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Can blow me. Whoever invented that game needs a kick in the balls

Why such a bad attitude!!!!

Because it constantly gives me fits.

Shot a 200 bird "iron man" shoot today and only went 30/50 on the trap range


94/100 five stand

43/50 skeet

Trap is fun, especially when there's money to be won.

Next time I shoot trap I'm shooting my 10 gauge and goose loads

gitem, 5 stand ate my lunch the only time I tried it.. I do pretty good at trap, but skeet gives me fits too.. Only ever shot it a few times.. The high house low house thing is usually just the opposite of the way I would shoot live birds, but it is just a game..

Shooting a score of 94/100 at 5-stand certainly tells us you can shoot. You have to know how to "Think" to shoot skeet......sporting clays is for shooters. Your likely over leading in Trap after shooting 5-stand...a very common error.

Doc

Sounds like I have a new language to learn. I now have my dad's Browning A5 light twelve, and I hear it should be up to the challenge if I do my part.

Remembering to pick the correct hold point is the most difficult part of trap for me. If I do it correctly, 24-25 /25 is common, if not then I struggle in the 21-22/25 range.

I tend to hold too close to the house and end up with too much gun speed which causes me to shoot behind as I try to slow the swing at the moment of pulling the trigger. If I get the barrel a good 2, maybe 3, fingers above the house everything slows down, targets becomes larger and "easier" to hit.

It also helps to hold the barrel over the correct part of the house, one does not hold in the same point for every station. At station 1 I hold a little inside the front corner closest to me. Foot position is to facilitate swinging to the left if a hard left as a hard right bird will be a straight away. Station 2 hold point is about halfway between the center of the house and the front corner used at Station 1. At Station 3 I hold a little to my strong side from center. Station 4 and 5 are the same place as Station 2 and 1 respectively except on the other side of center.

What kills most shooters is a failure to read the actual path of the bird. Many birds appear to be straight always but it is very rare that they are such. Instead, they have a slight angle on them which causes the shooter to shoot behind. Hard focus on the leading edge, correct hold and acquisition points, and a little patience before pulling the trigger will go far towards recognizing these slight angles. Anyone can recognize gross angles, it takes a practiced, discerning eye to read the less obvious targets. A good sporting clays target setter will have many targets like these and learning to read the subtle clues in trap will go far toward improving scores in sporting clays.

Don't shoot a lot of trap. Matter of fact, I it avoid if I can. For Skeet and Sporting Clays, I found the advice of an older, very good shooter to hold true. That is, get in a natural and comfortable stance and adjust your stance so that your belt buckle is pointed where you want to break the target. In doing so your body has a chance to naturally 'unwind' as the target appears, you pick it up, swing thru, pull the trigger, and follow thru.

Some of the best shooters I've ever watched, follow this technique to one extent or another. A lot of them also shoot 'gun down', rather than with a shouldered gun.

I love trap! Screw skeet, sporting clays, 5 stand. Trap is the game for me.

I was out at the range yesterday despite the heat out here. I like to shoot both trap and skeet. I shot two rounds of trap and two rounds of skeet. I did rather well since it has been awhile. One of these days I'm going to give sporting clays a try.

No challenge no fun....
Haven't shot trap for som Tim as I like skeet better and sporting clays and 5 stand

Don't complain, you're a hell of lot better than me. You think trap is hard, try Chinese trap sometime. That's when you shoot trap from the Skeet stations. You get 5 chances to shoot 2 birds from each station. The idea is to see how far you can go on a box of shells. On Chinese, I generally use a Mod and on the longer stations, I use a Full.

Love Chinese Trap.....the hold points get way out off the trap house from skeet positions 1, 2 and 3 plus station 6 and 7.

Doc

Never shot skeet or sporting clays.
Think those would proly be harder than trap.

When I shot one summer a few times........I'd be fine until I thought about it........and then would screw up.
Good enough reason to quit.

Pops has retina issue, told me to come get his 1100 trap. Last time I shot trap with it, 2002.
It's a good dove puffer though.

Might have to take the ol lady out and try a round at local club. Work 2nds so has to over holiday or layoff LOL.

I did get a beater 1100 w imp cyl bbl, thought about skeet.
Buddies shoot $$$$ rigs and want me to come out (morning shoots).

Back in the 90's I shot trap once in a while, using an 1100 magnum (recoil pad is nice).
Pop's trap rig has had comb reduced to almost field dim.
Burl wood.............it's a tank.

Miss being able to use lead at F&W area...........that thing worked great.