How good are your eyes?

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Throwing white targets yesterday.

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It's funny how colours you think would stand out in a background don't always. A few years ago, the membership decided the wanted all orange targets going forward, next order from Lawrys, I ordered all orange targets, by the following order we switched back to Orange Dome. You could not see the all orange targets to save your life, one would think a bright orange target would stand out on a green field background. Half the order found it's way out of the trap houses and on the 5-stand in short order. IMG_0133.jpg
 

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In most cases, orange dome black rim are what I like. But depending on light conditions and back ground, focusing on a clay can be tough with any colour.
 
The guys here have been using white for years shooting in the nights under the lights and sometimes they machines don't get emptied and they fly during the day
Really not that hard to pick up I have found
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A couple of years ago a few of us helped a close by range get their trap machine set up. One of their well meaning members that knew nothing about shooting clays bought a couple of boxes of black targets from CTire. Now there's a target that is hard to see.
 
Seems to me that beauty is in the eyes of the beholder. I am surprised to see that a few people prefer the orange dome, black rim targets. I purchased some the last couple of years and club members look at me like I just farted at the Queen's tea party. Personally I like to use them when the target transitions from a dark background to an overcast sky or vice versa. You have the benefit of orange against the dark background and the black against the overcast sky however many will disagree. Preference amongst sporting clay shooters seems to be pink however in certain light conditions they just disappear for my eyesight.

As for green targets, I have never seen a dark green target, only the fluorescent green. For me, and many others, these stand out perfectly against all backgrounds, (including a conifer background,) except the sky. Surprisingly enough, the recently available green rabbit targets also stand out against green grass, perfectly visible. One club I know, uses green against a background of aspen trees. Seems to work just fine. One certainty for sure is that no matter what color targets you throw against a particular background, someone will complain about the color.
 
Since we are on the subject of eyesight, I am curious how many people can actually see the shot column. In my teens and early 20's my eyesight was better than 20/20. I used to buy Imperial Magnum, 1-1/2 # 4 for duck hunting. Try as I might, I could never see the shot. A .22 bullet on the other hand, if the light was ok, was clearly visible. I am long past my teens but my distance vision is still fairly close to 20/20 and watching over the shoulder of a beginner, I still cannot see the shot string which would be most helpful in telling a beginner what to correct . We have a club member who claims to see the shot string even when standing 50+ feet off to the side of our 5-stand range. His diagnosis of a missed shot is always a stopped gun and not enough lead. Invariably this is likely true but you could be sitting if front of your TV, make that prediction, and be right 85% of the time. Now just to get everyone's hackles up, it doesn't matter if you stop your gun, you only need to be pointing it in the right place when you pull the trigger.
 
Dark green as opposed to florescent green, I don't know who made them but we used to see them occasionally. Florescent green shows up pretty good against most back grounds and I don't know why more clubs don't used them.

I used to see 22 bullets when I was younger lots of times, shot columns too. These days I haven't seen a flying 22 bullets in years and to see a shot column is rare but in the right light it isn't unusual.

Shooting glasses lens color is important for picking up targets with different colors or back grounds. On bright sunny days for me brown or bronze lenses pick up yellow targets the best but in an overcast sky or shaded area, yellow or amber lenses work better. Every one is a bit different so you have to experiment to find what works.
 
salter said:
Since we are on the subject of eyesight, I am curious how many people can actually see the shot column. In my teens and early 20's my eyesight was better than 20/20. I used to buy Imperial Magnum, 1-1/2 # 4 for duck hunting. Try as I might, I could never see the shot. A .22 bullet on the other hand, if the light was ok, was clearly visible. I am long past my teens but my distance vision is still fairly close to 20/20 and watching over the shoulder of a beginner, I still cannot see the shot string which would be most helpful in telling a beginner what to correct . We have a club member who claims to see the shot string even when standing 50+ feet off to the side of our 5-stand range. His diagnosis of a missed shot is always a stopped gun and not enough lead. Invariably this is likely true but you could be sitting if front of your TV, make that prediction, and be right 85% of the time. Now just to get everyone's hackles up, it doesn't matter if you stop your gun, you only need to be pointing it in the right place when you pull the trigger.
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*Hackles slowly rise* How dare you?
 
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