and I can never remember which is which but our company is forming a club or team (one or the other)and I will try again. About 20 years ago I joined the company "team" and dealt with 2 years of humiliation but we had fun. We were doing the one that has a single house out in front of you and one shot from a single station vs. the one which has two houses and you move from point to point and shoot.
I was using my Remington 870 field 12ga. and sometimes I thought I had it al figured out and would dust 12-15 in a row and then miss the next 10. Next round often reflected the first. A friend loaned me his 870 Trap and I missed probably 80 - 90 percent, though I liked the feel of the "Trap Gun" there was definitely no improvement.
Fast forward to present.......
A friend came over one Saturday with his brother and brought a hand throwing "device" a box of clays and his 12Ga Remington auto. I threw and he broke about 15 out of 25 and few times and asked me if I would like to try and did about the same maybe not quite as "good".
I took a moment and remembered I had a 20Ga English Essex SxS in my shop and brought it out. He threw and I hit about 23-24 out of 25 consistantly.......it was actually the first time I had tried it since I bought it up years ago with the exception of corking a few rabbits when I first got it. Well I ended up eventually selling the Essex to someone in a weaker moment and went a while with no shotgun untill my brother stopped by and dropped off a rustly old Sears and Roebuck 20Ga pump (same as the Winchester 1300) I discovered as I replaced a couple of missing parts and commenced to clean it up. I decided to get one of those fancy "pull a string" throwers, a box of clays and a case of real cheap 20Ga "club" ammo. Killer! 23 24 25 regularly.
Now comes the question......this company club is going to have a lot of Ruger Red Labels, Brownings and so forth. No doubt 12Ga. except for a few ladies who will probably shoot 20's. and I want to buy a new gun just for this event. Like a top (well middle) of the line something and not sure what. A friend who asked me to get all the guns out of his closet and clean them up for him (he's become very ill and it doesnt look good) yeilded 10 .22s and a .30-.30 a 30-06 a LCSmith SxS 12, an old Savage 720 auto looks like a BrowningA5 16ga and a very old Browning Belgian A5 16Ga. All are in very good condition. Ill probably buy the shotguns from and a couple of the .22's and thought about maybe using the 16 Browning
Are 16s "Trap worthy"? or too small? How do 20's do in Trap? Would I be best off shooting what Ive got untill I get the swing of things and move into a 12? If I do better with a 20 is a 20 "respectable". How about that Browning 16? or even the Savage 16 maybe even my Sears pump 20? Though I would enjoys a new gun just for this event unless the 16 Browning is something that works well. Its sure is a beauty.
Would enjoy hearing from of you who shoot this kind of event regularly and maybe I can find out the right way to get started and still have fun!
thank
Tom
I was using my Remington 870 field 12ga. and sometimes I thought I had it al figured out and would dust 12-15 in a row and then miss the next 10. Next round often reflected the first. A friend loaned me his 870 Trap and I missed probably 80 - 90 percent, though I liked the feel of the "Trap Gun" there was definitely no improvement.
Fast forward to present.......
A friend came over one Saturday with his brother and brought a hand throwing "device" a box of clays and his 12Ga Remington auto. I threw and he broke about 15 out of 25 and few times and asked me if I would like to try and did about the same maybe not quite as "good".
I took a moment and remembered I had a 20Ga English Essex SxS in my shop and brought it out. He threw and I hit about 23-24 out of 25 consistantly.......it was actually the first time I had tried it since I bought it up years ago with the exception of corking a few rabbits when I first got it. Well I ended up eventually selling the Essex to someone in a weaker moment and went a while with no shotgun untill my brother stopped by and dropped off a rustly old Sears and Roebuck 20Ga pump (same as the Winchester 1300) I discovered as I replaced a couple of missing parts and commenced to clean it up. I decided to get one of those fancy "pull a string" throwers, a box of clays and a case of real cheap 20Ga "club" ammo. Killer! 23 24 25 regularly.
Now comes the question......this company club is going to have a lot of Ruger Red Labels, Brownings and so forth. No doubt 12Ga. except for a few ladies who will probably shoot 20's. and I want to buy a new gun just for this event. Like a top (well middle) of the line something and not sure what. A friend who asked me to get all the guns out of his closet and clean them up for him (he's become very ill and it doesnt look good) yeilded 10 .22s and a .30-.30 a 30-06 a LCSmith SxS 12, an old Savage 720 auto looks like a BrowningA5 16ga and a very old Browning Belgian A5 16Ga. All are in very good condition. Ill probably buy the shotguns from and a couple of the .22's and thought about maybe using the 16 Browning
Are 16s "Trap worthy"? or too small? How do 20's do in Trap? Would I be best off shooting what Ive got untill I get the swing of things and move into a 12? If I do better with a 20 is a 20 "respectable". How about that Browning 16? or even the Savage 16 maybe even my Sears pump 20? Though I would enjoys a new gun just for this event unless the 16 Browning is something that works well. Its sure is a beauty.
Would enjoy hearing from of you who shoot this kind of event regularly and maybe I can find out the right way to get started and still have fun!
thank
Tom