Bagsy Posted July 5, 2009 Report Share Posted July 5, 2009 Good relaxing day out at Copfurn and it was nice to be joined by PDLM, despite his distaste for chicken legs Not even a double trap malfunction on one stand dampened the spirits and BM certainly remained cool in the hot weather to bring in a top score in style. Top day out as always :blink: Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mungler Posted July 5, 2009 Report Share Posted July 5, 2009 Yep, Broken Man shot a blinder today: the card was stuffed full of 7/8 and 8/8 and it wasn't one of the easier layouts as PDLM can testify. Mind you, if PDLM's CPSA registered shooting twin brother had been out today we would have been in trouble :blink: Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MC Posted July 5, 2009 Report Share Posted July 5, 2009 I shot a 49/50 at my local and then went on to Terling for the Paul Juniper Memorial Shoot. I did a 31/40 and a 30/40 having a bit of a mare on the last stand of my second round. Nice to see Markio out this end of Essex and having a good shoot as well. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
magman Posted July 5, 2009 Report Share Posted July 5, 2009 Shot a 49ex50 registered skeet this morning. Damned high 2 single got away Well done but its always the high bird people miss Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mungler Posted July 5, 2009 Report Share Posted July 5, 2009 Shot a 49ex50 registered skeet this morning. Damned high 2 single got away Skeet eh? 49/50 eh? Don't tell me, you probably got beaten by a gazzillion who managed 50/50 and then went on to a 300 bird shoot off until someone got bored and had to leave to go home. Go on, fess up, it is a little bit "samey" isn't it Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JonD Posted July 5, 2009 Report Share Posted July 5, 2009 Skeet eh? 49/50 eh? Don't tell me, you probably got beaten by a gazzillion who managed 50/50 and then went on to a 300 bird shoot off until someone got bored and had to leave to go home. Go on, fess up, it is a little bit "samey" isn't it And here's me chuffed to bits with a 15\25 at skeet today lol. Nice shooting guys Jon. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
paulos Posted July 5, 2009 Report Share Posted July 5, 2009 (edited) Skeet eh? 49/50 eh? Don't tell me, you probably got beaten by a gazzillion who managed 50/50 and then went on to a 300 bird shoot off until someone got bored and had to leave to go home. Go on, fess up, it is a little bit "samey" isn't it No 50 straights in when I left and there were only 2 shooters left to shoot I didn't bother hanging around for them, if I win I win, if I don't I don't. I admit that skeet is samey - in that the targets are always the same....that much is obvious as they are dictated as such in the rules You should try it sometime Mungler, not a quick practice round mind - a competition where each target counts. What you feel is an easy discipline soon becomes much more difficult when you need perfect scores But then some of us are used to it up here in the dizzy heights of AA class! :( JonD, don't worry about the skeet bashing on here. It mainly comes from those who have been kissing too many boys Edited July 5, 2009 by paulos Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mungler Posted July 5, 2009 Report Share Posted July 5, 2009 Yes that's right, be a real man and shoot skeet. Well actually, be a really old man and shoot skeet. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Catamong Posted July 5, 2009 Report Share Posted July 5, 2009 Well, here we have it, a budding young "Digweed" who's followed Georges example and is shooting a lot of skeet, (because he's smart enough to realise that it's the best way to improve your Sporting scores), and, on the other hand, a guy that can't (for whatever reason? ), venture outside of Essex to shoot anything, because it's "too far". Don't knock it Mung, I know who I'd be backing as the "most improved shot" of '09 out of the pair of you...!! Cat. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mungler Posted July 5, 2009 Report Share Posted July 5, 2009 Yes Cat, I care what you think in your registered world. Who you want to be grooming in 2009 is your business Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
throdgrain Posted July 5, 2009 Report Share Posted July 5, 2009 I scored 17 at skeet today, in the process getting beat by a bloke of 86, who's only shot twice this year. I then went on to shoot 35/50 in sporting, my worst score of the year so far It's no good, that Benelli of mine is going to have to come out of the gun safe .... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MC Posted July 6, 2009 Report Share Posted July 6, 2009 Obviously shooting skeet is the best way to improve at sporting, what a load of drivel. Jeeez Cat I thought you knew what you were on about. I admit to not shooting much skeet as I don't really enjoy it but I cannot remeber ever encountering rabbits, battues, loopers or spring teal when I last shot it. Maybe in you registered regulation little world the sporting birds replicate what you get on a skeet range but where I shoot they don't. But then again I do shoot where 99% of all clay shooting is done. I find the best place to practice sporting birds is at a sporting shoot. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
throdgrain Posted July 6, 2009 Report Share Posted July 6, 2009 I mostly shoot a round of skeet as a warm-up, it doesnt bother me much what score I get, though it's usually 20 to 22 I suppose. It's odd though that a couple of my mates are a fair bit better than me at skeet, whereas I am normally a fair bit better than them at sporting clays. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
T.C. Posted July 6, 2009 Report Share Posted July 6, 2009 Well, here we have it, a budding young "Digweed" who's followed Georges example and is shooting a lot of skeet, (because he's smart enough to realise that it's the best way to improve your Sporting scores)Cat. I am with Cat on this one . Skeet was invented as a practice ground for shooting . As you progress in sporting you will come to realise that your move and mount need to be perfect . Skeet give you a series of clays with a known speed and trajectory . You can practise crossers from left to right and right to left , quartering in and out , right to left and left to right. When you can break every clay on a skeet ground early , late and in the "sweet" spot every time ( ie 10/10) then you are ready to move onto other things . I accept that you also need to practise individual types of targets , however I would still say that the skeet field provides an easy way of perfecting your move and mount. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MC Posted July 6, 2009 Report Share Posted July 6, 2009 While I agree that your gun mount and hold positions to need be correct I still am not convinced that skeet is the place to do it. What about the overhead clay where you need your weight on the back foot first and then swapping to the front, or the fast driven where the opposite occurs? What about a fast springing teal with a bolting rabbit on report? How about the stand being up high and the birds thrown underneath you? The list and combinations are endless whereas skeet has 14 different birds. That is it no more no less. When you can break every skeet bird early and everytime then you will be good at skeet. When you get a rabbit that bounces or a battue that bucks around on the wind what are you going to do? Call a no bird? Sporting clays don't have to go through a white hoop and land in a certain area. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Chard Posted July 6, 2009 Report Share Posted July 6, 2009 I can accept that Skeet can help with a few sporting presentations. Close in crossers and quartering birds, where you need to get a bit of a sprint on. These are the birds where a fluffed mount or dodgy swing will **** you up, so practice is good. Certainly not the be all and end all though . As MC says, the majority of sporting targets won't be found on a skeet range Distant birds of any description, teal, loopers, rabbits, driven and going away etc etc etc can't be learned on a skeet range. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bigweed Posted July 6, 2009 Report Share Posted July 6, 2009 At lease at Skeet you don't have to wait half an hour at a stand while a group of 10 in front of you **** around Each to there own i say and leave it at that - the debate could go on and on and on - think i rather watch "gone with the wind" Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Chard Posted July 6, 2009 Report Share Posted July 6, 2009 think i rather watch "gone with the wind" You've shot with Evil Elvis then Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bigweed Posted July 6, 2009 Report Share Posted July 6, 2009 You've shot with Evil Elvis then Now that did catch a spot !!! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mr Potter Posted July 6, 2009 Report Share Posted July 6, 2009 I'm orf to France on me olidays this week and because I had the foresight to say to her indoors "Oh by the way dearest, the there's a little clay shoot on that week just a few miles from were we are staying, I think I'll pack my gun" I'm shooting the European FITASC Championship. Well, long story short, yesterday I went down to Kegworth to shoot only my 2nd FITASC this year (thought I'd better get my eye in) + the fact it was advertised as the Cheshire FITASC Sporting C/Ship. Booked on and turned up and although there were 10 full squads there were only about 9 or 10 Cheshire shooters and not really any of the names you would expect to see. The shoot wasn't the hardest FITASC I've ever shot but it certainly wasn't a round of skeet either, trap troubles (there's always trap troubles at Kegworth) meant our squad was a full hour late starting which we never clawed back throughout the day and just as we (eventually) started shooting the heavens opened and, not before I got soaked to the skin, we paused for a further 20 minutes. Once that had blown over we were blessed with near perfect shooting weather for the rest of the day. Now the good news, I shot my best score ever at this discipline an 88, got joint first in B class and I think I'm the Cheshire Champion. I was over the moon, chuffed to bits, happy as Larry etc. etc. Well it will be back to reality I suppose on Saturday in France but hey ho It's all about enjoying yourself and when I get back I think some barley will be about ready to harvest and I can shoot my first woodies of the year. Mr Potter Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Catamong Posted July 6, 2009 Report Share Posted July 6, 2009 Well done Mr Potter, look forward to meeting you in France, I'm the tall, dark & handsome guy you'll see arguing with the ref on every layout. Only joking, looking forward to some great shooting "en Francais". Cat. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MC Posted July 6, 2009 Report Share Posted July 6, 2009 Well done Mr Potter, look forward to meeting you in France, I'm the tall, grey & glowing orange guy you'll see hanging on Cheryl's apron strings on every layout. Only joking, looking forward to some great shooting "en Francais". Cat. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Peter De La Mare Posted July 6, 2009 Author Report Share Posted July 6, 2009 Well done Mr Potter. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Chard Posted July 6, 2009 Report Share Posted July 6, 2009 Good arrows Mr P. Congrats on the Cheshire title and good luck in France Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SidneyG Posted July 6, 2009 Report Share Posted July 6, 2009 (edited) Took silver in the handisport seated class at the Fitasc Universal Trench World Championships at Southern Counties on the weekend. Well chuffed as I dont get to shoot much UT. Anyone wanna buy the Escort Magnum I won pm me its surplas to requirements!! Edited July 6, 2009 by SidneyG Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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