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Had my first real try at clays yesterday


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A prime example of this would be a springing teal (A clay that leaves the trap and goes vertically upwards) the easiest time to hit this target is when it has reached its highest point and almost stops, before its decent.

 

Clay leaves trap and fires up vertically

 

It still travelling upwards

 

Still travelling then sloowwwwwwwwss down and gets to its highest point (where its not moving), aim directly at the clay and shoot.

 

Clay has been dusted before it starts to fall

 

 

If you are planning on shooting this target as it is flying up, you will need to give it some lead, depending on the speed and the distance you are from the target.

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Hmm, I will spoil it if I comment, save to say better advice in general (as has been said many times) is :-

 

"If you want to do the biz. shoot where it'll be not where it is"

 

 

know what you mean Pin, me i find it easier to walk up and blast them before they leave the machine, catch em while they sleep :):):lol::lol:

 

realy though, i love shooting teal on the way up, lead is relative to muzzle speed, move fast, hit hard time for a smoke with the second bird :lol::lol:

 

p.s. spanial i will give you a shout later for a shoot date, im not sure whos open and whos not, i dont realy care where have shells will travel :good::D

 

 

 

Martin

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Hmm, I will spoil it if I comment, save to say better advice in general (as has been said many times) is :-

 

"If you want to do the biz. shoot where it'll be not where it is"

 

 

know what you mean Pin, me i find it easier to walk up and blast them before they leave the machine, catch em while they sleep :):):lol::lol:

 

realy though, i love shooting teal on the way up, lead is relative to muzzle speed, move fast, hit hard time for a smoke with the second bird :lol::lol:

 

p.s. spanial i will give you a shout later for a shoot date, im not sure whos open and whos not, i dont realy care where have shells will travel :good::D

 

 

 

Martin

 

Laugh if you may TLE!!

 

I actually saw this done at Steve smiths :lol:

 

Guy on the Grouse using 36g of no 4 shot (dont ask?) takes a low bird and hits the trap :o

 

Every 4th or 5th bird would be fired out in pieces :lol:

 

Bit of a ****** for the poor so n so wanting to be on later :no:

 

LG

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A good flying mate of mine, I will spare his blushes naming him, came to try clays about a month ago.

 

All was going well, he hit a few things and had that "Jesus I like this I hit something" glow about him.

 

Until the pigeon flush :D:)

 

He shot a Bowmans trap following a clay down, 40+ broke on the trap, and put 12 No 8 shot sized holes in the radio remote receiver :):lol:

 

Still, no harm done, it all works fine now :lol::good:

 

Our fault for not shielding the trap...

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TLE there is bound to be something open around the Xmas time, i can always check the shooting mags etc.

 

I had some good Teals on Sunday...they were flying upwards and outwards and it was a matter of pointing the gun in the right position and BANG, you had them every time..

 

Also there was a nice little looper coming from Left to Right and it just sat there for a secound before starting to drop....as soon as it stopped BANG it was Dust....then it was straight down with the gun for a nice little going away right to left over the bushes, leave it to late and it was gone....great fun :good:

 

But Im so **** at Left to Rights...practise, practise, and then some more practise i think

 

 

 

Cheers

Spaniel

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Hmm, I will spoil it if I comment, save to say better advice in general (as has been said many times) is :-

 

"If you want to do the biz. shoot where it'll be not where it is"

 

 

know what you mean Pin, me i find it easier to walk up and blast them before they leave the machine, catch em while they sleep :):):lol::lol:

 

realy though, i love shooting teal on the way up, lead is relative to muzzle speed, move fast, hit hard time for a smoke with the second bird :lol::lol:

 

p.s. spanial i will give you a shout later for a shoot date, im not sure whos open and whos not, i dont realy care where have shells will travel :good::D

 

 

 

Martin

 

Laugh if you may TLE!!

 

I actually saw this done at Steve smiths :lol:

 

Guy on the Grouse using 36g of no 4 shot (dont ask?) takes a low bird and hits the trap :o

 

Every 4th or 5th bird would be fired out in pieces :lol:

 

Bit of a ****** for the poor so n so wanting to be on later :no:

 

LG

 

 

"DOH" know what you mean mate, i have seen the house on a skeet field blasted countless times by guys following the bird through, i dont get it they must be so in the slow zone they fall asleep on route :no: :o

and a remote was blown across the trap house following a 5 stand local comp i set up for a bunch of local guys, picture this skeet filed with a 15 machine international bunker built under station 8, i hid the rabbit machine behind the low house firing across the field, you see the rabbit for about 10 feet, it dives into the bunker and out the other side before it runs behind the low house, the remote was set on top of the bunker 12 feet either way from the edge, the bloody thing still got knowcked off about 5 or 6 times , godknows how it still worked, lovely set up i had where i could walk up to the next shooter and as called launch the birds talking them through the targeting process, great fun had by all and a great comeback sucess from new guys :lol: .

 

Martin

 

as to xmas the more the merrier :lol: looking forward to it guys

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