Damn, I don’t like to fish at all.
I’d be down to spend as much as $3.5k on something nice like this at some point:
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But I don’t see myself ever spending $50k on a shotgun even if I’d win the lottery.
It’s just trap at my gun range.
They got a bunch of bays around.
Need to start tallying my records, was able to hit a pair just once.
The range I shot at had 7 traps and league nights usually have 40 teams of 10 shooters per team. The top 5 scores on each team are used. The average of the team determines the handicap yardage that the team shoots from which can be from 16 to 25 yards behind the position that the machines throw the targets from.
There is also one league that shoots from 16 yards.
After the regular season ends they have an international trap league for 4 weeks and a doubles league.
In regular trap, the machines are in houses in front of the shooters and throw the targets farther away from the shooters as well as swivel from side to side and the shooter shoot at 5 targets from 5 different positions moving from left to right. The machines throw single targets at the same angle upwards and just swivel side to side. The shooter gets one shot at each target.
Doubles is the same except that the machine throws two targets at a time.
In International trap, the machine throws the target faster and also moves up and down so the height the target attains varies and the shooter can shoot twice at each target. The highest targets almost go straight up while the lowest can barely be seen over the top of the house.
In skeet shooting, the targets are thrown from machines at various positions as the shooter stands at various positions. Targets across the shooters position from the left or right in single or double targets. It takes longer to shoot a round.
Sporting clays takes more space for targets designed to simulate a variety of game animals like targets moving close to the ground to simulate shooting rabbits to various birds. It is more complicated, usually takes more land and takes longer to shoot a round.
Different types of shooting are easier with different types of guns. Close range fast moving targets are easier to hit with a short barrelled gun with a more open choke so the shot spreads out faster. Targets that are farther away are easier to break with a longer barrelled gun with a tighter choke that hold the pattern together better. Double barreled guns are popular because they can have different chokes in each barrel. One for close in shots and one for longer shots.
I've seen people with very expensive guns that can't hit anything and guys with cheap guns that shoot very well. I've seen people who shot very well but thought a better gun would get them to that elite class only to shoot worse with a fancier shotgun. The really good shooters can pick up any gun and hit targets with it but they often have sponsorship deals with a gun makers to only shoot their guns which makes shooters think that it's the gun so they buy an expensive gun.
It seems to help if the gun fits the shooter and when people buy one of those expensive guns it often includes fitting the gun to the shooter. Other guns have many adjustments that can be made to fit the shooter. If the gun pounds the shooter's face, it can cause the shooter to flinch and not track the moving target smoothly.
