Whats an acceptable score?

[RobbieJam]

Hi all, been going to my local clay ground once every other week for a couple of months now so had about 4 sessions so far. It's an English Sporting layout and I'm hitting between 20 and 25 out of 50. What sort of numbers would an average shot be hitting, 35+?

 

Cheers, Rob.

[beretta]

an average shot yes but your new, so off those scores i would say your doing ok at the moment.

[Chard]

I read somewhere that a relative beginner shooting at average club clays should aim to be getting between 60-65%

 

Competition clays tend to be harder, so your score would likely be lower (sometimes a lot lower) on a decent competition course.

[Albertan_J]

You're doing pretty good I think

[berties]

It's nice to see you are hitting them,but as you get into harder traps a nasty curving battue or a distance Mach 3 shot ,hold your nerve get to know your gun,and take a few lessons as you progress ,and take plenty of the free advice offered,clay shooting will test you every time at a good club,keep up the practice.

[AdamHall]

hi mate i would'nt worry to much about your scores but more if you enjoying it and learn from it being stressed you arnt hitting them will only make your scores worse , you can only get better with practice so just keep at it and ask folk most are more than willing to help if you find you arnt hitting a certain type of clay then go to a shooting ground and just shoot that till you can hit it and you carnt go wrong haveing a few lessons

[Paul223]

sounds fine to me, i have friends who have been shooting longer than I have who would be proud to hit 50% on a practise club level, enjoy it as you get more experience it'll come

[magman]

sounds fine to me, i have friends who have been shooting longer than I have who would be proud to hit 50% on a practise club level, enjoy it as you get more experience it'll come

 

You talking about me again

[MITCHF]

"Whats an acceptable score?"

 

One that put's a smile on your face all the way home.

Don't get hung up on scoring or %'s.

If you get better everytime you go and you're having fun, your doing fine.

 

Celebrate the ones you hit don't worry about the one's you miss.

[Cosmicblue]

"Whats an acceptable score?"

 

One that put's a smile on your face all the way home.

Don't get hung up on scoring or %'s.

If you get better everytime you go and you're having fun, your doing fine.

 

Celebrate the ones you hit don't worry about the one's you miss.

 

All valid points, I was advised that if you can hit 50% of the ESP targets you come across (mindful that some will be set for an extremely competent shooter) then you are doing OK, have grasped the fundmentals and just need more practive and a bit of coaching on a particular type of target that you consistently find hard to hit (fast crossers at 40yds plus for me!).

 

Anyway if I could hit them all then I'd be bored and give up

[RobbieJam]

Cheers guys, I always enjoy it no matter what the % I hit

 

I think as long as I keep improving my scores I'll be OK!

 

Thanks again, Rob.

[originalgeezer]

I think MITCHF has summed it up completely .....

 

I started Oct/ Nov 2009 and if I hit 50% i have been very happy and changed grounds on a weekly basis.

 

I have stuck to a regular couple of shoots recently and although they change the stands fairly often, I find I do better being more comfortable in my surroundings, people there as only thinking of what is presented so I have relaxed. In being more relaxed I try not to focus too much on the score, but how I felt I did.

 

Did I work out where I was going wrong? Did I know that I missed because I rushed, mounted to high etc?

 

This is helping me more than worrying about my score and interestingly enough my scores have improved to a mid 30's from 50 consistently. But where MITCHF gets it is,

 

I can get the same score two weeks running, same ground albeit some different presentations if I missed when I know I should have known and done better, then I am not so happy, but if I know I did it to the best I could and I ran out of ability then I walk off with HUGE smile .... for now

[bakerboy]

Hi all, been going to my local clay ground once every other week for a couple of months now so had about 4 sessions so far. It's an English Sporting layout and I'm hitting between 20 and 25 out of 50. What sort of numbers would an average shot be hitting, 35+?

 

Cheers, Rob.

acceptable to me is 1 more than the week before it shows you are improving.

bakerboy

[Canis]

Clay grounds need to keep offering variation in targets in their sporting layouts to keep the regular customers happy. sometimes the round at a particular ground will be easier or harder due to this.

 

 

A good clay ground will also be likely to tailor the targets they offer to the standard of shooters that regularly attend. ie if the majority of their customers are first class shots the targets are likely to be extremely testing.

 

Because of these two points, kill percentages are pretty meaningless at your stage, that said 40-50% for a new shooter isn't bad at all even on a fairly easy layout

 

I would suggest you stop worrying about the actual percentage - if you must, compare your scores on a particular day to the people you shoot with regularly and you will get an idea of how well you are doing.

[tony-devon]

as others have said, I have now been clay shooting twice, loved every minute of it, first ever go was a 100 bird sporting, apparantly a fairly varied setup and difficult in places, they went up straight, fast, slow, low, high, even along the flipping floor

 

I didnt blank a single stand at least although I did only get 1 at 3 of them LOL

 

LOL

 

I hit 37 out of 100 my first time and 42 the second time, the score was just a by product of my fun. was shooting with proper rich people, shotties worth more than my car etc, but me and my old £25 laurona double trigger had a whale of a time, while they stomped around moaing about shooting high 80's, low 90's etc

 

my shoulder and arm was black, my cheek and teeth hurt, but I had a great day

 

I have since formed a devonshire branch of the clay pigeon preservation society, and next time I go I have told the clay ground that I would like a discount as I dont break any of them LOL