who shoots clays with shotguns? - Page 5

eastbank · May 19, 2020, 03:08 PM

with the shells made today most old shotguns will shoot tighter with them. i shoot a imp mod choke for singles trap and go to full on the second shot on doubles. i shoot a straight mod choke in my rem 1187 as it shoots just to tight with more choke.

darkgael · May 20, 2020, 06:05 AM

Stuckinthe60s: The Brooklyn Navy Yard. It is a short bicycle ride away. The Yard as been turned into a multi use area. Quite a collection of Industries...from filmmaking to fabric.

https://brooklynnavyyard.org/

A big place for an urban area - 290 acres on the East River. It is close to the northern end of an extensive new park along the East River that runs from Atlantic Ave to well nigh the BNYard.
If you worked there in the 80s, Seatrain was a big employer in the early 80s.
It would be a great place for a Skeet facility.....but this is NYC and that aint happening.
My Trap shooting is done on Staten Island at the Staten Island Sportsman’s Club or at North Mt. Sportsman’s Ass’n in Muncy Valley, PA.
Pete

stuckinthe60s · May 20, 2020, 07:19 AM

ive been planning a trip to st-island sc for some time. the vacant area across the street got developed I see. use to be marsh wasteland. a nyc harbor cop invited me. never made it yet. maybe after this mess.
lots of people don't realize st-island sc is the closest shooting to downtown nyc there is. a true miracle how they held on to it.

a similar situation is elm city r&g club in new haven. it use to be the Winchester factory club. they sold it to private use around 1940 and it is the closest range to downtown new haven.

The Happy kaboomer · May 21, 2020, 02:17 PM

I do. I built my own skeet field 142 yards from my front door.

stuckinthe60s · May 25, 2020, 06:41 AM

what state?

The Happy kaboomer · May 25, 2020, 08:05 PM

South Carolina

stuckinthe60s · May 26, 2020, 06:44 AM

mines in mo.

stuckinthe60s · June 22, 2020, 07:08 AM

things starting to lift in your area? ranges starting to open around you guys?

FITASC · June 22, 2020, 09:21 AM

Gun clubs here never closed; deemed "essential businesses"

darkgael · June 23, 2020, 05:46 PM

Just a bit south of the trap fields at Staten Island Sportsman’s Club are two rifle and pistol clubs. One of them, Richmond Boro Rifle and Pistol is pretty much directly under the Outer Bridge Crossing. The other, Colonial Rifle and Pistol is only a quarter mile or so west of that.

May 20, 2020, 06:05 AM	#102
darkgael Senior Member Join Date: February 9, 2006 Location: Homes in Brooklyn, NY and in Pennsylvania. Posts: 5,473	Stuckinthe60s: The Brooklyn Navy Yard. It is a short bicycle ride away. The Yard as been turned into a multi use area. Quite a collection of Industries...from filmmaking to fabric. https://brooklynnavyyard.org/ A big place for an urban area - 290 acres on the East River. It is close to the northern end of an extensive new park along the East River that runs from Atlantic Ave to well nigh the BNYard. If you worked there in the 80s, Seatrain was a big employer in the early 80s. It would be a great place for a Skeet facility.....but this is NYC and that aint happening. My Trap shooting is done on Staten Island at the Staten Island Sportsman’s Club or at North Mt. Sportsman’s Ass’n in Muncy Valley, PA. Pete __________________ “Auto racing, bull fighting, and mountain climbing are the only real sports ... all others are games.” Ernest Hemingway ... NRA Life Member Last edited by darkgael; May 20, 2020 at 06:36 AM.

May 20, 2020, 07:19 AM	#103
stuckinthe60s Senior Member Join Date: January 31, 2017 Location: Va., Ct., Mo.. Posts: 877	ive been planning a trip to st-island sc for some time. the vacant area across the street got developed I see. use to be marsh wasteland. a nyc harbor cop invited me. never made it yet. maybe after this mess. lots of people don't realize st-island sc is the closest shooting to downtown nyc there is. a true miracle how they held on to it. a similar situation is elm city r&g club in new haven. it use to be the Winchester factory club. they sold it to private use around 1940 and it is the closest range to downtown new haven. __________________ Retired Military Aviation Former Member Navy Shooting Team Distinguished Pistol Shot,NRA Shotgun/Pistol Instructor NSSA All American, Skeet/Trap Range Owner

May 25, 2020, 06:41 AM	#105
stuckinthe60s Senior Member Join Date: January 31, 2017 Location: Va., Ct., Mo.. Posts: 877	what state? __________________ Retired Military Aviation Former Member Navy Shooting Team Distinguished Pistol Shot,NRA Shotgun/Pistol Instructor NSSA All American, Skeet/Trap Range Owner

May 26, 2020, 06:44 AM	#107
stuckinthe60s Senior Member Join Date: January 31, 2017 Location: Va., Ct., Mo.. Posts: 877	mines in mo. __________________ Retired Military Aviation Former Member Navy Shooting Team Distinguished Pistol Shot,NRA Shotgun/Pistol Instructor NSSA All American, Skeet/Trap Range Owner

June 22, 2020, 07:08 AM	#108
stuckinthe60s Senior Member Join Date: January 31, 2017 Location: Va., Ct., Mo.. Posts: 877	things starting to lift in your area? ranges starting to open around you guys? __________________ Retired Military Aviation Former Member Navy Shooting Team Distinguished Pistol Shot,NRA Shotgun/Pistol Instructor NSSA All American, Skeet/Trap Range Owner

May 19, 2020, 03:08 PM	#101
eastbank Senior Member Join Date: February 7, 2008 Location: pa. Posts: 2,450	with the shells made today most old shotguns will shoot tighter with them. i shoot a imp mod choke for singles trap and go to full on the second shot on doubles. i shoot a straight mod choke in my rem 1187 as it shoots just to tight with more choke.

May 21, 2020, 02:17 PM	#104
The Happy kaboomer Senior Member Join Date: October 14, 2009 Posts: 226	I do. I built my own skeet field 142 yards from my front door.

May 25, 2020, 08:05 PM	#106
The Happy kaboomer Senior Member Join Date: October 14, 2009 Posts: 226	South Carolina

June 22, 2020, 09:21 AM	#109
FITASC Senior Member Join Date: December 6, 2014 Posts: 6,441	Gun clubs here never closed; deemed "essential businesses" __________________ "I believe that people have a right to decide their own destinies; people own themselves. I also believe that, in a democracy, government exists because (and only so long as) individual citizens give it a 'temporary license to exist'—in exchange for a promise that it will behave itself. In a democracy, you own the government—it doesn't own you."- Frank Zappa

June 23, 2020, 05:46 PM	#110
darkgael Senior Member Join Date: February 9, 2006 Location: Homes in Brooklyn, NY and in Pennsylvania. Posts: 5,473	Ranges on Staten Island Just a bit south of the trap fields at Staten Island Sportsman’s Club are two rifle and pistol clubs. One of them, Richmond Boro Rifle and Pistol is pretty much directly under the Outer Bridge Crossing. The other, Colonial Rifle and Pistol is only a quarter mile or so west of that. __________________ “Auto racing, bull fighting, and mountain climbing are the only real sports ... all others are games.” Ernest Hemingway ... NRA Life Member