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I brought some clays to the range with me today. They make perfect targets just sitting still on the ground too! Thing is... It seems like this batch is pretty tough! I put 14 rounds from my 22 into this one and all except MAYBE the 12th took out a small hunk of clay. I've had the middles pop out, but this thing just would not die!

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I fired 10 at it, marveled for a moment (as I reloaded my mag) and put 4 more into it. After this I figured it earned its right to stand and moved on to these ones at 100m. (There were 6 clays there)

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Whew! That was a good day at the range. I havent been able to get out and do some shooting in a LONG time!
 
I know the clays of which you speak, whenever I'm shooting trap or skeet and when it's my turn they somehow know to put the really hard ones in the air and although I know I've hit them hard they somehow fly off without giving any indication they are mortally wounded. I don't know how they sort them because other shooters on the squad always get the weak ones that break right away.:shotgun:
 
Go down range at any clay club and check some of the whole targets on the ground. It won't take you long to find some with holes in them. These are not considered dead target because a visible piece would not have been seen by the scorer. I have also seen birds in the air, usually overhead targets, where the pellets hit the bird and you could see light shining through the holes but because a piece didn't come off were scored lost.

It can be a very frustrating game. :)
 
I forget the make of clays, but they are made here in BC, North Van I think.

AE 38gr hollowpoint

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I was getting quite frustrated one day at the range shooting clays with my 22-250, after breaking exactly ZERO at 100 yds, I wnet dow to retrieve my targets and they were full of holes. I think hitting it with multiple projectiles all at once is they key, mind you I have seen as many as 5 holes in a lost bird at the skeet course.
 
Well don't forget when they are spinning a hole starts a crack and then a piece flies off,you don't have to cut a piece clean off for them to come apart when they are spinning.
 
Clay shooters will also tell you that extremely cold weather makes them tougher to break. I try to stick to 7-1/2 shot for 16 yd trap this time of year.
 
Claybuster said:
Go down range at any clay club and check some of the whole targets on the ground. It won't take you long to find some with holes in them. These are not considered dead target because a visible piece would not have been seen by the scorer. I have also seen birds in the air, usually overhead targets, where the pellets hit the bird and you could see light shining through the holes but because a piece didn't come off were scored lost.

It can be a very frustrating game. :)
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Yup, we see bumps all the time, a bit of dust, and "LOST!" follows it!!:confused:
The lawerys are a pretty thick target , I've been told they are tougher than Caldwells - it don't matter, we're all shooting at the same birds , right?:D
Cat
 
Plink said:
I wonder if the "hardness" has anything to do with the fact that clay contains a certain amount of water, which freezes in the clay causing the target to be more .... dense... :confused:
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No, it has more to do with the amount of paint on the clay,IIRC.
They are hard to break in the summer as well as the winter.
What we do is to get soemthing behind the clay when we are shooting them with .22's.

cat
 
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