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BigJimP · June 14, 2013, 01:57 PM

precisely ....( and some dumb luck maybe ...) ...who knows...

I used to shoot a lot of 1 1/8 oz loads...( before I knew better ! ).
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The other side of this ....is the role that recoil plays in your scores. As the days go on ...especially in a 2, 3, or 4 day tournament...and you're shooting 200 targets or more a day....( and I'm 6'5" and 290 lbs...) its not that I can't stand up against the recoil ...but recoil is cumulative ....and I think it really shows up on the 3rd and 4th day ...as you get tired / and it costs you a few targets.

I think its even a bigger factor in sporting clays tournaments...where you need to think your way thru the course ...and read the targets. Heat, humidity, how tired you are...really take a toll...after a couple of days ....
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and you shoot a 96 in the men's division in Trap ...you'll get beat by the junior shooter under 12 ...and the senior ladies over 60..../ and 60% or more of the guys in the men's division --- 96 out of 100 in Trap ....means all you're doing is making a donation to the cash prize pool..../ 92 will get you laughed off the fields...

June 14, 2013, 01:57 PM	#9
BigJimP Senior Member Join Date: February 23, 2005 Posts: 13,195	precisely ....( and some dumb luck maybe ...) ...who knows... I used to shoot a lot of 1 1/8 oz loads...( before I knew better ! ). -------------- The other side of this ....is the role that recoil plays in your scores. As the days go on ...especially in a 2, 3, or 4 day tournament...and you're shooting 200 targets or more a day....( and I'm 6'5" and 290 lbs...) its not that I can't stand up against the recoil ...but recoil is cumulative ....and I think it really shows up on the 3rd and 4th day ...as you get tired / and it costs you a few targets. I think its even a bigger factor in sporting clays tournaments...where you need to think your way thru the course ...and read the targets. Heat, humidity, how tired you are...really take a toll...after a couple of days .... ------------ and you shoot a 96 in the men's division in Trap ...you'll get beat by the junior shooter under 12 ...and the senior ladies over 60..../ and 60% or more of the guys in the men's division --- 96 out of 100 in Trap ....means all you're doing is making a donation to the cash prize pool..../ 92 will get you laughed off the fields...