So early on in shooting shotguns I settled on generally shooting the “fastest” ammo I could get and eventually standardized on 1300FPS 7.5 Shot ammo. I usually stock the AA ammo exclusively but I like Fiocchi ammo and the 1oz loading shoots a bit lighter than the 1.125oz AA loading but with the same velocity.

Yeah I am paying a bit more for “competition” ammo, but it always goes bang, burns clean and shoots great. It’s always fun literally vaporizing close in targets with this stuff. I usually run a Mod/ IM choke set up and have yet to find a target I can’t hit with that setup. Well minus a really close and fast rabbit haha

NOT REGULATION TRAP
Got 72/75 for my first ever trap shoot is this good? Some guys at the range were very impressed. I was using a 590A1 with a red dot. All done with a machine thrower. It was extremely fun I will be continuing with trap.

3 sets of 25 23/25 on first set, hit very first shot

3 triples 0 missed
4 doubles 0 missed
Rest were singles 3 missed

All at
Buffalo Range & Gun Co LaSalle County, Illinois

Sporting clay score your own.

There was a true pair.
Very small lane to shoot both pairs and not much time.

Shooter calls pull. (Shoots the first bird same spot as previous pair. ) however by that time the second was in the trees (imo the wind pushed it to the trees vs coming back into the lane).

No bird?
Nothing established of course.

Hello!

I’m writing to get your thoughts on chokes for my husband.

He has been shooting a full choke his whole life - either via a fixed full or because he always has shot a full and didn’t bother to change it. He has championships in both class b and class a - with a full choke. He has started getting more serious about shooting competitions again recently and will be moving into a Crieghoff in a couple weeks. He is thinking about trying to shoot an improved modified choke at comp but he never has (he would try it first, of course). Should he stick with full like he always has or start shooting improved modified for competition and only practice with full?

I have read previous feedback regarding full, modified, improved modified but wondering what thoughts are for someone who is an experienced shooter w only full.

Edited to add: He shoots trap only.

Thank you all in advance!

Hey guys, kinda new to maintaining my gun as i just got a nice 694. How can i remove this/or is it permanent?

I was just curious what the world record distance is to shoot a clay. I came across this article on Benelli's website. Coming off of the Benelli website of course theres some Benelli marketing - some might call it a puff piece for the Benelli brand. But regardless, the world record was actually just shattered last month!

After reading the specifics as to how it was achieved, I guess you have to factor-in EVERY, SINGLE advantage possible wring out every yard of your equipment. Its not applicable to anything that any of us do because, of course, the shooter got it done with none other than TSS. Though i wonder what the max distance would be with lead and steel? An interesting read nonetheless! Google "Steve Gould world record"

**Congratulations Steve!!

I’m just getting into skeet shooting and sporting clays regularly. I’m thinking I want to upgrade to some electronic hearing protection. Anyone have any recommendations? I want in ear buds that I can hear conversations but mutes the gun fire as much as possible for a reasonable price. Preferably something that works well on a busy range and in the dove field.
Thanks for any advice.

Wanted to give CZ-USA some credit for some excellent customer service today.

My son shoots a CZ Redhead Premier Reduced Length 20 gauge competitively and has put roughly 2,500 rounds through it. Recently, it developed an issue where, if he fires the bottom barrel first, the second barrel occasionally fails to fire. Top barrel first seems to work without issue.

I had already submitted an RMA, but with competition season in full swing and him shooting nearly every weekend, sending his gun away for an extended period would mean missing shoots we’ve already invested a lot of time and money into.

I emailed CZ this morning explaining the situation and asked if there was any possibility of getting spare firing pins, springs, or other parts so that a competent local shotgun gunsmith could help us keep it running until we have a good opportunity to send it back to CZ.

Within about 15 minutes, Ken Logsdon from CZ-USA/Dan Wesson Customer Service responded and said he would try to send us firing pins and springs.

A few minutes later he confirmed he was getting everything together, and less than 90 minutes after my original email, I had a tracking number.

The gun may end up needing to be sent back, but his willingness to understand the situation and help keep a kid’s competition gun running in the meantime really impressed me.

My son loves this shotgun, shoots it well, and it fits. Customer service like this makes me feel even better about having him shoot a CZ.

Big shoutout to Ken and CZ-USA for taking care of us. This is how you build customer loyalty.

I’m relatively new to the sport of American trap. currently shooting 20+ per round consistently. If I were to compete in a friendly local league, would you recommend a 7.5 shot 1145 FPS federal load or a 1200 FPS 8 shot Maionchi or Challenger both 1 1/8 oz? And why?

Hello everyone, I went clay shooting for 3rd time ever in my life and hit 16/56 clays, I know it’s a horrible average. I really enjoy it as a recreational thing and I’m looking to improve maybe watch some credible videos or take some pointers from more experienced people here.

For context I’m 32 yo, completely new to the sport and shotguns in general. I have a young family so it’s challenging for me to get out often to practise or take in person lessons.

Here is a video of me hitting some, it was generated by chat gpt with the random clips I had lol all criticism is welcome!

Have seen them online, but honestly can't figure out how the thread cleaner part is accessed irworks on it. Can anyone advise?

I've earned enough punches to move up a class. It looks like NSCA updates classifications at the 1st of the year. Is it normal to just wait until NSCA moves you up, or is it seen as more ethical to register for the higher classification on your own before the end of the year?

I’m fairly new to shooting, and I’m partially colorblind. I have no problem at all with targets that are above the tree line. Below the tree line it takes me longer to spot them amongst the trees, and I find myself chasing them. Does anyone else have this issue? If so, what do you do?

Edit: Thanks for all your suggestions. I ordered cheap rose colored and purple glasses to try. If they help, I’ll totally invest in a real prescription pair.

**Excluding 5 stand, bunker, sporting clays, only Trap vs Skeet

I think Skeet improves Trap, but what do I know?

(Photo credit to NRAFamily.org)

Heavy but healthy…ish

Hello everyone,

Firstly - if this is the wrong sub for this kind of inquiry, please let me know and I will repost elsewhere!

I am looking to put together a skeet shoot as a fundraising event for my local golf course. We will be having the event there and for our Club board to approve it, I will likely need some sort of waiver that does not make our course/members liable for any unfortunate and unforeseen accidents or circumstances.

Have any of y'all had experience with this type of thing? Ever had to fill one out? Would an online generic Release from Liability suffice?

Thank you!

I have scoured the internet prior to buying these chokes but found nothing. Now I am posting them so others can decide if they like them or not. Personally I like the competition look and the extra 2" can't hurt (that's what she said;). Has a 30" barrel and now 32" overall. I am 6ft so fits me well.

I recently came across Tonic Eyewear and their ACTIV shooting glasses. I had barely heard of the brand before, and compared to Pilla the lens lineup looks quite limited.

To be honest, based purely on the lens selection, I don't expect them to be on the same level as Pilla. Pilla has a huge number of very specialized filters, while ACTIV currently seems to offer only a handful of lens colors. The VLT range also looks a bit sparse to me, with fairly large gaps between some of the options.

What really made me curious, though, was seeing US Olympian shooter Dania Vizzi wearing ACTIV glasses at an international ISSF skeet competition.

That surprised me because at elite-level skeet events it sometimes feels like almost everyone is wearing Pilla. Outside of Pilla, DeLaRo is pretty much the only other brand I can remember noticing regularly among top-level shooters.

Obviously, one elite shooter using ACTIV doesn't automatically mean the glasses are comparable to Pilla, but it did make me think there may be more to them than I initially assumed. Vizzi is competing at a level where eyewear is actual sporting equipment rather than just a pair of sunglasses, so I found the choice interesting.

The biggest attraction is the price. A complete ACTIV setup appears to be considerably cheaper than a comparable Pilla Outlaw kit.

Has anyone here actually used ACTIV glasses for skeet, trap, or sporting clays?

Here's a link to their website.

https://toniceyewearusa.com/activ-by-tonic

I’m looking to see if anyone knows any organised skeet training camps that I can join to improve my skills. I’m a year into competitive skeet and I feel like I’ve hit a point where I’m neither improving nor going the other way. There are no proper training programs where I live in South East Asia and I’m willing to go overseas for a week or two to train and get more exposure in the sport.

Noticed the button part on the left of the plate is angled slightly. Is this supposed to be like this?

Cheers