Trap Shooting this week

Hi.

Trap league shooting this week, weather wise, was so 180 !  Last week I needed long johns, gloves, hat and heavy coat.  This week I needed shorts and a t-shirt.  It was around 82 degrees while shooting.

I did well.  My first round was a 19.  I really thought I'd shot a 20 but the score keeper said otherwise.  My second round was an 18.  I realized a bit to late to pick up a better score, but I was leading the bird to far. That is unusual for me.  If I miss it is usually because I am behind on the clay bird.  Maybe the nicer, warmer weather made me limber and I was swinging too fast.  Who knows??  I will keep it in mind for next week's round.  I do know that I was concentrating much more on keeping the barrel down by sighting the gun where I could only see the bead.  That has been one big improvement in my success ratio.  Last year I sighted down the barrel where I could see some of the barrel rib as well as the bead.  Turns out that is not to correct way to sight and shoot.  That style of sighting does well for squirrel and rabbit hunting, but not nearly as accurate as it needs to be for a clay bird.

My husband had two rounds of 23.  He has not yet determined why he is missing. Personally right now, I would be happy to have a score of 23.  I am working on it, and I'll be very happy the day that that happens!

Unfortunately one of my team members had a really, really bad night.  Two low scores (10 and 10), and a broken shotgun.  He finished the last station by using my husbands gun. The good news is he shot 4 out of 5 on the last station with the borrowed gun.  The bad news is the barrel on the broken shotgun is a 'skeet' barrel.  Not appropriated at all for 'trap' shooting.  The choke on a skeet barrel throws a wider pattern of shot, where the trap barrel will keep the shot in a tighter group.  The tighter group will have a much better chance of hitting the target.  My husband is taking with him about getting a new barrel.  Oh by the way, my husband fixed the broken shotgun.

Take care,  good shooting and good hunting.
M.