Harnser Posted May 29, 2014 Report Share Posted May 29, 2014 Last Sunday I went to a small local shoot ,40 bird sporting nothing fancy but some good targets . First stand bolting rabbit and fast going away bird on report ,managed to shoot 8. Second stand . Springing teal and fast left to right crosser ,managed to shoot 8 . Third stand . Driven pair off the tower managed to shoot 9. Forth stand . Pair of slow crosses left to right ( this stand I thought would be the easiest ) managed to shoot 1 What the hell went wrong ? I was shooting a 425 for the first time ,but had confidence in the gun as it handles well for me as I managed a decent score on the first 3 stands . I shot the whole course gun up although I am a gun down man when I am out pigeon shooting . Should I shoot the next time gun down? just to see if it makes a difference . I am not really a clay shooter but I do enjoy it at times . Trouble is I do get bored with it very quickly . Any tips would be helpful . Harnser Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
welshwarrior Posted May 30, 2014 Report Share Posted May 30, 2014 I would recommend you shoot gun down if that's your normal style it give you better vision of the target and you'll be more comfortable. Where were missing not uncommon coming from fast birds to over lead the slow pair or think they are slower than they really are. Or you got bored they where so easy you couldn't miss and you did! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TIGHTCHOKE Posted May 30, 2014 Report Share Posted May 30, 2014 Harnser I would suggest that your brain got ahead of your ability on stand four and that you possibly over thought what you were doing. As WW says above, shoot it gun down and don't let your brain tell you that they are "EASY". Were other shooters struggling with the slow targets? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Harnser Posted May 30, 2014 Author Report Share Posted May 30, 2014 Harnser I would suggest that your brain got ahead of your ability on stand four and that you possibly over thought what you were doing. As WW says above, shoot it gun down and don't let your brain tell you that they are "EASY". Were other shooters struggling with the slow targets? Yes they were ,my son in law who is a reasonable shot only managed to shoot two . But the irony of it all was the guy who shot in front of me cleaned it . I congratulated him and he replied ,"you should have seen me on the tower I only managed to shoot two " perhaps I over simplified the stand . Harnser Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
kingo15 Posted May 30, 2014 Report Share Posted May 30, 2014 I saw this at kibworth the other week. Whilst waiting for friends to turn up was watching a stand with people shooting who are pretty good and they were getting 5 out of 10 max from it. When we got round to it just went in with the just do as I normally do and hit 8. Most of it is all in the mind. Now whether it looks easy or hard I try to do what I have to do. I have noticed the more I think about it all the worse my scores are. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
STOTTO Posted May 31, 2014 Report Share Posted May 31, 2014 New member but here goes! (IMX) ‘In My eXperience’ it is often ‘Lack of Attack’ that causes the miss. You watch the target float slowly across the sky, the lead picture is correct but gun speed is too slow, a miss behind! With slow targets I tend to use maintained lead and make sure that the gun is accelerating at the point of lead when I initiate the shot. I find that this usually works well for me. Hope this helps. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Harnser Posted May 31, 2014 Author Report Share Posted May 31, 2014 Thank you all for your tips most appreciated . I think that I became to complacent with this particular slow crosser . When pigeon shooting I pick up the gun and shoot . Will try next time on the clays to shoot gun down and shoot this type of target quicker instead of watching it lazily float by . Harnser Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
The Essex Hunter Posted May 31, 2014 Report Share Posted May 31, 2014 Last Sunday I went to a small local shoot ,40 bird sporting nothing fancy but some good targets . First stand bolting rabbit and fast going away bird on report ,managed to shoot 8. Second stand . Springing teal and fast left to right crosser ,managed to shoot 8 . Third stand . Driven pair off the tower managed to shoot 9. Forth stand . Pair of slow crosses left to right ( this stand I thought would be the easiest ) managed to shoot 1 What the hell went wrong ? I was shooting a 425 for the first time ,but had confidence in the gun as it handles well for me as I managed a decent score on the first 3 stands . I shot the whole course gun up although I am a gun down man when I am out pigeon shooting . Should I shoot the next time gun down? just to see if it makes a difference . I am not really a clay shooter but I do enjoy it at times . Trouble is I do get bored with it very quickly . Any tips would be helpful . Harnser The thing is those first clays were close to quarry speed and that is what you are used to....however they are all ways moving so you have to move with them... Shoot the slow ones early just as you see them... Better still....don't go and save the rounds for the harvest... TEH Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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