tjsc Posted July 5, 2011 Report Share Posted July 5, 2011 Hi All Had my first lesson yesterday evening with Ricky Figg, he is near St Albans. Brilliant!!!!!! Arrived at the field, straight away, a few safety matters and he had me shooting. First clay, bang, smashed it!! Had a good 1-11/2. Had about 50 carts and scored about 20-25. My bl**dy shoulder is killing me this morning, worth it though. Next lesson, Tuesday next week. So if anyone is selling a Baretta Silver pigeon 28inch barrel, fixed choke, if the stock has been shortened, does not matter, if and when I get my certificate, I'm your man!! Terry Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ste12b Posted July 5, 2011 Report Share Posted July 5, 2011 well done. Now the addiction starts :unsure: Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
wymberley Posted July 5, 2011 Report Share Posted July 5, 2011 Hi All Had my first lesson yesterday evening with Ricky Figg, he is near St Albans. Brilliant!!!!!! Arrived at the field, straight away, a few safety matters and he had me shooting. First clay, bang, smashed it!! Had a good 1-11/2. Had about 50 carts and scored about 20-25. My bl**dy shoulder is killing me this morning, worth it though. Next lesson, Tuesday next week. So if anyone is selling a Baretta Silver pigeon 28inch barrel, fixed choke, if the stock has been shortened, does not matter, if and when I get my certificate, I'm your man!! Terry tj, hi. Last thing I want to do is dampen your obvious enthusiasm, so just take it steady as you go and question everything until you're sure you've grasped it. 1st question has to be, 'why is my shoulder hurting after just 50 shots and how did my coach let this happen as it can make me gun shy (flinch) which is a devil to shake off'? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bakerboy Posted July 5, 2011 Report Share Posted July 5, 2011 Hi All Had my first lesson yesterday evening with Ricky Figg, he is near St Albans. Brilliant!!!!!! Arrived at the field, straight away, a few safety matters and he had me shooting. First clay, bang, smashed it!! Had a good 1-11/2. Had about 50 carts and scored about 20-25. My bl**dy shoulder is killing me this morning, worth it though. Next lesson, Tuesday next week. So if anyone is selling a Baretta Silver pigeon 28inch barrel, fixed choke, if the stock has been shortened, does not matter, if and when I get my certificate, I'm your man!! Terry Well done Terry, I am glad you enjoyed the lesson. Don't get sold on one gun just yet, try a few out and see what is around, keep an open mind for the first few months. Most clay shooting clubs especially the smaller one's will have members who will let you try out their guns, make the most of the opportunity. Anyway you have the bug and that can only be good. You will find lots of helpful people on the forum, and can make a lot of good friends. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Frenchieboy Posted July 5, 2011 Report Share Posted July 5, 2011 "tjsc" if your shoulder is killing you then it might pay to ask Ricky to help you check on the fitting of a gun for you before you buy it as poor gun fitting is often the cause of a sore shoulder after a shooting sesion! It sounds like he is teaching you very well and you are obviously shooting fairly well but you might be able to improve on your score if you find a gun that fits a little batter mate! Please don't take this as fault finding, it is meant to be! (I am sorry if it seems to comes over that way) I am just trying to be advisory and helping you to improve and enjoy your shooting more! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
tjsc Posted July 5, 2011 Author Report Share Posted July 5, 2011 tj, hi. Last thing I want to do is dampen your obvious enthusiasm, so just take it steady as you go and question everything until you're sure you've grasped it. 1st question has to be, 'why is my shoulder hurting after just 50 shots and how did my coach let this happen as it can make me gun shy (flinch) which is a devil to shake off'? Hi wymberley Its me!! Ricky obviously has only a limited amount of shotguns and I am on the small side (tiny really) I am only 4ft 10ins, he did explain that it would be much better if I had a gun fitted to 'me' he did bring one with a shortened stock but he said that it still needed 1/8 - 2/8 reduction, he also provided me with a padded skeet vest which helped. He really looked after me!! Hi Terry Know what you mean re gun. Have been in touch with a few people on here (including you) already, your right, a very friendly buch of people. Met 'peterherts' on here at the lesson, lovely fella. Going to have a few more lessons before anything else, then will think about getting a gun 'fitted' to me. Can only reiterate that Ricky Figg is a smashing bloke, no rushing, takes his time, explains everything that we will be doing. Hi frenchieboy As in the post above, I am only little and Ricky has only a few guns. I can only imagine that it will be 100% better with a fitted gun. BUT and its a big BUT, I had 1-11/2 instruction and I loved it!! ''Fault finding''....I think its brilliant that you and everyone else takes time out to give advice/tips etc to beginners like me.....if that is fault finding.....bring it on. Thanks everyone Terry Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
wymberley Posted July 5, 2011 Report Share Posted July 5, 2011 tj, Have a Look at Cranfield's post on the "Guns" thread on the Pigeon Shooting Equipment sub forum. There's a clue there and you may just find one (not necesarily that make) already cut down. Even if you don't and have to get the work done, they will always sell on. Cheers Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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