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.
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.