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Trap shooting
Posted: Sat Oct 06, 2007 5:05 pm
by fadlan12
Who else is hooked on trap shooting? I went 2 weeks ago and now can't get it off my mind. I sold my 870 and bought a berreta xtrema2. I am jonesing to go back. Eagle Peak (Leander) is my current fav.
Posted: Sat Oct 06, 2007 7:38 pm
by 135boomer
Shotgun games are fun! I was very into trap long ago. When I was stationed in Sacramento, I shot twice per week. Sun. afternoon, and Wed. NIGHT! Try shooting at night with white targets. Man, what a thrill.
Posted: Sat Oct 06, 2007 8:59 pm
by mr surveyor
most of our club shoots are at night, under lights, with regular orange clays.... but I'm talking about five stand and not trap. Anyhow, I did get kinda hooked on clays a few years ago which lead me to find out that dove hunting was worth the purchase of the annual hunting license I've obtained for the last 35+ years. Shooting the clays is a blast... eating grilled dove breasts is the reward for all those thousands of rounds at the clay range
Posted: Sat Oct 06, 2007 9:23 pm
by flintknapper
I never was big on "Trap".
I enjoy Skeet and Sporting Clays, but I haven't shot in a while.
I hear El Gato is pretty good.
Posted: Sat Oct 06, 2007 9:32 pm
by boomerang
Sporting clays is fun.
Re: Trap shooting
Posted: Sat Oct 06, 2007 9:44 pm
by lrb111
fadlan12 wrote:Who else is hooked on trap shooting? I went 2 weeks ago and now can't get it off my mind. I sold my 870 and bought a berreta xtrema2. I am jonesing to go back. Eagle Peak (Leander) is my current fav.
Trap would just be an excuse for me to buy an Extrema2. I'm already trying to figure it in to my "tools" budget. Then a combat semi 16 or 20 guage
Re: Trap shooting
Posted: Sun Oct 07, 2007 4:53 pm
by HankB
fadlan12 wrote:Who else is hooked on trap shooting? I went 2 weeks ago and now can't get it off my mind. I sold my 870 and bought a berreta xtrema2. I am jonesing to go back. Eagle Peak (Leander) is my current fav.
Eagle Peak has a regular trap range? Details?
Re: Trap shooting
Posted: Sun Oct 07, 2007 5:33 pm
by fadlan12
HankB wrote:fadlan12 wrote:Who else is hooked on trap shooting? I went 2 weeks ago and now can't get it off my mind. I sold my 870 and bought a berreta xtrema2. I am jonesing to go back. Eagle Peak (Leander) is my current fav.
Eagle Peak has a regular trap range? Details?
They have 3 fixed station trap launchers and a 5 stage trap (or 5 stage skeet). Pretty nice when the weather is nice
Posted: Sun Oct 07, 2007 7:36 pm
by JLaw
Okay, let me embarrass myself here...what's the difference between trap, skeet, and sporting clays?
JLaw
Posted: Sun Oct 07, 2007 7:52 pm
by fadlan12
I just started playing so let me see if I have it right.
Trap is a 180 degree rotating motorized launcher that always has the same arc that but the direction is random, and mostly away from you. I have only played on stationary launchers myself.
Skeet is 2 different houses that shoot high or low across you field of view
Sporting clays is several different scenerio simulations where you may be shooting at a "rabbit" on the ground or a duck over water or a grouse through a valley. It looks like fun.
These examples are based on my limited knowledge of the sports.
Posted: Sun Oct 07, 2007 8:06 pm
by lrb111
JLaw wrote:Okay, let me embarrass myself here...what's the difference between trap, skeet, and sporting clays?
JLaw
decent diagrams & descriptions
http://www.claytargetsonline.com/aboutthegames.php
Posted: Sun Oct 07, 2007 8:07 pm
by seamusTX
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Trap_shooting
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Skeet_shooting
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sporting_clays
All these articles are accurate (AFAICT) and quick reads.
Shotgun sports are fun. You're doing yourself a disservice if you don't try them.
- Jim
Posted: Sun Oct 07, 2007 9:00 pm
by mr surveyor
I agree 100%. I waited until I turned 50 to discover the fun of turning clay frisbees into orange powder, and wish it had been 35 years earlier. It adds a whole new dimension to shooting... as in turning range shooting into a 3 dimensional sport rather than simple static 2d targets.
Posted: Sun Oct 07, 2007 9:49 pm
by JLaw
Hmmm, looks like it could be fun. May have to put the long barrell back on the 870 and give it a go sometime. I'd hate to have regrets, you know!
JLaw
Posted: Sun Oct 07, 2007 11:00 pm
by CLTX11
Been doing it for awhile, big time hunter here. Introduced my over 50's mother to it a couple of years ago, she liked it but not much said.
I took my mother and girlfriend 2 weeks ago and they both loved it and hounded me to take em back.
Well, Mom already purchased her a Beretta 391 s/a. My shotgun was a little to long and heavy for them so it left some nice little bruises on them.
We actually went again today so she could shoot her new toy.