Sporting clays

[ToeTag]

when the weather is good I take my Browning 500's out and blow through a few boxes in each.  We had a bay out at the range that you put a token in and got 999 clays....they fixed that shortly after I pointed it out.

[Maverick]

I haven't done any sporting clays yet. I did shoot skeet competitively back in college. I still shoot a round now and then at the base. I don't use anything but an over under. I dropped the pump way back when and haven't looked back. I can only have one shotgun, can't justify more, so I use that one for everything including hunting. Been good for doves, quail and ducks so far.

[Dago]

I have enjoyed sporting clays for a long time.  I shoot a pump without a problem.

[TopGear]

We try and get a couple boxes of clays in a year. Had my wife try it for the first time the last time we were out, she loved it. Actually have a video of her first round somewhere. We live in the country and have lots of space we can do it right in the back yard.  Usually make an afternoon of it between clays and target shooting with .22's or other rifles or bows.   We try to come up with different competions when my friends and I shoot. My favorite is with two shooters and one clay. Both get one shot, pick one to go first and the second cant fire til after the first one has shot.

[Flench]

flench, where in miss. do you reside?

I live in Oakland MS . I have 6 people now helping me find some land to rent out , I'm trying to get some land by the main highway (55) where it be easy to find . That's just 60 miles south of Memphis . I have a place rented out but I deer hunt on it but  if I have to I mite set the club up there . I got into shooting trap's really heavy . Reloaded  shot shells that should have blown up in my face but did not . I got all kind's of little trick's on reloading . Like putting pancake mix in my shot before I cramp the hull and so on .
 I love to come up there one day mbailey . Mite be able to do just that this year too . Let me get your cell phone number while I'm at it too and I will PM mine when I get back in town . Be AFK a few day's .

[camnite]

i was gonna say if you lived near the coast i know a couple places but i guess not

[curry1]

I have a really nice sporting clays course close by to me 14 different stations.

[SilverZ06]

I love sporting clays, I try to go at least once a month and shoot in some nsca shoots. I have a very nice facility about 15 minutes from my house with 16 "hard" stations, 8 "easy" stations, a trap range, and a five stand range. If anyone is around the Tampa/Brandon/Riverview area in Florida and wants to get together to shoot just let me know. Here is my clay buster.

[mbailey]

I shoot a Beretta EELL....love it!!  (Ill get some pics up soon)

I really want to take this old hammer gun out (Drilling)..I just want to get it back out in the field where it belongs..one of these days im gonna pick up some Euro 16ga shells for it  And from what ive read, the 9.3x72R rifle cartridge is no slouch.....it was designed as an African big game cartridge 








That shotgun of yours Pewter has some really nice furniture on it  

[skittish]

Love sporting clays. I do not hunt my relatives fish so I never took hunter safety. A couple friends got me into sporting clays. We have a course 20 mins away with two sporting clay courses and a trap course. The 1st sporting clay course is an intermediate course the other which I did once if you really want to do it proper you will want to change out your chokes from station to station. My first time i went I was using a buddies semi auto after two stations the ejector spring was failing and I would have to wait for the shell to eject before firing my next shot. I still managed to shoot 65% considering I have no experience and using a faulty gun. My other moment of glory an unusual station I went 4 for 4 on the hard course when the next best was 2 out of 4. My final score wasn't that good though.

[RTHolmes]

Here is my clay buster.
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that is a lovely looking gun

those chokes seem to protrude a long way beyond the barrel, whats the deal with that - do they act as suppressors?

[SilverZ06]

that is a lovely looking gun

those chokes seem to protrude a long way beyond the barrel, whats the deal with that - do they act as suppressors?

Thanks!

Our Sporting Clays chokes were designed to give you a nice dense pattern with fewer holes in the pattern where birds can be missed.  All of our chokes are ported away from the shooter so there will be no powder residue blasting back at you.  The porting is designed to strip the wad from the shot column, it will also keep the muzzle jump down to gain quicker response on the following shots.

Since our chokes are longer (1.75 past the muzzle) than your normal aftermarket choke tube, our chokes generally shoot one choke tighter than our competitors.  Why? Because we have a longer forcing cone with a flatter taper angle.  This helps reduce the pellet deformation, which causes “flyers”.  So generally speaking, if you like to shoot an IC, you can back up 1 choke size with the Pure Gold and see about the same performance, give or take a few pellets.  We have customers repeatedly say, “WOW, my current choke don’t come close to hitting targets like that!”

As with all Pure Gold Chokes, if you are not completely satisfied with the way the choke performs or handles in your gun, we will buy them back.

[RTHolmes]

ok that makes sense, although you'd think everybody would be producing longer chokes if the improvement was that noticeable?

[SilverZ06]

ok that makes sense, although you'd think everybody would be producing longer chokes if the improvement was that noticeable?

There are several manufacturers that also make extended chokes. I will tell you that they are a PITA to clean. Pieces of the wads get stuck in the holes and burnt on after 100+ rounds. I never patterned the gun before and after these chokes though so I cant say for certain if they do what they claim. I do seem to hit more but I have a hard time crediting the chokes vs just improving shooting skill. Who knows. Plus my 28" barrels are now 30"