanta to take part in the big show.
Last watched the ladies shooting trench at the Pan-Am games here a couple of years back ... renewing my acquaintance with competitor Susan Natttrass whom I hadn't seen for several years. She made me promise
not to tell how old we were !

If you ever have the opportunity, give the International ( "Olympic" )Trench a whirl. Six shooters, 5 stations (one is in rotation after each shot) 70 meter ta rgets, 2 shots allowable at each. Virtually flat to a very steep rise,
45 degree separation ( ATA is 50 yard targets 38 degree separation I believe ) Hard left and right angles are very hard indeed. Shot with 24 gram loads, a fraction less than 7/8 oz. @ 1325 fps. +.
After a few rounds at the trench, ATA targets will look like garbage can lids, barely moving fast enough to make the distance. Google up the ISSF Rule books to see the layout, rules and procedures.
 
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beretta boy said:
Have participated at T.I.T.S. several times over the years, including a couple of "Provincial" shoots, and pacing a couple of our Olympic hopefuls prior to their travel to Atlanta to take part in the big show.
Last watched the ladies shooting trench at the Pan-Am games here a couple of years back ... renewing my acquaintance with competitor Susan Natttrass whom I hadn't seen for several years. She made me promise
not to tell how old we were !

If you ever have the opportunity, give the International ( "Olympic" )Trench a whirl. Six shooters, 5 stations (one is in rotation after each shot) 70 meter ta rgets, 2 shots allowable at each. Virtually flat to a very steep rise,
45 degree separation ( ATA is 50 yard targets 38 degree separation I believe ) Hard left and right angles are very hard indeed. Shot with 24 gram loads, a fraction less than 7/8 oz. @ 1325 fps. +.
After a few rounds at the trench, ATA targets will look like garbage can lids, barely moving fast enough to make the distance. Google up the ISSF Rule books to see the layout, rules and procedures.
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We may have met or competed together .... Bretts boy.. Susan has always been 25 ever since I first met her in Los Angeles 84. So there is no point asking anymore. It’s understood ....
Trying to get new blood interested in OT. It’s like banging my head against the new wall in Mexico
 
For me the biggest challenge for OT is in the mind, and the lack of time to practice. If I shoot regularly twice a week for the whole spring/summer/fall season I would've improved much faster than I did.
 
the other difference is in ATA trap, you "get what you get" for a bird.
one persone may get more hard lefts than everyone else....one person may get more hard rights...
when the squad is set up it doesn't matter if there are 3-4-5 shooters on the line - you get what you get for birds

If i fully understood it when it was explained to me at TITS (which was a while ago for sure)

in OT everyone gets the same birds - but not in the same order.
so after a round everyone has shot exactly the same targets
so when setting up the line the computer guy has to know how many shooters etc to set the program so everyone gets same treatment
and of course there are 5 machines, so like i said before, its expensive
 
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