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There's a place about 15 minutes from here that has Sporting Clay runs for $38 per 100 clays.

I've always thought shooting fake birds was stupid, but since I don't have any real birds, I may give it a try.

Anything I need to know going in? Does everybody shoot low brass 7 1/2 type stuff? What's a good score?

Any cheap low brass loads will do, I shoot whatever 100 round value pack is cheapest at Wally World . As far as score I can't tell you much, the boys and I just shoot for fun and to get out of momma's hair.

I like to use smaller gauges or 1 oz loads around 1200 fps in that I found lighter recoil helps my score. I usually use a light Modified choke. Did league shoots with friends for a few years. It was a lot of fun. Have had friends catch the bug and shoot 20,000 rounds of ammo per year which gets expensive.

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Good score I would say is greater than 75 or so. I would consider anything in the 90s a great score.

Try not to laugh at the dudes pulling carts full of fancy over and unders and changing chokes at every station. I like improved cylinder and have used skeet chokes enough not to feel under choked around here. Have fun it can be habit forming.

+1,000, I've shot Clay's everywhere from Florida up to Jersey and west to Oklahoma. There were these types at every course. However, we use our pumps and banged up auto loaders, carry our shells in a pack and sling our guns instead of renting a golf cart and barely ever tighten our poly chokes past Improved Cylinder. It is easily my favorite off season activity besides bass fishing. $38 for a 100 birds is pretty good price too, just paid $25 for 50 here in NC yesterday.

Remington Gun Club 7.5, 1oz along with the same in the Rio brand are you friend.

As far as score it will depend on the course set at the time. Some are hunter friendly and others for competition. You will know after a couple of rounds. Some places have both easy and hard stations, that are determined by where they place the stand in relationship to the trap.

Derrick Mein is one of those with the fancy gun and cart. I doubt if many would laugh at him when watching him shoot.

There are more than a few of him and her out there.

Holy chit....

Deflave, my pal is a big time shooter and he loved the RIO 1 oz loads of 7 1/2 and maybe 8's they were something like 1255fps if I remember!! Have fun!! Hope you get back to Montana soon!!

Good God, First its Sporting Clays...... then you will want to go fishing in Shorts and Tank Top in a swamp! What has happened to the MT flash? Is FLA really that influential........

i shoot 1 ounce loads of #8 shot. moatly remington gunclubs as i can get them the cheapest.

typically cyl and imp. cyl chokes with a light mod. in my pocket


if i were shooting a singke barrel id use either imp cyl or light mod and call it a day

Might want to look at the target presentation before selecting a choke, just a thought.....

And a good thought it would be. That being said most of the great guns are choked tight. Many will tell you, ink balls breed confidence, chips doubt.

One of the main takeaways from that video is how short Derricks move is. It is quick like a snake strike. However, it all starts with his hold point. The rest of us usually ride the target trying to get it right. Like he said, "Trust it."

He also won last years National Championship.

All true battue, but we’re talking about a guy that’s never shot sporting clays and clearly has little to no shotgun trigger time. Remember, he thinks it’s stupid lol!!

From his Montana posts I think he knows his way around a shotgun. If he likes SC, I think he will be above average fairly quickly.

I don't even know what that means.

So it sounds like if you're just shooting to keep the rust off a guy would err on the side of a tighter choke?

I love competing and gaming games but I doubt see this being a sport I ever get into seriously. Just something for my son and I to do every other month or so.

We just plan on using our regular bird guns in 20 gauge.