clay shooting help

save your money and dont get a thrower for yourself.
it will just wear you out.
find a bonified skeet/trap range near you and ask them to teach you. and let their machine throw the birds!
make sure your gun has skeet or IC chokes in it for skeet.
full chokes for trap.
skeet crosses you in 8 different directions and 1/2 of them come at you. its a fast game.
trap comes out of a bunker and goes away from you in 3 different directions.
sporting clays imitates actual hunting situations and requires a lot of walking and is expensive.
typical skeet/trap round of 25 birds is 5.00 to 7.00.
use #9 shot for skeet and #7 1/2 shot for trap.
20ga kicks less but trap is a 12ga game.
i say go with a 12ga for universal game use.
hope this helps.
btw..how far you from the va. boarder? i shoot in the petersburg va area and would be honored to teach you.
click my link and say hi. mo is where i hang out twice a year when not in va.

Thanks Bobski. I live about 25 miles from the Va line. This is the thrower I was looking at:


And this is the gun:

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For now I'm just using my Pepper popper/pigeon flipper:


Thanks,
Donnie D

youre 1hr 50mins 95 miles from ft lee.
im 60 mins down in suffolk.
i'll drive to ft lee for ya.
if you want me to teach you one on one....let me know.
skeet and trap. nice friendly range on an army base. no crowds.
wed thru sun 10 to 4.
learn right the first time.
have a blast doing it too.
its the real deal.
straight up I-95.
bring ammo. need to borrow my gun? feel free.
let me know.
bob

"Want to get into shooting clays, Don't know much about the difference between sporting clays, skeet and trap shooting.".................






ok, i see....
i thought you wanted to get into skeet and trap clay shooting.
but what you really want is to spend a few serious bucks on a gun and a thrower to make noise and break targets in your back yard for entertainment.

sorry. i was thinking you wanted the real deal.

with this knowledge...buy a cheaper gun and go enjoy. o&u's kick.
and by all means, go 20ga to save on recoil.

Donnie D said:

Pepper popper/pigeon flipper, pepper propper/plig pligon fipper, propper plopper ...... oh forget it. You're right. That IS hard to do.

Bobski, I do appreciate the info you gave me, I really do. I live in the sticks and am a member of a gun club here localy. My dues are 75 bucks a year, and that is all it costs me to shoot there, except for gas and ammo. We all just kind of pitch in whatever we want and kind of work together to keep the place up. It isn't anything fancy, but we have a place to shoot and sight in rifles and also have about 50 or more steel targets. I don't know of any skeep/trap ranges localy, and I'm just a fun shooter anyway.
Than you for your help and offer though.

Donnie D

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