How not to throw clays

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This was my first outing. I'm much better at it now. For those going out and manually throwing or thinking about starting DONT get discouraged. It is definitely something that takes practice and well worth the effort. Everyone I have taken out fails their first outing. Throwing with a manual thrower is something that takes practice. I can now knock the tick of a dogs ass at 100 yrds with a manual thrower lol. The magic is a flick of the wrist when you want to release the clay from the thrower.

Has anyone tried a wing one? is it worth the extra cash over the standard thrower ?

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We went out with one and near took each others heads off. I am too damn old to try and make one of those work especially after shoulder surgery. But if you can it is cheap.
 
Step up to a manual trap, it's worth the money. They are consistent and will throw a target further & faster then you can with a hand thrower. Also you can set elevation on them as well. I have one of each, the hand thrower rarely gets used.
 
I've got a manual thrower with a hinge just after the hand grip. The great thing about this design is that it doesn't require the "flick" that the one piece throwers do. I've found that most people can get the hang of it within 3-5 attempts. I find the inconsistent angle/direction you often get with a hand chucker to be a nice feature actually. It is nice if you're just looking for some cheap, lightweight fun. On the other hand, it would be nice to know you can get consistent, higher speed birds with an actual trap. Kinda throws me off my game when you get the random "no bird" flying by, two feet in front of my muzzle, nearly perpendicular to the intended direction of fire.
 
I have found that nearly no one can throw the hinged thower that I have. I have no problems throwing with it but it sure sucks when it is my turn to shoot. I'm getting really good at hitting clays that are about 5-10 feet away and about 6" off the ground. I also have a manual trap, but the damn thing is so violent when it releases that it needs to be pushed back into the ground after every throw. I'm hoping that my new automatic/remote controlled trap is better.
 
Iam as cheap as anybody but a three legged thrower is 40 bucks at crappy tire.Mount that puppy to a farm wagoon or atv trailer & you will have a blast.My thrower is over 30yrs old &,good for another 30.
 
I got the trius one step years ago.........paid once cried once.......it's a major step up from the Canadian tire mount to the spare tire and yard the lanyard model that I started with, and with the one step I can operate it and shoot at the same time.........more shooting for me when I don't have to share
 
I built a wood platform for mine, 3'x4' 3/4" plywood with a t made of 2"x6". It's heavy enough to absorb the recoil energy from the throwing arm and for the most stay put.
 
I find the hand held throwers cheap, but hard to work with. They take as much practice as the shooter!!!

I "scavenged with permission" an old rim from an army truck out of a scrap bin: it is just light enough to throw around and heavy enough that the cheap Crappy Tire thrower bolted to one "front side" doesn't move. Then I put a foot release on the one "back side" so I can operate it myself if I want, plus it has a long release string so I can (with someone else pulling or another little foot release) put the thrower out in front at the distance a bird would lift in front of a dog. I think the whole thing took 1 hour to make and nothing for cost beyond the price of the thrower.
 
Hand throwers for me, mine is hinged and very easy to use. May as well shoot paper because you are not getting any variety or surprise with a self operated mechanical thrower whereas your buddy can throw from any angle, vary the trajectory and speed. I guess if I was by myself an auto thrower would be fun for about 10 minutes.
 
Buckshot70 said:
Hand throwers for me, mine is hinged and very easy to use. May as well shoot paper because you are not getting any variety or surprise with a self operated mechanical thrower whereas your buddy can throw from any angle, vary the trajectory and speed. I guess if I was by myself an auto thrower would be fun for about 10 minutes.
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I have 2 auto throwers each with a wobbler that varies the up-down as well as the left-right. My remote lets me throw single a, single b or an a-b true pair. With the wobblers running on both machines, the true pair is a surprise every time.
 
I have hand throwers as well as the pull string kind and a step unit. The step unit works like a charm. I could shoot alone with the pull string one, but it involved putting the shotgun down, etc. The step one works better for solo. I have a friend who used to throw with a hand one for his Dad and a group. He could throw anything you wanted!

My step one is the model that lets you shoot at the same bird over and over.....:p
 
Scar270 said:
Have you seen the average clays shooter? I don't think we are in it for the exercise.
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^^Laugh2. That's funny. I have never been to a proper "skeet" or "trap" shoot, so I'll have to take your word. My gunner buddy and I have tables at gun shows, and I do notice a lot of grossly overweight men checking out the goodies.
 
Buckshot70 said:
Hand throwers for me, mine is hinged and very easy to use. May as well shoot paper because you are not getting any variety or surprise with a self operated mechanical thrower whereas your buddy can throw from any angle, vary the trajectory and speed. I guess if I was by myself an auto thrower would be fun for about 10 minutes.
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And whenever I see a guy(s) walking out of Canadian Tire with a box of clays and a manual thrower my first thought is I wonder whose whose gravel pit is going to be trespassed in and left a mess for the employees to clean up on Monday? I have seen the varying angles style of practice with pieces of clay target on each gravel pile, empty hulls all over the loading areas the equipment travels in and usually a few beer bottles thrown in for good measure.
 
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My wife's first time tossing with a handheld she smoked me in the side of the head. True story lol. I find they wear out pretty quick, caldwell has a handy footpedal manual thing for $150. I prefer going to a club now though.
 
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