Where can I get the best price on clay targets?

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I have an electric thrower that I use for skeet shooting and I just buy the champion targets from Cabelas ($25 for 90 clays). I was wondering where I could buy in bulk and save money or if anyone has seen better prices.

Thanks for any input!
 
Buying volume, will get you a much better price, but volume when buying clays, means buying several pallets. We just paid $26 per 135 delivered to central Alberta, but we bought 10 pallets.
 
gunsrfun22 said:
I have an electric thrower that I use for skeet shooting and I just buy the champion targets from Cabelas ($25 for 90 clays). I was wondering where I could buy in bulk and save money or if anyone has seen better prices.

Thanks for any input!
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Crappy Tire :#075-0023-8
These clay birds measure 13.5 x 8.5" (34 x 21.5 cm), and are made in Canada
Champion Blaze Orange Clay Hunting Bird Shooting Target, 108mm, 90-pc
Champion Blaze Orange Clay Hunting Bird Shooting Target features basic clay target presentation
Diameter: 108 mm (10.8 cm)
Height: 14 mm (1.4 cm)
Weight: 105 g (3.7 oz)
Flight pattern is steady and versatile
Emulates a variety of bird hunting situations
Biodegradable (except they are know to contain materials known cause cancer and birth defects in the State of California or something to that effect)

As mentioned Volume is the key to reduced prices.
30 years ago one could by a case from CT for about $10.00 iirc.
 
Did they reduce the number of clays in a box at some point in the last 5 or so years? Been a while since I bought clays, but I swear they used to be bigger than 90/box...
 
Suther said:
Did they reduce the number of clays in a box at some point in the last 5 or so years? Been a while since I bought clays, but I swear they used to be bigger than 90/box...
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Most manufacturers like White Flyer and Lawry, who supply to actual trap/skeet/sporting clays facilities, are still 135/case. Champion sells a lot to individuals with their own portable throwers, that don't actually shoot trap or skeet.
 
stubblejumper said:
Most manufacturers like White Flyer and Lawry, who supply to actual trap/skeet/sporting clays facilities, are still 135/case. Champion sells a lot to individuals with their own portable throwers, that don't actually shoot trap or skeet.
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That is what I figured thanks.

BattleRife said:
Cases sold at Canadian Tire have been 90 targets as long as I have paid attention, which at this point is over 30 years.
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I have the leftovers of my last box on a shelf in the carport, Champion brand which was bought at Canadian Tire in Port Coquitlam, BC. I just checked, its a 135 count box.
 
Our club sells pickups for $12 for 135 and we sell many of them to casual shooters. Our last order was the whole tractor trailer load from Lawrys. Shipping and target prices were way up compared to our last order. The ammo cost per case has risen considerably as well. Especially the 28 and 410!!
 
Longstud said:
Our club sells pickups for $12 for 135 and we sell many of them to casual shooters. Our last order was the whole tractor trailer load from Lawrys. Shipping and target prices were way up compared to our last order. The ammo cost per case has risen considerably as well. Especially the 28 and 410!!
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That is a good buy on pickups, a good choice for people who don't care if the odd target breaks.
 
stubblejumper said:
That is a good buy on pickups, a good choice for people who don't care if the odd target breaks.
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Had me wondering what he meant by pickups for a minute then read your reply and realized they were what we have always referred to as reclaimed targets. At the club I belonged to in Northern Ontario years ago we would have a reclaim day for all those who participated in an annual clean up of unbroken targets. Volunteers shot their targets for $2/round per round at the annual "Reclaim Shoot". The old Western handset traps and Western skeet machines were perfect for use with them. Todays Pat Traps and large carousel type machines are not good with reclaimed targets. Too many break when the targets drop onto the tray. At my current club we just stick them all in the skeet houses and shoot them off on the skeet field at regular prices.
 
the spank said:
Had me wondering what he meant by pickups for a minute then read your reply and realized they were what we have always referred to as reclaimed targets. At the club I belonged to in Northern Ontario years ago we would have a reclaim day for all those who participated in an annual clean up of unbroken targets. Volunteers shot their targets for $2/round per round at the annual "Reclaim Shoot". The old Western handset traps and Western skeet machines were perfect for use with them. Todays Pat Traps and large carousel type machines are not good with reclaimed targets. Too many break when the targets drop onto the tray. At my current club we just stick them all in the skeet houses and shoot them off on the skeet field at regular prices.
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We pickup targets and just reuse the ones that show no obvious damage. We typically only see at most 2-3 broken targets during a shooting session , and we don't shoot registered targets, so not a big deal to us, if 2-3 targets break. We have Superstar machines, that are very easy on targets.
 
Reclaimed targets are fine as long as they don't lay out to long or are cracked and chipped, we reuse them and do get the odd broken target but for the most part they are good, we just had our annual registered shoot so I need to do a clean up as there is probably over 1,000 targets to pick up and at 20 cents per target it adds up. Last year after our shoot I picked up 13 cases and we threw most of them in our doubles practice trap. I like the idea though of having a wind up at the end of the year for the members at a reduced rate and throwing the pick ups.
 
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