Pump gun shooting trap - how do you work your action?

I will have to check how far my 870 ejects when shucked hard, but I don't believe it will hit the ample bosom of the woman to my right, if I am fortunate enough that I am shooting besides one, as a cetrain poster is rumored to have once done with a semi. I don't think my pump will eject as far as a semi.

Remember, extreme, I am only learning this stuff and my ideas may be flat bad, but thanks for the thanks.

As for the size of shot, BigJim, one of the newbies in my skeet class was caught firing #4 high brass. I was shooting without my RX so I couldn't make out the Dram, but it was 1-1/8 oz.
 
Theklawman, great observation. My 870 barely dribbles rounds out of the chamber even when you violently shuck it. On the other hand, my Benelli's throw them a considerable distance.
 
Yes, Zippy the club felt they had a shot fall safety zone issue ...and had received some complaints from their neighbors ....and they were under pressure from a number of county officials to cut it back ...

Yes, Klawman ..... most any gunclub ...will kick your butt out ...if they catch you shooting any shells with shot bigger than 7 1/2's ...( shots sizes bigger than 7 1/2's may go well beyond their shot fall safety zones they've established for their neighbors ...

Remember it isn't just about bouncing shells off the shooter next to you ...off their guns or bouncing them at their feet ...its about not being disruptive if you can do something to prevent it. Like I've said before, a lot of us started shooting Trap and other games with pump guns ..so we've all dealt with these issues. I'll still occassionally shoot some Trap or 5 Stand with a semi-auto / especially when I travel and I want to take one gun ...that will do a little of everything ....some clays, some birds, ....( my Benelli Super Sport semi-auto is my airline travel gun ....)...does everything pretty well.

But a lot of shooters don're realize there are governing national organizations that publish rules on all these clay target games too ...like on shot size / and when is a gun considered to be loaded .../ so its good that we kick this stuff around.
 
BigJim, When I said I couldn't make out the Dram on the huill of the spent shotshell, I wasn't trying to make an excuse for myself. All I shot was #7-1/2 from Wallmart. I meant I couldn't read the dram equivalent printed on another's hull, when a third student showed it to me. Coach Don Zigler noticed what the other student was shooting a minute later and had him go to his car for correct ammuniton.
 
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