Doublebarrels OK for informal clay pigeons?

Bending over can delay play, if the fields are busy and other squads are line up and ready to go. I say if a registered shoot is not on and the field isn't backed up pick them up. I do if the next squad isn't ready to go and since I don't delay anyone no one has said a hoot.
 
shot in a fund raiser tournament with like 250+ shooters. Was using a a Benelli Nova. Yes i was snickered at when everyone was unloading their expensive trap guns and O/U's. But i had been practicing for two weeks and i was really sharp with that benelli. Id say i won half of my rounds of trap.
 
I'm just wondering, if you do show up at the trap/skeet range with a new Krieghoff or something similar, is it considered gauche to leave the price tag hanging from it Minnie Pearl style?
 
I have a friend with a $100,000+ Kreighoff (he told me when I asked but I forget the exact figure) and he shoots it quite well in all 4 gauges. He also has Remington 3200, a Perazzi, another K gun, an older Win 101, and a whole bunch of others. One of the great O/U lovers of all time, and was on two state teams for years. He is way more of a clay shooter than I have been for 35 years now. He shoots an 11-87 I sold him for waterfowl, but before the season he will take it to the range for a little practice. I love it when someone tells him he really should get an O/U to shoot clays with just before he rips off a 100 straight with the 11-87. As you get older, you find you are less concerned with 'image'.
 
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Yes i was snickered at when everyone was unloading their expensive trap guns and O/U's. But i had been practicing for two weeks and i was really sharp with that benelli. Id say i won half of my rounds of trap.
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Where do you guys shoot that you get this snickering? I started shooting Trap with an old Mossberg and an even older Ithaca 37 at the Staten Island Sportsman's Club....all I ever received was advice and help.
I mention this because I dont want to leave the impression that all Trapshooters are snobs. It just aint so.
Pete

PS and BTW: Here's a bit of what $100K buys you in a Kreighoff K80:

 
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You would have to buy that gun its own seat on an airplane if you flew to an event, like Yo Yo Ma's cello.
 
Ricklin said:
Perfect, yup leave that price tag on there
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The only reason I even brought this up was because I treated myself to a new toy for Christmas and I'm torn whether or not to pull off that big old "Browning" decal stuck on the barrel. I'm not really into having gear with advertising all over it. It seems a little gauche to me.
I tried pulling it off but it looks like it might take a heat gun or maybe a dozen black powder shells shot through it real fast to loosen it.
 
I'm with you on gauche. Who is Tommy Hilfiger and why in the hell would I want to wear his shirt?
Wife's hair dryer will do it.
My buddy has one of four I think he said Krieghoff Royal Crown 4 gauge sets. The gold is different than that one. It has flown in the bay of a C-130 and C-141 many times. He's ex-Air Force.
 
Really enjoyed reading this thread. I wonder what they would think of me unzipping my M12 winchester that looks like it tumbled down a mountain right into a lake. If I do my part it can't miss. We throw a lot of clay in my back pasture. Dad will occasionally bring his LC smith. Long range gun. Stupid fun to shoot. Extremely accurate. Will break them at ridiculous yardage. You run into "snobs" in just about any human activity. I just chuckle at them.
 
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I'm with you on gauche. Who is Tommy Hilfiger and why in the hell would I want to wear his shirt?
Wife's hair dryer will do it.
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Yes, but then I'll have to explain why I need her hair dryer.;)

The bad thing about shooting a conspicuously expensive gun is that you feel that much more humiliated when someone totally beats you with a Mossberg 500.
 
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my M12 winchester
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A young fellow that I shoot with at the aforementioned Sportsman's Club, uses his grandfather's old model 12. He shoots it quite well....even on doubles.
No one there....not the guys with the Perazzis, the K80s, the Lujtics...no one has ever said anything untoward about him and his old field gun. They respect his shooting and his focused approach to the sport.

you feel that much more humiliated when someone totally beats you with a Mossberg 500
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Only if you expect the gun to do the shooting for you. I have a nice BT-99. the young man mentioned above beats every time we shoot....i am happy to shoot my average +/-; his is better than mine. Nothing to do with the guns.
Pete
 
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Only if you expect the gun to do the shooting for you. I have a nice BT-99. the young man mentioned above beats every time we shoot....i am happy to shoot my average +/-; his is better than mine. Nothing to do with the guns.
Pete
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I just tried out my new BT-99 today, there was one other gentleman practicing trap and he was shooting an even fancier trap gun. Yes, he outshot me, I left a few of them to breed.

Looking at the gun racks at the club, I saw more semi-autos than anything else, some even with camo paint. The point is, you don't need a fancy high dollar gun to fit in at your local trap and skeet club.
 
Only if you expect the gun to do the shooting for you. I have a nice BT-99. the young man mentioned above beats every time we shoot....i am happy to shoot my average +/-; his is better than mine. Nothing to do with the guns.
Pete
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No, a good gun does not do the shooting for you, however it's nice to have a gun that cooperates with you.
I have shot a Model 12 and it belongs right up there with Remington 1100's on the guns-that-cooperate-with-the-shooter list.
 
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owever it's nice to have a gun that cooperates with you.
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Well said. I got outshot at Trap this morning by a young fellow with an Ithaca 37. We both did better than the rest of the squad who were shooting quite nice O/U Trap guns.

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it's nice to have a gun that cooperates with you.
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I do not think I am a snob about it. I have dedicated trap guns (used). Would like to have new trap combo some day but for the price I generally end up buying several other guns.

Having said that, when I am working with the college trap kids and they show up with coach guns and home defense guns I do encourage them to switch to one of the club 1100's or to try one of mine that is more suitable for preparing for competition. As the other poster said "it's nice to have a gun that cooperates with you."
 
Chaz post reminds me of the first shotgun lesson I took, which was a skeet class. While regularly given at a club with a reputation for snobbery, it sure wasn't promoted for snobs but via more of a working man's gun site (CalGuns). As for cost, it was a regular group class that ran $20 per student for a lesson that lasted 3 to 4 hours.

Anyway, I showed up with my Remington 870 Express and the instructor, a one time national senior champion, gives me his $12,000 Beretta (no beater gun by any means) to use.
 
Did you like that Beretta?
I am lucky to also shoot with folks who have some VERY nice guns. They generously offer others to shoot them. You can tell the difference in the balance, the trigger, etc. it isn't always about bling, but I did see a $110,000 K-80 that had the Apollo moon landing engraved on all three sides. Amazing gun, but mechanically the same as their $12K base model.
Maybe if I hit the lotto, but I would prefer to get a gun that was fitted to me before I spent that much on engraving.
 
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