Round 3 Today!

[Snoogins]

Went to Oxford Shooting School today for a lesson - things are going well. Shot at 75 clays in some different situations (loopers, coming away/towards me, and bouncing along like a rabbit- mostly one at a time) and managed to hit a decent proportion of them (in the 60's).

 

Also, I picked up a SGC application (however, apparently it will take something like 3-4 months to come though- Thames Valley :yp: ). I did find my MacWet gloves helpful and picked up some really useful tips from the instructor.

 

It was good to give a 28" Browning 425 a go and it seemed very 'pointable' if that makes sense. I found pretty easy to handle and more comfortable compared to the Ceasar Guerini from last time.

 

One thing I did notice on the drive home was that driving home my cheek bone hurts-I've had a read and it look like my elbow position could be to blame(?), anyway something to address next time...

 

Good Shooting,

 

Leon

 

P.S. If anyone could tell me what differentiates a trap gun from a skeet gun it would be much appreciated.

Edited February 27, 2010 by Snoogins

[Mr_Logic]

Trap gun generally heavier and will be set to shoot high, since that's what trap needs. Unless you're shooting trap, get a sporter for your first gun.

 

Regarding the cheek pain - generally gun fit and/or removing your cheek from the stock during firing.

[Snoogins]

Thanks, just been watching some old footage of professional skeet shooting, those guys are pretty amazing.

 

It is interesting that it may be gun fit, the coach indicated that a Browning seemed to be more suited to me than a Beretta would be due to the shape of the stock giving me a better eye position.