Trying trap shooting?
- Thread starter Tinybear
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I have taken lots of people out shooting for the first time. I would just get them up and shooting on the trap line. Some people would miss all 25, very frustrating. I never thought twice about it, just that they're new and having trouble leading. Until one time with one shooter who was missing I told her to stop shooting and we went to the patterning board. One shot later I could see she was shooting so high she barely clipped the top of it. We adjusted her stance and mount and got her face down tight on the stock. Now at least she was hitting where she was looking. All it takes is one or two shots, and it can reveal an awful lot.
bdft
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A guy had a gun just like that in Vernon on Labour Day. Either you or somebody with a similar gun. Sure stood out in a sea of O/Us and SBTs.Shoot 4-500 rounds on a weekend and tell me how you feel My pipe on a stick
There's 3 built at the same time like this, one low rib other 2 high.This is A Simmons rib,on a 1955 Trap Model.The Precision has a few upgrades on it,shot Ljutics for years just keep sliding back to this and my Beretta for doubles .
Cool I missed the year by a bit. Any chance it came from Ontario. Reason I ask was when my dad passed over 40 years ago one brother took his gun from Nova Scotia and sold it a few years later up there
His was a twin other than the wood which someone could have changed
Cheers
So decided to grab a pump for now.
Held a few and decided on a Winchester sxp field in wood trim. Felt like I could get comfy with gun high enuff. It’s no where near as nice as the beretta but I do feel like it’s a more natural fit for me. And in summer I will like to give the beretta a go again with hopefully some 3 dram shells to see if it cycles that a bit more reliably.
The sxp came with three chokes. I assuming from reading this, for trap I best to have the full choke in. Also should the chokes be installed with anything like an anti seize or just some gun lube or just dry?
Held a few and decided on a Winchester sxp field in wood trim. Felt like I could get comfy with gun high enuff. It’s no where near as nice as the beretta but I do feel like it’s a more natural fit for me. And in summer I will like to give the beretta a go again with hopefully some 3 dram shells to see if it cycles that a bit more reliably.
The sxp came with three chokes. I assuming from reading this, for trap I best to have the full choke in. Also should the chokes be installed with anything like an anti seize or just some gun lube or just dry?
Congratulations on your new pipe! Lol. That one will do everything. I have single shots, size by sides, pumps, over unders, but no semi autos. Let us know how it functions at the range.
I shot a couple of rounds last evening but the wind was howling and cold and the birds had minds of their own. That's my excuse.
Cheers
I shot a couple of rounds last evening but the wind was howling and cold and the birds had minds of their own. That's my excuse.
Cheers
bdft
CGN Ultra frequent flyer
Trap can be easily shot with anyhting from a Modified choke to a Full. As a beginner you should be using either a Modified or an Improved Modified. Full is okay to but it raises the level of difficulty. I have successfully shot from the 27 yard line with IM chokes although Full is better from that far back. Install them with a little grease on the threads or any kind of gun lube. Just don't leave them dry. You might find that, as you get more involved in trap, that the pump gun was a poor choice. Or maybe you won't, to each his own.
Not sure if you mean the model or a pump gun is a poor choice. If the action you sure have not lived or shot back in the day to see anyone that knows how to shoot a pump use one not like guys today that think they can. Been a lot of years since I sat and marveled at these guys with old model 12's like shown above. My old man like spank shot trap all over canada and the us and the old man was a pump dude and drug us with him as kids. Still have some old grand american patches somewhere
Then again I was raised on pump guns and did the normal progression over the years to the high end 5 figure guns. Did I shoot any better nope and once I wanted to return and shoot for fun and not be a robot any more it is an old vintage pump I am back to and love it
Still remember the old man saying it is not the type of stick but who is holding it
To each their own
Cheers
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So true I once watched a young kid with a Mossberg 500 pump go 100 straight and left all the big dollar guns in the dust.
the spank
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Isn't that the truth? As long as the gun fits the brand and action type are of zero consequence in hitting targets. It's the combination of gun fit and the shooter behind the gun putting the whole thing together to do the same thing every single time. That's the tough part, doing everything the same each time correctly! My first 100 straight was with a Remington 1100T, that will make you happy to hear that I know..
Since that first one I have shot a dozen more in registered shooting, two with the 1100, nine with a Browning Citori Plus and my most recent this past summer shooting my Perazzi TMS(1).
Isn't that the truth? As long as the gun fits the brand and action type are of zero consequence in hitting targets. It's the combination of gun fit and the shooter behind the gun putting the whole thing together to do the same thing every single time. That's the tough part, doing everything the same each time correctly! My first 100 straight was with a Remington 1100T, that will make you happy to hear that I know..
Since that first one I have shot a dozen more in registered shooting, two with the 1100, nine with a Browning Citori Plus and my most recent this past summer shooting my Perazzi TMS(1).
You must have started with a pump did you spank
Why would I be shocked that your first 100 was with a remington LOL
sillymike
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Pumps are perfectly OK... as long as you practice with them...
Spend enough time with a O/U, SxS, semi... and go back to a pump and...
- You'll be looking for that 2nd trigger
- Pulling again on that 1x trigger, and wondering why the shot won't off
Only to realize that you kind-of-forgot that you have a pump and that you need to pump it
Being there, done that, the bird got away...
Spend enough time with a O/U, SxS, semi... and go back to a pump and...
- You'll be looking for that 2nd trigger
- Pulling again on that 1x trigger, and wondering why the shot won't off
Only to realize that you kind-of-forgot that you have a pump and that you need to pump it
Being there, done that, the bird got away...Pumps are perfectly OK... as long as you practice with them...
Spend enough time with a O/U, SxS, semi... and go back to a pump and...
- You'll be looking for that 2nd trigger
- Pulling again on that 1x trigger, and wondering why the shot won't off
Only to realize that you kind-of-forgot that you have a pump and that you need to pump it
I am the opposite always pumping everything even old cooey singe shots
Which is why most of my rifles are 7600's even my 22's are pump
the spank
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I started trap shooting with an 870 28"mod plain barrel and within a few outings bought an 1100 T with a 32" ported screw choked Baker barrel, Timney trigger and Morgan adjustable pad one of the guys at the club had for sale. He handed it to me to try and I ran 177 straight with it that day trying it out....needless to say it went home with me and to The Grand the following summer(1987/88th Grand) where I shot my first registered 100 straight during the 200 Singles Championship. After the 1100 I moved to a Model 12 Trap and as much as I liked that gun I never posted 100x100 with it. I relegated it to the duck blind(swapped the stock to a field stock) and bought a Browning Citori Plus. I shot my best scores ever with that gun posting 9-100x100's in two seasons with it before foolishly selling it.....
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My first 100 straight was with an ithaca 37. Second third and forth were with a mossberg 535 pump
bdft
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I knew I would start a sh!tstorm with that comment. 
Pumps are fine for singles and handicap but they slow you down a bit for doubles. I am well aware that the old-timers shot Model 12's and 31's and sxs for that matter. I've seen the pictures on the walls of many clubhouses. I have a Remington Model 10 trap, a bunch of 31's and a number of 870's. Most of which I shoot for fun every once in a while. I just don't think pumps are competitive in this day and age. Nothing wrong with the SXP, the ones I shot worked fine.
Pumps are fine for singles and handicap but they slow you down a bit for doubles. I am well aware that the old-timers shot Model 12's and 31's and sxs for that matter. I've seen the pictures on the walls of many clubhouses. I have a Remington Model 10 trap, a bunch of 31's and a number of 870's. Most of which I shoot for fun every once in a while. I just don't think pumps are competitive in this day and age. Nothing wrong with the SXP, the ones I shot worked fine.
