What is your average score for trap?
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Yikes! Where to start? ATA trap, handicap, wobble (continental) or international (bunker, olympic) trap ? I take it you are not counting any form of double trap.
At a large ATA shoot, 200 straight will get you to the finals, anything less will probably not. In international singles, shooting 92 per cent might squeak you into the medal round.
Sharptail
At a large ATA shoot, 200 straight will get you to the finals, anything less will probably not. In international singles, shooting 92 per cent might squeak you into the medal round.
Sharptail
PITA Trap (same as ATA I think), all single averages computed out of 100 and your lowest score is dropped if it is significantly lower than all the rest.
Been shooting trap now for 18 months and have competed in 5 registered shoots this year.
I am currently "D" class ( around 88.5 % I think) for singles, however that won't last long since I have a score of 70/100 pulling my average down (had a bad day). This score will be removed after my next registered shoot in August. My best singles score is 96/100.
I am not in the A class or AA by a long shot, but I think I will end up in either C or B class depending how it goes in August. I really like competing and will do more next season, however in reality it is all about shooting handicap since that is where the money is.
Just a note, at the BC provincials this year there were 3 or 4 shooters that ran 100 straight ( singles) on both days and had to have a shoot off. They all went to the 325th target in the shootoff before someone missed. Unreal.
Trap shooting is just too much fun, I wish I had started years ago.
Jacky
Been shooting trap now for 18 months and have competed in 5 registered shoots this year.
I am currently "D" class ( around 88.5 % I think) for singles, however that won't last long since I have a score of 70/100 pulling my average down (had a bad day). This score will be removed after my next registered shoot in August. My best singles score is 96/100.
I am not in the A class or AA by a long shot, but I think I will end up in either C or B class depending how it goes in August. I really like competing and will do more next season, however in reality it is all about shooting handicap since that is where the money is.
Just a note, at the BC provincials this year there were 3 or 4 shooters that ran 100 straight ( singles) on both days and had to have a shoot off. They all went to the 325th target in the shootoff before someone missed. Unreal.
Trap shooting is just too much fun, I wish I had started years ago.
Jacky
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The Hay River Shooting Club, in the Northwest Territories, has a pretty good Trap program. I am thrilled to say with roughly 20 local shooters all of us average a good score between 15 and 23. No one in our club has yet to shoot a perfect 25....im beginning to ponder if it is ever possable...LOL.
Keep shootiing ! Thats all that matters!
Ralph.
Keep shootiing ! Thats all that matters!
Ralph.
88-92/100 is an average outing for me. The best I have shot is a 93. (24-24-23-22)
If I shoot 22 or better I wont complain. Its the 16's and 17's that pop up at once in a awhile that really kill the average.
(I have been known to really stink it up the odd time)
If I shoot 22 or better I wont complain. Its the 16's and 17's that pop up at once in a awhile that really kill the average.
(I have been known to really stink it up the odd time)
Having just come back from an ATA State shoot in Montpelier, Vermont, I can say that looking at the average scores of the vast majority of competitors there would make most of us depressed. It was rare, very rare to see anything below 90 for 16 yd singles, with most in the 95 or up (with a good number of 100s). And this was in AA through to D classes. But most hard core ATA shooters have many, many years of practice behind them and have decided to compete because they're fairly good at it, newbees and casual shooters are somewhat rare at these expensive shoots. I would therefore venture to say that most trapshooters do not shoot ATA matches given the time and money required to register targets, and those who do are not representative of the average trapshooter since they tend to be at the top end of the competitive scale (I know, I know, there are always some exceptions).
Myself, I consider it a disaster to shoot anything less than a 23/25. But still I sometimes have disasters!
Myself, I consider it a disaster to shoot anything less than a 23/25. But still I sometimes have disasters!
dirtytwo said:Having just come back from an ATA State shoot in Montpelier, Vermont, I can say that looking at the average scores of the vast majority of competitors there would make most of us depressed. It was rare, very rare to see anything below 90 for 16 yd singles, with most in the 95 or up (with a good number of 100s). And this was in AA through to D classes. But most hard core ATA shooters have many, many years of practice behind them and have decided to compete because they're fairly good at it, newbees and casual shooters are somewhat rare at these expensive shoots. I would therefore venture to say that most trapshooters do not shoot ATA matches given the time and money required to register targets, and those who do are not representative of the average trapshooter since they tend to be at the top end of the competitive scale (I know, I know, there are always some exceptions).
Myself, I consider it a disaster to shoot anything less than a 23/25. But still I sometimes have disasters!
Read my post about the BC provincials.......what you say is quite true of PITA as well. The last registered shoot I was at D class winner was a 96 (although that is rare for D class) and AA was 100. I am the only D class shooter at my club right now and if all goes well in August and I shoot to my abilities I won't be there for long. There are a ton of A and AA class shooters at my club, quite a few B and a couple of C class. But hey, you have to start somewhere ( like me in D class) and you won't get better unless you shoot competition. The mental side of the game really comes out then and it makes you a better shooter. Trap is expensive but so much fun I just can't stop
Jacky
Here are the ATA stats of a friend of my dads. The guy can flat out shoot. It takes some kind of talent to get averages like this year after year for the last 30 or so years.
No, thats not a mistake. He has shot almost 200,000 registered targets in his life. That wont include the Olympic trap he has also shot. Thats 8000 boxes of shells. Incredible.
No, thats not a mistake. He has shot almost 200,000 registered targets in his life. That wont include the Olympic trap he has also shot. Thats 8000 boxes of shells. Incredible.
