Shotgun Sports

Last year's was the first one . And on a weekday  .  I think it was done that way so the place could be closed for the party  . Plus there were a lot of new shooters so everything was dialed down to slow .

Keep us posted, If its on a weekend I would probably shoot it.

There is another charity shoot at Wern Valley coming up . It's for ARCH.  Rights for citizens with handicaps  . I had the date.  I will have to find it . I just bought an O/U , so I'm anxious to give it a try on sporting clays . A pump was just a bit slow .

Lets get together and support a great cause. I've been there since its started and it gets better and better every year. Message me if you have questions...

Shrimp league at Waukesha has started. My team decided to use .410’s for this league.... well... it was a tad difficult today. I think I’ll blame it on the temps and the clays were frozen and unbreakable!!  

To our surprise they decided to do a 28ga league along with the Shrimp league! After a round with the .410’s we grabbed our 28’s and had a much better time. Looking forward to next week... 

Yes. When it warms up is when I start shooting. Those 10 flats are about 1/3 of what I'll shoot this summer. Practice and competition.

Tim

Sounds like someone needs to get some shooting in!! I shot 3 bird for the first time ever. Can’t believe I shot on a day that had 30-40 mph winds.. That was a ton of fun but what a challenge with the wind. Shot a 39 and a 41. Shot the 12ga today. I didn’t feel like wasting any .410 ammo with today’s conditions. 

Got another 5-plus flats loaded between Friday and another session today. Gotta wait another paycheck to get more powder as I'm virtually out. Have 10 flats on hand now. A good start.

Tim

You can always do some after market recoil reduction on any gun. From what I have heard about Stoeger's is that they are not going to hold out for a long time. They also have an annoying auto-safety that engages every time you open the action. This would be a problem if you are at the club and call for a target and nothing happens when you pull the trigger. If you shoot at a club where you pre-pay for targets, you may not get all 25 targets. It would also likely annoy the others in your squad. This can be disabled and made into a regularly performing safety quite easily. I know. I have one that I won and have shot once. It beat the crap out of me and I just haven't gotten around to doing anything about it. Just don't shoot 5-stand or sporties that often, which is what I would use this gun for.

Tim

I have a Stevens 555 in 12ga. I like it for hunting since it is so light. Kicks like a mule with it being light but well worth it. Would not be my first choice for a league gun but is a great shooter for hunting and the occasional shooting event.

Today I looked at a Stoeger  and a Stevens O/U  . The Stevens looked better and opened easy compared to Stoeger . Lighter also , but about 100 bucks more . 

Good thing I won some on Super Bowl  !

Nice!! Thats some work done... I got three 5-Stand rounds done this morning. 1 with the .410 and 2 with the 12ga. I am taking a year off of reloading this year. For 2019 I switched to an autoloader and I refuse to chase hulls! Maybe next year I'll go back to an over under in 12ga. Will see what happens. 

On a better note, I am averaging 46 with the 12ga and 39 with the .410. Working on increasing the .410 average! 

Grizz

Loaded and boxed 4 flats of shells today. Wanted to do more but dinner got in the way.

Tim 

Bugle Trout,

I shoot Winchester AA Super Sport ammo out of my .410. It flies at 1300 FPS. My speed is matched by most 12ga ammo that I am shooting against. Biggest difference is that I am tossing out 1/2oz of lead compared to their 1oz. I have little margin of error or I will miss. I really enjoy the challenge, that is why I love the .410 in 5 stand. Not sure where you are from but if it is anywhere around Waukesha Gun Club, send me a message and I would love to shoot a round with you.

Grizz

One Shot One Kill,

For skeet I prefer a small gauge. I personally would shoot a 20 or a .410 cause I actually do not have a 28. I prefer an over under, I shoot with a lot of people that live by the Remington 1100. When they don't malfunction, they shoot amazing. Whatever swings well for you is what I would recommend.

Grizz