Actually, I switched to a 12 gauge Blaser F-3 Vantage for sporting clays this year. The top average was 92.5, a fellow who shot 118/120 in the Delta waterfowl shoot this year. We had 58 shooters in total in our league this year. The league ran 20 weeks, 80 targets per week , and a person had to shoot at least 12 weeks to complete the league . I shot 17 weeks myself.
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Actually, I switched to a 12 gauge Blaser F-3 Vantage for sporting clays this year. The top average was 92.5, a fellow who shot 118/120 in the Delta waterfowl shoot this year. We had 58 shooters in total in our league this year. The league ran 20 weeks, 80 targets per week , and a person had to shoot at least 12 weeks to complete the league . I shot 17 weeks myself.
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Is the level of difficulty of your league course on par with a registered course?
I haven't shot registered sporting clays targets, so I couldn't tell you that. They do have registered shoots on our course, now and then, but the course is changed every week. I do know that the course is made easier for fundraisers and fun shoots, and then the machines are cranked back up for our league.
It would have him in very close to being in the top ten of Canadian shooters and a 92 would be the highest current ranking.
As we all know its basically impossible to really judge scores at sporting clays a 75 might be a heck of a score on some courses.
A 85 was some pretty good shooting no doubt fine line in keeping the masses interested and challenged vs scores of 50.
As we all know its basically impossible to really judge scores at sporting clays a 75 might be a heck of a score on some courses.
A 85 was some pretty good shooting no doubt fine line in keeping the masses interested and challenged vs scores of 50.
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Exactly my point.
Good shootin' Crayton. Did I read somewhere you've only been doing SC for three years?
Ummm, maybe to share accomplishments with a group that would understand the pride? Why does that trouble you?
For new shooters it is acceptable to brag about accomplishments and struggles, for experienced shooters it is generally considered poor taste.
Once upon a time stories are the exception to the rule though always good to toss in a my dad story here and there.
I do a lot of clapping normally for the same person time and time agian would get really hard to clap if they weren’t humble and gracious.
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Agreed, it’s different if you are listing each persons score results in the interest of a shoot that was held and are relaying the success of the shoot and it’s participants or are seeking help with a particular station you may be having trouble with etc. at least imo.
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It's kinda of like bragging about shooting 100+ pen raised Roosters behind wonder dog every year. At some point in time you need to spread your wings and stop pumping your own tires if you want people to take you serious...
#make sure it fits#My K20#My Grulla#My Drahthaar#My AYA... The same self promotion and regurgitation gets pretty old after awhile.
#make sure it fits#My K20#My Grulla#My Drahthaar#My AYA... The same self promotion and regurgitation gets pretty old after awhile.
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Well, the highest ranking registered shooter on the CNSCA shoot sheet is 90.85 right now so I'm thinking that your course is pretty soft. And that's fine for a course where people just want to come out and have fun but high scores are pretty much meaningless.
Where our course fits compared to other courses doesn't mean much, but my personal goal is to improve my shooting, and the only way that I see to measure any improvement, is to look at my scores, and where I am in comparison to the other shooters at my club. If you have a better way, without resorting to traveling all over to shoot registered targets, I am open to suggestions.
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I'm not criticizing what your doing or the fact that you want to compete against yourself, it's just that posting your score and the top score for the season on a non-registered course gives the rest of us no benchmark to go on since we don't shoot at your course. Your top scorer, the guy who shot a 92 average, does he have an cnsca handicap because I suspect he's not the 90.85 average on the shoot sheet. That in itself tells us a lot about the difficulty level of your course.
If you're posting your scores then most of the people reading it have a natural curiosity to wonder where you stand in relation to themselves, it's human nature. If your course is indeed on the difficulty level of a registered course then congratulation's, you've come a long way in 3 years! I'm in my 28th year of shooting sporting clay's and although I've shot lots of 85 scores, I've never held an 85 average on a challenging course, but then I haven't kept score or shot registered in several years now so I really don't know what my average actually is these days.
If you're posting your scores then most of the people reading it have a natural curiosity to wonder where you stand in relation to themselves, it's human nature. If your course is indeed on the difficulty level of a registered course then congratulation's, you've come a long way in 3 years! I'm in my 28th year of shooting sporting clay's and although I've shot lots of 85 scores, I've never held an 85 average on a challenging course, but then I haven't kept score or shot registered in several years now so I really don't know what my average actually is these days.
Beaverhill? Nice course. Worth the drive!
Also worth noting that in many cases shooters will not score as high (generally) in a competition as compared to Sunday afternoon relaxed shooting. There is something about the competition that takes just a little of the "relaxed" mindset out of you and that has an impact.
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I was always the opposite. Though I always tried my best at practice I was nowhere near as motivated and focused as I was when competing. On practice days because I was heavily involved in the running of the club my focus was divided between club responsibilities and shooting so I shot most of my good scores when competing, especially away from our home club as I only had to focus on my shooting and nothing else.
I believe I understand the perspective that your post is coming from. If the shooting club is designed to take a beginner to the competition line and score a greenhorn with no previous practice experience, and then let them walk away from the club with their head hanging low, to never shoot again at a club, quit complaining about no new memberships.
Sunday fun, is meant to train, and improve your shooting brain. I have noticed some folks could care less about competition, and use Sunday fun to master certain problem shots. A good Sporting Clays range will be ready for Sunday fun every day of the week. Unfortunately, a local trap range by CYEG does not have the same philosophy. If they go under, too bad, so sad. Remember, the maximization of any learning process in any situation takes place under a step by step process under a friendly relaxed environment. The introduction to a stress like competition can be introduced later should the client want to go further.
Some people shoot competition to show how good they are in being superior to others. Some people shoot clays to master the basics and step beyond to the really hard targets without the stress of competition. I have noticed that some of these Sunday fun shooters have very stressful jobs and use a fun time to master a skill and relax...without MAS.
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Your last sentence speaks to me.
