How do you find a target

[sitsinhedges]

Went shooting today and was doing well but then I had one stand where I just couldn't connect with the damn clays.

 

I tried more and more lead and allowing for rise with one clay and drop with the other.

 

managed to get a couple of hits in maybe 20 shots but even then couldn't repeat it.

 

Is there a method for 'finding' the clays other than what I have tried already

 

They were quite distant crossers, one quite loopy and one rising into the wind.

 

Always seem to have trouble on this stand whatever the birds are

[CZ550Kevlar]

I find it is a case of practice and have someone with you watching where your shot pattern goes in relation to the clay, that way you can find a comfortable spot to hit the target.

[majordisorder]

Went shooting today and was doing well but then I had one stand where I just couldn't connect with the damn clays.

 

I tried more and more lead and allowing for rise with one clay and drop with the other.

 

managed to get a couple of hits in maybe 20 shots but even then couldn't repeat it.

 

Is there a method for 'finding' the clays other than what I have tried already

 

They were quite distant crossers, one quite loopy and one rising into the wind.

 

Always seem to have trouble on this stand whatever the birds are

 

I had the same problem last week until I had a lesson. For me it turns out it wasn't really about the lead more about my foot position, where I was taking the shot and being unbalanced. By the end of the lesson I was hitting 70% from 45 yards (which for me was a miracle). Try Geoff at Northampton Shooting Ground, he'll sort you out I'm sure