</font><blockquote><font size="1" face="Tahoma, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif">quote:</font><hr /><font size="2" face="Tahoma, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif">Originally posted by duc'Hunter:
<strong>CWUgirl
I think your comparison of trap shooting to rifle shooting is absurd. Having shot more than my share of trap and spent many hours at the bench, try as I may, I fail to see any similarity between the two. How does a moving shotgun barrel compare to that of a sandbagged rifle at the bench?
As far as sporting clays go, yes, some of the angles presented more closely simulate what you encounter in the field. However, these courses are not widely available and the cost for a round can be prohibitive.
If shooting trap from further distances is still too easy for you, I have another suggestion. Try scaling your loads back a bit. I recommend one ounce of 7 1/2's in front of 23 grains of Winchester 452AA. Still too easy? Try a 7/8 ounce load. I believe you will find this more difficult than "bringing death down" on the wildest flushing rooster with an ounce and a quarter of number fours. In fact, I think killing pheasants is "easy".
I just have to say, pheasants aren't the most difficult, but at least I'm not sitting on my behind all day in a cold damp blind chewing on ding dongs waiting for action to come to me! I guess I like the challenge of having to hunt for my birds. And pheasant is just one of the birds I hunt. For the four days I get out every week, I hunt hard and try my best to shoot well. I guess I just hate to see people trying to learn how to shoot live game going to trap ranges and really doing nothing for their skills... Heck, skeet would be an improvement on trap.
Since you fail to see the similarity between rifle shooting and trap...I'll lay it out for ya! Rifle shooting- you look down the barrel carefully, one eye closed and AIM.... With trap shooting it's exactly the same ting. Shotgunners should POINT... That is, you instinctive get that gun to your shoulder, point the barrel, swing through and hope for the best.. You can't learn that in trap. Trap is a GAME.. It has nothing to do with reality of shotgun shooting.
And if you need #4's for pheasant, you've got problems! Dog running out a little on ya or what? Or maybe you need that third shot when they're 45 yards out.... The biggest shot I ever shoot on upland birds is Fiocci Golden Pheasant #5's.. Good shot, but #6's usually are better for throwing down the death.
Anyhoo....