Re: 186000 to 8992
Up until no job and money became an issue I was heavy into Trap Shooting and they have the same problems as the rest of the shooting world. They all think it's the Arrow instead of the Indian. I watched guys buy $12,000 Guns and shoot them poorly and then a few weeks later trade that one in for a different Brand named Gun just to shoot that one poorly also. What they didn't realize it took practice to become proficient.
I have seen guys with the standard Duck Gun out shoot guys with the high dollar guns many times. The reason was this guy shot his Duck Gun often and had a working relationship with it.
When I first started shooting Trap in 1990 I shot a Browning 16Ga A5. Guys would laugh at me and tell me I was at a disadvantage compared to the 12's they all shot. I would laugh and tell them to look at my scores and tell me where my disadvantage was.
A year before I ran out of money a guy was tracking his top 50 shooters and their averages in the West. He had me down for shooting roughly 20,000 rounds in competition. I know for a fact I had that many in practice rounds also. At the level/class I was shooting a miss meant that I had an expensive practice session and I had many of them. I eventually bought one of the high dollar guns and when I was ordering it the salesman kept trying to push a bunch of other stuff for the gun that was not needed. I finally told him that this gun was a working gun, it wasn't going to be a Safe Queen and that I didn't need all of the feel good gadgets to make it shoot.
Heres something to shoot for. Pick the best shooter in your area and work to be as good or better than that shooter. It will give you a reason to go out and practice and to push yourself to become better.
Up until no job and money became an issue I was heavy into Trap Shooting and they have the same problems as the rest of the shooting world. They all think it's the Arrow instead of the Indian. I watched guys buy $12,000 Guns and shoot them poorly and then a few weeks later trade that one in for a different Brand named Gun just to shoot that one poorly also. What they didn't realize it took practice to become proficient.
I have seen guys with the standard Duck Gun out shoot guys with the high dollar guns many times. The reason was this guy shot his Duck Gun often and had a working relationship with it.
When I first started shooting Trap in 1990 I shot a Browning 16Ga A5. Guys would laugh at me and tell me I was at a disadvantage compared to the 12's they all shot. I would laugh and tell them to look at my scores and tell me where my disadvantage was.
A year before I ran out of money a guy was tracking his top 50 shooters and their averages in the West. He had me down for shooting roughly 20,000 rounds in competition. I know for a fact I had that many in practice rounds also. At the level/class I was shooting a miss meant that I had an expensive practice session and I had many of them. I eventually bought one of the high dollar guns and when I was ordering it the salesman kept trying to push a bunch of other stuff for the gun that was not needed. I finally told him that this gun was a working gun, it wasn't going to be a Safe Queen and that I didn't need all of the feel good gadgets to make it shoot.
Heres something to shoot for. Pick the best shooter in your area and work to be as good or better than that shooter. It will give you a reason to go out and practice and to push yourself to become better.
