Sporting Clays Barrel Cam

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Hello all,
I am relatively new to sporting clays and will say it’s a challenging sport! I enjoy getting the feedback from other shooters as to what I did right or wrong....usually more wrong than right!
After a round of clays I wish I could review what happened so I am considering the investment into a camera but of course there are lots of different systems out there so I was wondering if anyone would have experience or knowledge they would pass on.

I have been looking at the Mantis X7 or 10 as they seem to also provide analytics as to where the shooter is having issues or success and the price point is reasonable IMO but I can’t find any reviews where it’s been used for clays.

Hopefully I am posted in the right place...my apologies to the mods if I have not.
 
There is a Skeet/Trap/Sporting Clay section further down the page, no harm posting here though.

The best thing you can do is go shooting with someone with some experience or pay a coach for a session or two. You could be doing things a camera may not capture and a camera does not tell you how to correct mistakes.

That said, if you like messing around with that kind of gear, go ahead. I have shot with camera users and they like them
 
Thanks for the advice, yes lessons are in my plan but it seems like a challenge to find someone in my area that offers them. As I said the club where I shoot has lots of seasoned shooters that are some of the best and they are always willing to provide guidance but at times I feel like I am taking them away from their shoot. Also sometimes it gets a bit confusing as you receive input from a few shooters on what you did wrong and then you don’t know what to focus on.

I am kinda thinking more along the lines that I could use it to view later what I am doing consistently or not doing. I know it’s not going to be the silver bullet that will have me busting 98/100 but maybe it could help me understand what observers are seeing.
 
I bought a Shotkam a little over a year ago and really like it. No, it's not a replacement for a GOOD coach / instructor but it is certainly a good tool. I use it for my wife who has a tough time figuring out just how far of a lead to put of some birds. With the camera we can shoot the station and then do a debriefing over what was going on. I carry an old iPad mini around the course with us so we can review things right away while it's all still fresh in her mind.

Do we use it every time we go shooting, no. But it does get used, and her (and mine) scores have been steadily improving.
 
Ive never used a camera system like the one you mention but it wont let you realize your way of mounting and sighting the gun. Gun fitment and gun mount and stance for a smooth uninterrupted swing and follow thru are much more important things to focus on for better shooting. Leads can be learned with practise. Focusing on leads if your stance and mount is inconsistent is just a waste of ammo. Although fun it wont help you increase your scores.
Maybe having a second camera focused on you while you shoot using the camera system will help. Between the 2 systems you could get a better idea of whats happening. The gun cam can tell if youbstopped your swing or flinched while the second camera can reveal if you lifted your head or closed your eyes. Even if you had the wrong stance and ran out of body travel in your hips because your feet where wrong.
Just an idea based on what i see on the skeet fields. Alot of new shooters face up to the house not to where theyll likely take the shot. Once the clay flys their swing is stopped by their knees and hips as the body can only rotate so much.
 
If your looking at a camera, i have a shotkam, it works fantastic. I dont disagree whats said about coaching and lots of things a gun cam wont show you. However on live birds when hunting it was a tremendous benefit to me.
 
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