I am a member and stockholder of THE WINCHESTER GUN CLUB in Winchester, Virginia. My WGC uses a "voice release" system on most of our 14 trap fields. When I observe some of our best shooters shooting trap with a five man squad and I carefully count and score the targets I usually count 153 targets thrown and 125 targets shot at. Yes, that is correct, for almost every five man squad of trap at the WGC 153 clay targets get thrown to shoot at 125 clays. Recently I was observing a squad that was made up of Officers of the WGC Corporation and members of the Board of Directors of the WGC and the numbers were the same. This 5 man squad threw over 150 clay targets to shoot at 125 clay targets. These voice release systems should be outlawed. Our WGC officers that thought these voice release systems were a good idea should be held accountable for their foolishness. Our voice release triggers throw targets that were not called for due to several reasons and then refuse to throw a target unless you lean over and scream into the microphone. If you want to make sure a target is thrown have somebody shooting a K80 or a KOLAR or a few other types and after he shoots have him open his trapgun and when the ejector kicks the empty shell out of his gun a trap target will be thrown. Even our knowledgeable trap shooters cannot time the opening of their trapguns correctly to prevent the voice release system from throwing a target. Voice release systems and token systems just do not work in actual field conditions. A system that does work is the red boxes used at HHHSC in Pennsylvania and CVSC in Palmyra, Virginia. The box counts your targets and you pay for what you use. If a trap malfunctions and breaks targets you call it in and get it fixed. This stops the idiots that just keep pushing the button hoping for a miracle healing of the trap machine. So when I am KING we are going back to an extension cord with a button and kid from high school pushing it at the trap range and skeet field. Good Shooting To You All, Jent
