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I hardly ever shoot trap anymore and if I do I shoot low gun. It's a game that brings out the ananl retentive in many people. I became bored with it and began doing things just for kicks. Some night when you're shooting trap (particularly with your damascus barreled gun everyone's afraid of) shoot off a black powder load from the middle station. Or, bring a bolt action Mossberg and set in the stand next to those multi-thousand dollar single barrel trap guns and tell them that yours busts clays just as well. There's a million ways to pi$$-off trap shooters. It's not a very social sport.
The last time I shot I was at number 15 wondering how much longer this boring game was going to take. It was an awakening for me.
Steve

If and I say if your going to be a trap shooter you have to be very competitive. If your not don't waste your time. You guys or some of you seem to bad mouth trap shooters. How many of you ever ran 200 straight or made it to the 27 yard line? Whats you doubles average? When your AA, 27, AA then you can bad mouth the trap shooters. It's easy to talk bad about a group but some of them are very helpful, and some of them can shoot. Bill

My observation is that most of the guys who can run 200 straight on the trap line can't hit $hit when we are out bird hunting. Being able to "shoot" is often a far cry from being a good shot.

And, lots of dedicated trap shooters are just nuts.

I am with Bill Grill on this one.

Bill, I love to shoot trap. I was AA, 27 yard, have shot several 200 16 yard straights and have shot a hundred straight in doubles. But I love to shoot it all, including trap, skeet, sporting and live birds. But my favorite is shooting game birds over a bird dog. I think trap shooters are just like skeet shooters and just as competitive. I don't think there is anything boring about shooting a 100 straight in trap especially from the 27 yard line. With the exception of pigeon shooting, 27 yard trap is the most difficult and challenging game of all IMHO.....and I have competitively shot them all. Don't take it too personal what people say here. People just like to strut their stuff, that's all.

A friend of mine is like that. He's murder at shooting trap but can't hit real birds. I think he takes his trap winnings and buys pheasant. I shoot informal just for fun and practice before hunting season.

Rocky Mountain vintagers have a low gun trap shoot each year. We dont want to be TRAP SHOOTERS. We shoot for fun. I shoot trap, when I am around, with some serious trap shooters, they tolerate me, shooting low gun. They like what they do, but like others, I find it boring. Rigid locked positions, super special purpose guns, and worst of all they take themselves WAY too seriously...to each his own I guess...

Mark - I have had the same struggles. I found my eye dominance switched when I covered the trap targets with my gun, leading to some very frustrating results. Changing the POI so I could float the target over the barrels really helped. (Easier said than done if you are shooting a vintage sxs - I use an Italian OU with an adj comb for shooting clays, so that was an easier fix for me). Be careful when using those comb riser kits - the pads can change cast as well as drop.

The best trap tip I got was to make sure you eye stays focused on the top of the bird - with the going away, rising target, your focus can drop to be bottom edge causing you to shoot under the bird.

What I have struggled with for both skeet and trap is that to be competitive in either requires shooting techniques that are inconsistent (or worse) for wingshooting. That said, the trap and skeet shooters I have hunted with are good wingshots. What I have realized is that, while the pre-mounted shooting technique may be very different from wingshooting, the intense focus on the target required for successful skeet and trap (and SCs) shooting is also critical for successful wingshooting. So when I shoot trap now, I see it as good practice for hard focus on the target, and don't worry as much about low gun vs. pre-mounted.

I like to Bowl. I bowl overhand because that's how I throw a baseball, and a ball is a ball.

Can anyone tell me why I'm not scoring well?

You might try "fast pitch" bowling. I shoot golf at the 25 yard line----with a .44 mag Super Blackhawk.