Carts for sporting clays
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I salvaged a baby cart from the dump and made a more than acceptable gun cart out of it for 3 Gun and Sporting Clays by stripping off what was unnecessary and added two pairs of gun cradles intended for quads. I've been offered money for it.
You can google a good Canadian video on the "how to".
You can google a good Canadian video on the "how to".
Falconflyer
CGN Ultra frequent flyer
Boy does that make me feel old. Pretty sure I paid less than half that much for my rugged gear cart, that must have been a long time ago when the dollar was stronger!
Help me out here fellas as there is something here I am missing. Back in the days when there was no sporting clays fields in Ontario, several of us used to travel each Sunday from Barrie to Henrietta New York just south of Rochester to the Rochester Brooks Gun Club to shoot sporting clays for the day. There was also a big DU shoot there in the spring and several other specialty shoots we would attend. Then Uxbridge Shooting Sports put in a sporting clays field followed there after by our home club Orillia in Ontario so we had more places to shoot without long distance travel. Point is in all those years, thousands of rounds, and seeing hundreds if different shooters at shooting clays events I can honestly say I never seen anyone pulling a cart full of equipment around from station to station. A gun, shooting vest maybe, and a bag with 50 rds in it, and that was it you were good to go. And maybe if you were real anal you had a few extra choke tubes and wrench in your pocket.
So what has changed to warrant a cart full of equipment. Not trying to start and argument. Just curious gentleman.
So what has changed to warrant a cart full of equipment. Not trying to start and argument. Just curious gentleman.
I carried my gun and ammunition around until now, but after dealing with back issues since last fall, I don't feel up to carrying 150 to 200 rounds of shotshells around a sporting Clay's course, so it's either get a pull car, or rent a powered cart. Because I can rent a powered cart for $150 per season at my local field, and I shoot on weekdays when there are almost always powered cars available, I am leaning towards renting a powered cart for 2019.
You don't see many courier de bois with a 600 pound load on a rugged portage anymore either.
Carts have a few advantages.
Keeping your gun away from others in the gun rack
Carrying 250 rounds of ammunition
Water bottle - gonna be out there for hours
Spare hearing in pro - in case
Chokes and wrench
Biggest part I guess is hauling a flat of ammunition around the course
That’s odd. I too have been shooting Sporting for a long time. And I have seen a lot of pull carts over the years.
I personally keep the gear I have on the course to a minimum, but others carry quite a bit. For folks that are not able to carry 100 to 200 rounds, choke case, water, shotgun, snacks, etc., a pull cart is a great idea. And unlike a power cart, you still get some exercise.
Falconflyer
CGN Ultra frequent flyer
From all your explanation's the obvious difference I see is the amount of ammo your taking out. Most shoots that I attended were 100 rd. events per day. 10 stations at 10 birds per station. You had usually from 10 am to 4pm to complete all 10 stations in any order you wished. You had to be signed off at each station on your shoot card.
So we would shoot 5 stations, 50 rds. come back to the club house have a pee and drink, restock with ammo, then go complete the course. Shoots must be operated differently these days if your carrying 100 to 200 rds. with you in one go.
And obviously the pathways between stations must be more like on a golf course. Most courses I shot were changed every couple weeks, special shoot events were all fresh stations so permanent trails were limited to main access and egress. Access to the actual shoot station was a rough foot path. If I was shooting now and having to lug around 100 t0 200 rds. and with my heart issues, I would probably either have a caddy or a cart of some sort.
So we would shoot 5 stations, 50 rds. come back to the club house have a pee and drink, restock with ammo, then go complete the course. Shoots must be operated differently these days if your carrying 100 to 200 rds. with you in one go.
And obviously the pathways between stations must be more like on a golf course. Most courses I shot were changed every couple weeks, special shoot events were all fresh stations so permanent trails were limited to main access and egress. Access to the actual shoot station was a rough foot path. If I was shooting now and having to lug around 100 t0 200 rds. and with my heart issues, I would probably either have a caddy or a cart of some sort.
I think I have the answer. There's a 15% coupon code for this weekend. They charge something like $150 for UPS shipping (guh - UPS...pirates with their "brokerage" fees...)
But there's a parcel pickup service across the line, and shipping within the US is free. So it'll be just under $340CAD plus 2 hours gas and GST. That should land us around $400
But there's a parcel pickup service across the line, and shipping within the US is free. So it'll be just under $340CAD plus 2 hours gas and GST. That should land us around $400
Falconflyer
CGN Ultra frequent flyer
I always avoid UPS, Purolator and the rest of the delivery guys with their nasty surprises! If the company will ship free in the US and you can pick it up there then it sounds like you have your answer!
That isn't how our shoots work, we usually do a shotgun start, and all shooters do 20 or 25 stations in order until everyone has completed the course. Then there is a meal, and any presentations or auctions if the shoot is a fundraiser. The entire shoot wraps up by mid afternoon. Events like the DU shoot are fully booked months in advance , and people are turned away once the capacity is reached, If people kept wandering back and forth every 50 rounds, the shoot would not be completed by evening.
Remember when a guy would feel bad for anyone that had to use a cart or quad? Third class walking was better than first class wheel chair.
Walked my last sporting clays course years ago don't mind walking courses but do mind going for a jog trying to keep up with mad max wannabes.
Walked my last sporting clays course years ago don't mind walking courses but do mind going for a jog trying to keep up with mad max wannabes.
Falconflyer
CGN Ultra frequent flyer
Just another reason why I stopped shooting registered sporting a number of years ago, there's nothing worse than having some guys on quads come roaring up behind you when your trying to concentrate on your shooting!
