Thread: Summer Shotgun Practicing

Hooked now aye Pete Will do wonders for your game shooting

Originally Posted by Pointer

Hooked now aye Pete Will do wonders for your game shooting

haha... its all part of the game...
Come May 2015 we'll see the difference...

nice to see a change in your thoughts since page one bro.
been tempted to get another gun and start doing it again myself.

Originally Posted by kawhia

nice to see a change in your thoughts since page one bro.
been tempted to get another gun and start doing it again myself.

Why the hell not. Do it!!!!! Lol

Yea its been good I have to admit. Im just cleaning the gun from this morning shooting. Shot few tricky doubles I didnt think I was capable of. Quite pleased...

Yildiz 20g seems to do the job just fine

Summer practice, Greymouth club are running a very informal Compak shoot on 17/18 January.
It is set out as a proper Compak shoot, but no emphasis on competing just enjoying yourself.
I'll try and get a flyer on to this page!

Originally Posted by madds

Summer practice, Greymouth club are running a very informal Compak shoot on 17/18 January.
It is set out as a proper Compak shoot, but no emphasis on competing just enjoying yourself.
I'll try and get a flyer on to this page!

You're starting to do this on purpose now!
I am at work till the 23😆

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I have to admit to getting keener and keener on this shotgun business, awhile ago I had a go at trap and skeet courtesy of the Fairle gun club and I really enjoyed the day [ and the night].
I've been looking at guns and posted a question here awhile ago about the different types of guns, Ie Sporting as opposed to trap etc as I didn't know the difference., just last night I googled gun clubs in nz without too much success, looking for a closer one, I believe Waimate has one though not too sure.
Sorry about the thread hijack, just got enthused.

jakewire, have a look at the NZCTA website: NZCTA affiliated clubs or the calendar: NZCTA calendar
Not all clubs put their events on the calendar, make you wonder really, but it will give you some idea of whats going on.
Geraldine are having a Compak shoot tomorrow week (14th Dec) at their club grounds, Tiplady Rd. Geraldine.
Don't worry about that trap and skeet business, Sporting is the way to go, lot more fun and social, you can actually laugh during around with our sport!!!

Originally Posted by madds

jakewire, have a look at the NZCTA website: NZCTA affiliated clubs or the calendar: NZCTA calendar
Not all clubs put their events on the calendar, make you wonder really, but it will give you some idea of whats going on.
Geraldine are having a Compak shoot tomorrow week (14th Dec) at their club grounds, Tiplady Rd. Geraldine.
Don't worry about that trap and skeet business, Sporting is the way to go, lot more fun and social, you can actually laugh during around with our sport!!!

Thanks madds,wonder if I,ve got where I went that time mixed.
What sort of Gun for sporting.
What is a compak shoot.
Cheers.

So Petros_mk, we'll see you on the Coast in January. see how a real friendly Gun club operates!!
Glad you 'anti' clubs are good enough, and honest enough to say your experiences were not too bad.
It takes a bit of guts to openly change your views, even halfway.
Some clubs, like most places, work very hard to attract punters, some not so good I admit.
Especially those who consider them their own personal play ground and resent 'intruders'. They won't be round much longer.

Originally Posted by madds

So Petros_mk, we'll see you on the Coast in January. see how a real friendly Gun club operates!!
Glad you 'anti' clubs are good enough, and honest enough to say your experiences were not too bad.
It takes a bit of guts to openly change your views, even halfway.
Some clubs, like most places, work very hard to attract punters, some not so good I admit.
Especially those who consider them their own personal play ground and resent 'intruders'. They won't be round much longer.

Ehhhh if I'm wrong about something I'm wrong... live and learn...
Tho, talking to people at the club apparently DTL is not very social anyway (in comparison to Skeet), which explains why I didn't like it the first time I went there...I still don't get why tho...

Either way, as of last Saturday morning I am now an annual member of the clay shooting club.... as if I don't have enough hobbies as it is .

Saturday was interesting, I shot some interesting targets that I thought was way to fast for me. Ended up shooting some Station 2 & 6 doubles (if I remember correctly). but at the same time I missed some stupid things like station 1 and 7 single clay.... I found that in controlled environment I can see the basic things I did were wrong. A lot of the missed targets I did on the weekend was because the butt of the stock was catching on my vest and the mount wasn't right when I pulled the trigger. Couple of times I didn't have a proper swing, I was chasing the target by which time I was too late for the second clay...

Another thing I noticed, after shooting some good successive clays, I started dropping my guard a bit thinking "I GOT THIS". Overconfident at times, so I missed the next lot. hahaha... Rookie stuff...
Its good tho that I shoot with a dude from the club, he tends to stand behind me and sees where I go wrong.

jakewire, any gun for Sporting when you start. there are specific 'Sporting guns' so called usually shooting slightly high. Mine for example shoots 70/30- 70% above the point of impact 30% below. Means I can see the target above my barrel at all times.
They are normally 30-36 (rare, but a couple around at 36inch) and are more like a trap gun as to a skeet one.
I read this the other day and you may find it interesting.

""To understand the differences, it can be helpful first to look at the different types of targets presented in the two disciplines, Down the Line and Sporting.

Trap targets are always going away from you and, at the point you shoot them, they are rising.

They are also projected within an arc of about 60 degrees in front. Targets in the different trap disciplines vary slightly, but that’s the general picture.

To tackle rising targets, a trap gun is configured so that it shoots slightly high. This enables the shooter to fire with the target in view just above the muzzle end of the rib, and hit it right in the middle of the pattern.

As the target is retreating from the shooter at quite a rapid rate, choking is usually quite tight: 3/4in the lower barrel (which is fired first), and full in the top.

Also, when tackling trap targets you don’t have to swing the gun as quickly or as far as you do in Sporting, so the gun can be heavier (which helps to soak up recoil), and also steadier in its handling.

Many trap guns weigh over 8lb.

As you can see, it is a tool designed to do a job, and it isn’t much use for anything other than trap.

Sporting, however, is designed to be a simulation of field shooting, and the variety of targets is limited only by the course setter’s imagination and, of course, safety considerations.

Targets can be incoming, outgoing, crossing, quartering, rising, falling, curling – in fact doing almost anything a wild bird can do.

The Sporter, therefore, needs to be designed as a sort of ‘compromise’ gun.

It shoots closer to point of aim than a trap gun, is less tightly choked (1/4 and 1/4 being the norm in a fixed-choke), and its handling and balance are designed for fast swinging.

Sporters usually weigh between 7.1/2lb and 7.3/4lb.

Being a compromise gun in the way it handles, balances and shoots, you can also use a Sporter for skeet as well as pigeon and game shooting.

That’s why we usually advise newcomers to pick a Sporter as their first gun.

To describe perfectly look at: About Skeet - Trap - Sporting Clays - Five Stand - Clay Targets
Diagrammatically explains the shotgunning codes differences.
We shoot a version of 5 stand (Compak) as well as Sporting. Look at the https://www.facebook.com/pages/South...73?ref=profile page and the NZ Compak photos.
We ran this shoot the other day and the photos (past the aerial ones) will show you typical Compak layouts.
CHEERS!!

Cheers Madds

PLEASURE!! Happy to help anyone into Sporting!!