A good result....

[NickB65]

I have been having a few issues hitting pigeons witht he shotgun and after a few frustraiting sessions I went to a clay ground to try my luck there and to try and see where i was going wrong. 50 clays later and only five hit it was time to call in the professionals and get a lesson.

 

Yesterday I had an hours session with Mick at the Cambridge Gun Club and within a few minutes it was decided my eyes where fine, the dominance of my eyes was as I thought but the gun was way to small. After ten clays using my gun and the club gun he also spotted my left eye was becoming active so I closed my left eye.

 

RESULT.... I was now hitting the clays more consistently - far from perfect but I was hitting 25%. A few more later and an injection of some agression and focus and I was hitting 60%.

 

Back to the club shop to look at some guns and to cut a long story short I traded in my shotgun and air rifle for a rand new Fabarm ELOS 30" multi-choke.

 

Last night I took her to the Kennet clay shoot in the evening and hit 18 out of 50 - still loads of improvement needed I know but a first outing with a new gun and some tricky stands..... Well I am pleased, just need to get some more practise in and I will be a pig in muck.

 

A good day I think.

 

[TIGHTCHOKE]

At least you made the decision to do something about it rather than just carry on.

 

Keep practicing!

[NickB65]

I love shooting and I used to be a good shot downing most birds and scoring at least high 80's at the local clay shoots.

 

And I will get back to that level again with a little practise :-)