Chard Posted February 9, 2008 Report Share Posted February 9, 2008 Shot a round at Worlsey with Full and 3/4 chokes today Kinnell I got 62/100 . Makes you realise how much we rely on spraying shot around and hoping the clay falls somewhere inside the pattern. I did OK on the distant stuff and even some of the closer incomers. But side to side loopers :lol: couldn't get them right at all B) Quartering loopers and rabbits were OK, low fast driven were a bit of a disaster. I'll persevere with it for a while and hope it gets better. The theory being of course, that when I can start hit a few with these, I'll switch back to sensible chokes and get 100/100 :oops: Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
beatingisbest Posted February 9, 2008 Report Share Posted February 9, 2008 I hit more with 1/2 and full than any other choke combination, i guess its just down to confidence. I use full as much as possible for all forms of shooting with a shotgun. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Chard Posted February 10, 2008 Author Report Share Posted February 10, 2008 I hit more with 1/2 and full than any other choke combination, i guess its just down to confidence. I use full as much as possible for all forms of shooting with a shotgun. Yes, I was very disappointed today. I decided to try it, after I'd gone clay shooting with my Mossberg pump the other week for a laugh. This gun just has a fixed full choke barrel and I did quite well with it (well, I got 79/100) despite the fact that some of the simultaneous pairs were not ideal for a pump action gun It certainly makes you think a bit more about where you place the shot, but I might have been doing too much thinking today Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Axeman1984 Posted February 10, 2008 Report Share Posted February 10, 2008 i know what you mean about the too much thinking, thats my problem, after ive hit the first target just lately i keep thinking to myself ok so i hit the last one about "there" or far out stuff i seem to have so much time to think about giveing it more lead or less or where i shot it last time round, and now i know what ime doing wrong it makes me think it over worse than ever Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Chard Posted February 23, 2008 Author Report Share Posted February 23, 2008 Getting a bit better I've been 3 times now with the silly chokes :unsure: 62 the first week, 72 last week and 75 this week Move over Digweed Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
the last engineer Posted February 23, 2008 Report Share Posted February 23, 2008 Getting a bit better I've been 3 times now with the silly chokes 62 the first week, 72 last week and 75 this week Move over Digweed Chard, its a humbling experience to go from a light to tight choke, i do this often when practising, it really wakes you up as to shot pattern and exactly how lose you are on the target, its fun to run a round of skeet with 32" and fulls, you leave black scars in the sky or miss completly :unsure: good practice is always a bonus, i find it keeps me honest. Martin Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Chard Posted February 23, 2008 Author Report Share Posted February 23, 2008 (edited) Getting a bit better I've been 3 times now with the silly chokes 62 the first week, 72 last week and 75 this week Move over Digweed Chard, its a humbling experience to go from a light to tight choke, i do this often when practising, it really wakes you up as to shot pattern and exactly how lose you are on the target, its fun to run a round of skeet with 32" and fulls, you leave black scars in the sky or miss completly :unsure: good practice is always a bonus, i find it keeps me honest. Martin Yes, I'm finding that I'm actually giving some consideration to how I'm going to make the shot, whereas I use to just take the stand and blaze away. Tight chokes are perfect on the long distance stuff, I don't miss many of them now, but the close stuff is a bit of a challenge It's almost like shooting at close-up clays with a rifle It's very nice to see long high crossers disappearing in a cloud of dust Edited February 23, 2008 by Chard Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
the last engineer Posted February 23, 2008 Report Share Posted February 23, 2008 i got permision to use one of my .22" rimfire handguns on a skeet field here once, it was the funniest thing in the world. using number 12 shot 1/15th oz, stations 1,2,6,7 and 8 i missed a bunch before i tracked the gun and myself in, swinging the gun was stupid, moving the gun with yoru body was the key, the incoming birds were ok the out going were a nightmare, station 8 had me in tears, i managed to hit almost 50% after the first few attempts, though not going the whole round, 3,4 and 5 out of the question. keep practicing wit hthe tight chokes Chard, i do this prior to a comp, then lighten up, i mostly use mods when shooting sporting, regardless of range, once you know where the gun shoots changing chokes only hastles your mind. Martin Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Fat Dog Posted February 24, 2008 Report Share Posted February 24, 2008 Chard, through the winter at 50 bird club shoots, our first card is a competition card, the second just a practice. Our squad usually agree to shoot tight chokes and shoot all stands as 'pairs' instead of 'on report'. Definately sharpens you up. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Chard Posted February 24, 2008 Author Report Share Posted February 24, 2008 Chard, through the winter at 50 bird club shoots, our first card is a competition card, the second just a practice. Our squad usually agree to shoot tight chokes and shoot all stands as 'pairs' instead of 'on report'. Definately sharpens you up. We used to shoot the whole course at Worsley as simultaneous pairs sometimes. I don't know why we got out of that habit, like you say it's definitely good practice. Some of the pairs were ridiculous when released simultaneously, but we always managed to break a pair eventually. Surprisingly, several stands were easier as a simultaneous pair, as it made you shoot instinctively, no time to think too much :unsure: Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Emmsy Posted February 24, 2008 Report Share Posted February 24, 2008 i dont find it makes a difference. ive straighted the skeet more times with 3/4 full than with 1/4 1/4 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Chard Posted February 24, 2008 Author Report Share Posted February 24, 2008 i dont find it makes a difference. ive straighted the skeet more times with 3/4 full than with 1/4 1/4 But don't you think that could be because it's making you concentrate more? It sounds to me as though you have all the technical skills necessary to hit the targets every time, but it's only by using tight chokes that you are forced to give it everything you've got, whereas using skeet chokes can make you a bit sloppy on some targets. I'm not saying that using tighter chokes somehow gives us extra skills or anything like that, it might just make us use the skills that we've got better. Anyway, good shooting It can't be easy straighting a round of skeet with tight chokes, I can see I'll have to give this skeet a try one of these days Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
beretta Posted February 24, 2008 Report Share Posted February 24, 2008 its not a matter of what choke you use in the longterm. 90% of being a decent shot is in the head. you can teach anyone to hit a certain clay but when they are on their own they cant. secret to sucess is relax, concentrate and use your own judgement. listening to others can be worse than bad. practicing with tight chokes will teach you to concentrate. once you can do this you will be half way their. i used to juggle a lot to help me concentrate. focuses the mind. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Chard Posted March 8, 2008 Author Report Share Posted March 8, 2008 Well it must work. I went back to half choke in both barrels to shoot a members handicap competion at Worsley today. I won AA class It was either because practicing with full and three quarter chokes works, or it could just be that I'm ******* awesome Where are the next Olympics? China? I'll be there. That'll be why the Chinese are stockpiling lead, they know I'm coming :blush: Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Yellow Bear Posted March 8, 2008 Report Share Posted March 8, 2008 (edited) Smart***** or what - or was craig off colour. Well done that man Edited March 8, 2008 by Yellow Bear Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Chard Posted March 8, 2008 Author Report Share Posted March 8, 2008 (edited) Smart***** or what- or was craig off colour. Off colour? :drinks: Craig was dealt a sound thrashing. He looked like he'd been rodgered with a Boresnake They'll have to start a AAA class soon Shock and Awe, that's what it was Edited March 8, 2008 by Chard Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Yellow Bear Posted March 8, 2008 Report Share Posted March 8, 2008 They'll have to start a AAA class soon Shock and Awe, that's what it was All of that - there will be no stopping you now Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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