Blackpool Gun Club

[beretta]

yes :blink:

[Chard]

yes :blink:

 

Does Auntie know?

[beretta]

:blink:

[Chard]

Quite a nice ground, I'd go back for more of that Definitely more testing than Worsley, though I think I'd get used to those birds quite quickly

 

However, I would never get enough of those threepenny bits in the clubhouse, it's the only place I've ever enjoyed paying :blink:

 

Scores on the doors :

 

Chard - 78

Timps - 72

Anni - 69

Steve - 64

 

It wasn't anything like as flat and featureless as Dartford/Chernobyl Marshes, they had a few trees and hedges, so it wasn't really a case of "too much sky".

 

Some intelligent use of battues there, a few very good birds thrown, quite different from what we're used to . And some splendid whammer kazammers

Edited September 19, 2009 by Chard

[Nicky T]

Glad to hear that it was a worthwhile day out :blink:

[beretta]

it will do you guys the world of good getting new targets. :blink:

glad you enjoyed it.

[Anni]

Was a good ground on the quite , some new birds to have a go at

 

To be honest I reckon the lesson with beretta probs gave me 10 on what i would have normally got from birds like that

 

And I would have probably got 10 more if we had taken it seriously and got are heads down

 

The hardest bit was draggin chard out of the club house :blink: I was'nt trying hard enough for some reason well two good reasons.

[Nicky T]

Nice idea on their website to list the non-club house birds on offer:

http://blackpoolsportingclays.com/html/trap_layouts.html :blink:

[Chard]

An excellent layout

 

Edited September 19, 2009 by Chard

[Gordon R]

Now those I don't remember.

 

Their website has improved beyond recognition.

[Anni]

Now that explains them funny phonecalls you kept getting when you were paying.

Edited September 19, 2009 by Anni

[Chard]

it will do you guys the world of good getting new targets.

glad you enjoyed it. :look:

 

 

Yes, I can see what you mean now. Just to have straightforward birds like loopers and rabbits about 20 yards further out than normal made a big difference There was a quite tricky double rabbit stand, much longer range than you normally get presented with rabbits and you were shooting them from a raised platform

 

We needed to think about them a lot more.

 

In fairness to Worsley, the closeness of the surrounding trees usually means that it's not easy to present anything at any kind of range, which is why it feels a bit like "skeet in the trees" as Cat calls it

Edited September 19, 2009 by Chard

[beretta]

your learning

[timps]

Missing 7 on the first stand did not help me today but shot the rest of the course ok, I really enjoyed the day and for some reason we all seemed to like paying

[Chard]

Ah well, can't be long until retirement now can it Chard?

 

 

I've just noticed this, you young Yorkshire whippersnapper :look:

 

Can't come soon enough. Working's a mugs game

 

I've started taking my pension now, what's left of it after the thieves have mismanaged and plundered it for 20 years - ****s I thought I might as well have it before they cock it up any more.

[Gordon R]

Went today. Nice layout. The ground looks far better with the signs up.

[Psyxologos]

It is a nice ground. I have shot there half a dozen times, always enjoyed it. The owner is a top guy, quite relaxed. Go there on a Wednesday and chances are you will be almost undisturbed. Very quiet and friendly.

[Ian E]

I went there a few months ago with a m8, he had given up going there ages before cos of no birds none working traps etc..

 

I must admit we had rather a lot of no birds, but to be fair the owner did sort the traps out pretty quick once he was told about the problems.

 

I was very new to clays at the time, but did find some intresting targets, I seem to remmber some really long birds, were it was at least a second between trigger pull and clay dust, which i belive is 50 yards plus..