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ACP230 · August 5, 2002, 12:08 PM

I got four out of 25 the first time I tried regular trap shooting and I had shot shotguns for quite a few years before. I did better on Sporting Clays, but it takes practice to do well in any of these games.

Pattering your shotgun may help too. I was out with a .410 a while ago and started breaking clays hand thrown by my son at about 15 or 20 yards when I swung the barrel down so it looked a foot or more below the clays. I guess that gun shoots high!

August 5, 2002, 12:08 PM	#2
ACP230 Senior Member Join Date: October 18, 2000 Posts: 708	I got four out of 25 the first time I tried regular trap shooting and I had shot shotguns for quite a few years before. I did better on Sporting Clays, but it takes practice to do well in any of these games. Pattering your shotgun may help too. I was out with a .410 a while ago and started breaking clays hand thrown by my son at about 15 or 20 yards when I swung the barrel down so it looked a foot or more below the clays. I guess that gun shoots high! __________________ "To disarm the people (is) the best & most effectual way to enslave them." George Mason.