50 bird flush

[majordisorder]

I was introduced to the wonders of the flush yesterday at Northampton Shooting ground, all I can say is, wow what fun.

 

Shot in a 3 man team and we only dropped 2. Anyone else find they shoot way better doing a flush? I've been averaging around 50% on the sporting and skeet layouts recently but on both flush rounds I only missed 1 bird, a pretty amazing improvement.

 

Is it the pressure or the excitement that improves you there and then?

[Paul223]

less thinking more natural?

[Chard]

Easier birds

[MC]

Also getting into a rythum helps. Once someone messes up it goes downhill fast.

 

We always have a 40 bird flush at one local club on boxing day. It is a 2 man team and last year myself and another guy shot it twice. The first time we straighted it and the second time we only got about 30, due to a couple of fumbles while loading and also forgetting you had an empty gun

 

On a 3 man flush you would normally have one gun always ready to shoot any rogue birds or the odd single after a load of birds in the air.

 

And as Chard said, the birds are normally set to be easy as having up to 6 birds in the air is hard enough

[ossie1968]

We do a single gun 20 bird flush, hard going but loads of fun, I managed 15 on Sunday

[Breastman]

Theres an annual 525 bird flush round my way (7 different stands of 75 birds) and i can honestly say its the most fun shooting i've ever done, just and i mean JUST pipping PSG

 

I always shoot better when its on instinct rather than thinking about it too :blink:

 

Mark

[Fatcatsplat]

less thinking more natural?

 

Absoflogginlutely!!! As soon as i start thinking i start missing. I do think as well that the adrenaline comes up on you a wee bit during a flush and that helps a hell of a lot.

 

Not entirely sure about the easy comment - There is a great flush at "The Corral" at Bisley and of the 10 or so different birds thrown there, at least half are hard shots.

[djrwood]

How often do they do this at Northampton? I havent heard of any clay grounds doing it round my way but would love a go. Northampton is only 90 mins away.

 

Cheers

 

Dan

[majordisorder]

How often do they do this at Northampton? I havent heard of any clay grounds doing it round my way but would love a go. Northampton is only 90 mins away.

 

Cheers

 

Dan

 

Pretty sure it's on every weekend, layouts are different each week too apparently. Sunday's was 2 crossers left to right, 2 high driven and 2 crows / teals a long way out. When they let all six out at the same time it certainly didn't feel easy

 

I think the lack of think time must have been the boost in my performance. High driven is not my forte as anyone who was in my squad on the last stand at the charity shoot could see since I missed all of them but I got every one on Sunday and they were pretty a similar presentation.

[Cosd]

I can take an uneducated guess, but can someone explain what Flush shooting is, and how it works?

 

Thanks in advance

 

Cos

[tiganut]

I can take an uneducated guess, but can someone explain what Flush shooting is, and how it works?

 

Thanks in advance

 

Cos

A flush is usually driven birds from 2 or more traps.If there are two people shooting,the max no of clays in the air will be 4,but it could be 1,2 or 3,so if 3 clays come over & are killed with 3 shots,does the shooter with the live round reload or take the chance the next bird is a single?It should always be possible to hit them all,providing the loading is correct.

[bakerboy]

I was introduced to the wonders of the flush yesterday at Northampton Shooting ground, all I can say is, wow what fun.

 

Shot in a 3 man team and we only dropped 2. Anyone else find they shoot way better doing a flush? I've been averaging around 50% on the sporting and skeet layouts recently but on both flush rounds I only missed 1 bird, a pretty amazing improvement.

 

Is it the pressure or the excitement that improves you there and then?

less time to think, just doing what comes naturally, Bl**dy good fun, try playing snooker, this is also good for a little wager.

Bakerboy

[bakerboy]

A flush is usually driven birds from 2 or more traps.If there are two people shooting,the max no of clays in the air will be 4,but it could be 1,2 or 3,so if 3 clays come over & are killed with 3 shots,does the shooter with the live round reload or take the chance the next bird is a single?It should always be possible to hit them all,providing the loading is correct.

It's in the team work sort it out with your partner and watch it go wrong when 1 of re load or something at the wrong time or you both go for the bird and end up with 2 empty guns, as long as you are still talking at the end,it's a great end to a mornings shooting

Bakerboy

[berties]

I was introduced to the wonders of the flush yesterday at Northampton Shooting ground, all I can say is, wow what fun.

 

Shot in a 3 man team and we only dropped 2. Anyone else find they shoot way better doing a flush? I've been averaging around 50% on the sporting and skeet layouts recently but on both flush rounds I only missed 1 bird, a pretty amazing improvement.

 

Is it the pressure or the excitement that improves you there and then?

shooting on instinct is always good fun and like i always say the more you hit the more you puff your chest outn in front of your mates,then more you hit the more you think you can hit and so on ,i like the driven birds and the flush,no bird is easy just you have found one you are good at

[HDAV]

There is a pre season 200 bird flush going on in September local to me and i really fancy it teams of 4 i think 50 per shift

[gunpepe]

Does anyone have a timing sheet for a 2 or 3 man flush

[TIGHTCHOKE]

Gordon Bennett!   

[HantsRob]

On 31/03/2023 at 20:20, TIGHTCHOKE said:

Gordon Bennett!   

I didn't think thread CPR worked 12 years on, and yet here we are.

On 31/03/2023 at 14:11, gunpepe said:

Does anyone have a timing sheet for a 2 or 3 man flush

Pepe, there is no fixed timings per se. It depends on the trap types and mechanism for release.

You can do a driven day on manual traps (literally used by persons and launched by hand using a machine)
You can do a driven day on promatic machines (set to slow, medium, or fast, also set to 1 person, 2 person etc to adjust how many it fires)

It will depend on how many traps, what birds you want to recreate, the skill of the course setter, and what the goal is. Nobody wants to miss 48/50 birds as they are firing for a 1 person team at 6 birds every 3 seconds, it's just not fun nomatter what practice it is!