JerseyDrez
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I see. Im not very familiar with tournament skeet. I just shoot for fun with friends.
In that case, I guess a vest would do you best.
In that case, I guess a vest would do you best.
good ammo pouches
- Thread starter AZwarts
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Yes, I know, I've shot hundreds of 100-target tournament events over the years. All of these events were divided into rounds of 25 (occasionally 50) shots. I always reload and dump off hulls between rounds. The same way I do in training rounds.
What I asked was, "AZwarts, what event requires 100-rounds [SIZE=+1]between[/SIZE] reloading?" With sporting clays, you're free to replenish your ammo more often than the other shooting sports. You just load from your kit (carry or cart) as you advance from station to station. You're not trying to carry all of your sporting clays gear and supplies on your person, are you? If yes, you could always put some bricks in your pockets and compound your over-loaded handicap.
You wanna be a lean, mean, shootin' machine.Z13. I have been in several sporting clays state shoots that you could not go back to your vehicle or club house to replenish your shells. You usally ran ten stations with a combination of ten birds on each. Once you started the course you had to keep up with the squad.
The best way, if you do not have a cart, is with a vest, a small four box pouch and a hull bag. You put one box in your vest with the bag on your other hip to take the empties along with the other pocket. Just keep replacing the empty box with one out of four box pouch. Usally I carried two boxes of 7 1/2's and 8's, with a box of 9's.
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The best way, if you do not have a cart, is with a vest, a small four box pouch and a hull bag. You put one box in your vest with the bag on your other hip to take the empties along with the other pocket. Just keep replacing the empty box with one out of four box pouch. Usally I carried two boxes of 7 1/2's and 8's, with a box of 9's.
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jaguarxk120
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Sound like you guy's need a artillery caison to carry all your stuff.
Zippy is talking about "registered Skeet" tournaments / or registered Trap tournaments - where you shoot 25 targets on one field - then change fields and you can reload your vest, dump your empty hulls at your car or in a range bag.
A range bag will work fine for sporting clays / if you don't like the idea of a hand cart. But if its raining / or on really hot days .... dragging a gun and a range bag with 30 lbs of gear and shells in it, water, etc ....around a sporting clays course for 3 hours is a pain... / that's why Rugged Gear has sold so many carts / and some courses will rent them for about $ 10 a day if you don't want to buy your own. I suppose you could build one if $ 200 is too much to spend on a cart / but the Rugged Gear cart folds up nice for transport to and from the course / and can go in a 30gal plastic tub and store on a garage shelf ... Its a very good product.
A range bag will work fine for sporting clays / if you don't like the idea of a hand cart. But if its raining / or on really hot days .... dragging a gun and a range bag with 30 lbs of gear and shells in it, water, etc ....around a sporting clays course for 3 hours is a pain... / that's why Rugged Gear has sold so many carts / and some courses will rent them for about $ 10 a day if you don't want to buy your own. I suppose you could build one if $ 200 is too much to spend on a cart / but the Rugged Gear cart folds up nice for transport to and from the course / and can go in a 30gal plastic tub and store on a garage shelf ... Its a very good product.
It comes down to: Do you want to wear or tote your gear and shells? Your range bag can be just another piece of gear, I use a standard old school Bob Allen cloth bag, or a fashion statement. The Saudi shooters at our club had elaborate custom tooled leather bags. There was a shooter* who poked fun at the guys with their custom bags. He used the most disreputable looking deteriorating canvas and rusty metal grip that ever came out of an antique shop. We were amazed that it was still capable of containing it cargo.
*Sometimes sadness comes to the shooting community in unexpected ways.
This shooter perished in TWA's infamous flight 800. It was his first time on the air crew of New York to Paris flight. R.I.P., Capt. Ralph Kevorkian, you're still fondly remembered.
This shooter perished in TWA's infamous flight 800. It was his first time on the air crew of New York to Paris flight. R.I.P., Capt. Ralph Kevorkian, you're still fondly remembered.