shooting an informal 50 target vintage event tomorrow...

Slugo · August 12, 2011, 08:25 PM

50 wobble trap targets with a SxS and lunch for $25 bucks!! roast beef, pulled pork, ribs, baked potatoes, corn on the cobb and beer!! using my 20 gauge Jed Clampett special. if i hit 15 targets, i'll consider myself lucky!

Dave McC · August 12, 2011, 09:39 PM

Hey,have fun and enjoy yourself.....

Rugerismisticness · August 12, 2011, 09:42 PM

If your ever in VA, our Ft. Lee fun shoots and Old Forge Fun shoots all have food and things of that nature.

The Ft. Lee is 40$ with lewis included, 150 targets consisting of trap, double trap, skeet, double skeet, and 50rnds five stand. pulled pork bbq, dogs and beans is the norm.

The old forge is sporting clays at a 15 station course, which isn't an easy set of targets. It's 100rnds with a 200rnd option.

Or I could just transfer the Benelli disease

Slugo · August 12, 2011, 09:43 PM

should be a fun shoot with good friends and some good grub!!

Slugo · August 12, 2011, 09:47 PM

i've shot old forge a couple of times on my way back to PA from VA Beach. very nice facility. i shoot at oceana naval air station when i'm at our other place. lots of guys shooting SxS's...

Antique Shooter · August 12, 2011, 10:27 PM

A real American shotgun. Looks like it is in pretty good condition. I have a Stevens in 16 gauge myself. I'm glad that people other than me are still shooting these great guns. If anybody still has one, all they do is hang it on the wall. Give the gun what it really wants, to be shot! Now days, if it's not Camo or plastic, nobody wants to shoot it. Have fun!!!

Antique Shooter

zippy13 · August 12, 2011, 11:06 PM

Hot Zam! With a piece like that you're likely to strike oil with an errant shot! Good luck.

Lee Lapin · August 13, 2011, 08:29 AM

That's a fine example of an American working class double gun you have there. I don't know a thing about the ranges involved in wobble, and I don't know the chokes in that shotgun, or the loads you'll be using, but if the chokes are even close to appropriate for the ranges at which you're shooting, 15/50 won't be the gun's fault...

And if it's choked too tight, then you need to just DUST 'EM ALL!

lpl

Slugo · August 13, 2011, 09:39 AM

All for naught, rain moving in and shoot is cancelled, but not the picnic!

The gun is choked mod/full and I use 1 oz #8 target loads. too tight, just gotta' concentrate a little harder. Good thing, all the birds are pretty much trap shots, just don't know where they're going. But, most are doubles!!

August 12, 2011, 08:25 PM	#1
Slugo Junior member Join Date: September 15, 2001 Location: Central PA Posts: 1,007	shooting an informal 50 target vintage event tomorrow... 50 wobble trap targets with a SxS and lunch for $25 bucks!! roast beef, pulled pork, ribs, baked potatoes, corn on the cobb and beer!! using my 20 gauge Jed Clampett special. if i hit 15 targets, i'll consider myself lucky!

August 12, 2011, 09:43 PM	#4
Slugo Junior member Join Date: September 15, 2001 Location: Central PA Posts: 1,007	thanks dave... should be a fun shoot with good friends and some good grub!!

August 12, 2011, 09:47 PM	#5
Slugo Junior member Join Date: September 15, 2001 Location: Central PA Posts: 1,007	Rugerismisticness... i've shot old forge a couple of times on my way back to PA from VA Beach. very nice facility. i shoot at oceana naval air station when i'm at our other place. lots of guys shooting SxS's...

August 12, 2011, 09:39 PM	#2
Dave McC Staff In Memoriam Join Date: October 13, 1999 Location: Columbia, Md, USA Posts: 8,811	Hey,have fun and enjoy yourself.....

August 12, 2011, 09:42 PM	#3
Rugerismisticness Senior Member Join Date: December 22, 2010 Posts: 909	If your ever in VA, our Ft. Lee fun shoots and Old Forge Fun shoots all have food and things of that nature. The Ft. Lee is 40$ with lewis included, 150 targets consisting of trap, double trap, skeet, double skeet, and 50rnds five stand. pulled pork bbq, dogs and beans is the norm. The old forge is sporting clays at a 15 station course, which isn't an easy set of targets. It's 100rnds with a 200rnd option. Or I could just transfer the Benelli disease

August 12, 2011, 10:27 PM	#6
Antique Shooter Senior Member Join Date: August 13, 2010 Location: South Central Pennsylvania Posts: 106	A real American shotgun. Looks like it is in pretty good condition. I have a Stevens in 16 gauge myself. I'm glad that people other than me are still shooting these great guns. If anybody still has one, all they do is hang it on the wall. Give the gun what it really wants, to be shot! Now days, if it's not Camo or plastic, nobody wants to shoot it. Have fun!!! Antique Shooter

August 12, 2011, 11:06 PM	#7
zippy13 Senior Member Join Date: August 23, 2008 Location: SoCal Posts: 6,442	Hot Zam! With a piece like that you're likely to strike oil with an errant shot! Good luck.

August 13, 2011, 08:29 AM	#8
Lee Lapin Senior Member Join Date: September 7, 2004 Location: SE NC Posts: 1,239	That's a fine example of an American working class double gun you have there. I don't know a thing about the ranges involved in wobble, and I don't know the chokes in that shotgun, or the loads you'll be using, but if the chokes are even close to appropriate for the ranges at which you're shooting, 15/50 won't be the gun's fault... And if it's choked too tight, then you need to just DUST 'EM ALL! lpl __________________ Mindset - Skillset - Toolset. In that order! Attitude and skill will get you through times of no gear, better than gear will get you through times of no attitude and no skill.

August 13, 2011, 09:39 AM	#9
Slugo Junior member Join Date: September 15, 2001 Location: Central PA Posts: 1,007	All for naught, rain moving in and shoot is cancelled, but not the picnic! The gun is choked mod/full and I use 1 oz #8 target loads. too tight, just gotta' concentrate a little harder. Good thing, all the birds are pretty much trap shots, just don't know where they're going. But, most are doubles!!