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Probably 1/4 (4 notches in the end of the tube) and 1/2 (3 notches). I wouldn't bother yourself too much at this point. It can all become overwhelming and too much to worry about with choke and cartridge choice. It's all very interesting and nerdy trying out differing things and seeing what...

Thanks Max. I don't shoot to win prizes and my goals are set more around continuous improvement rather than class wins and the vast majority of my registered are targets only. As long as I'm seeing an upward trend in my overall average then I'm happy. The cynic in me thinks that the class...

I would have thought that the key to good performance for most people is performing with confidence and for most confidence will come with seeing good results in practice. I'd certainly be going into a Sunday registered with more confidence having done well on a Saturday practice session...

I shot the Pro One Challenge at Barbury Shooting School yesterday. This was the second year in a row that I've shot the event and I enjoyed it just as much this year as last year. There is a good selection of target types, distances, speeds and angles and very little in the way of repetition...

Same here when I first applied two years ago. It will just show up as an associated club on your CPSA website home screen and show weather and conditions for the ground at that time. You can enter on a comp basis from the get go but as you won't have a classification until after your 3rd shoot...

If you want to shoot with a mate when attending registered shoots/ competitions then just state as such when you contact the ground to book yourself a place. I often shoot with a mate and always ensure that whoever makes the booking does so for both persons at the same time. That way you ensure...

I went along to the Welsh ESP qualifier at Dovey Valley shooting ground yesterday. I'd spent the week doing some work on the garden and was aching, sore and tired. We'd pulled 7 consecutive 12-14 hour days digging clay, mixing concrete and building block walls. Hats off to anyone who does this...

I am very surprised that a few thought it was a difficult layout. I didn't think there was much on the course that I would have struggled with had I not been using a gun that still feels completely foreign to me. The low looper on stand 3 and the teal on stand 4 were tricky targets with one or...

Barbury this morning for their monthly 100 ESP registered shoot. I was looking forward to getting the new gun out and onto some consistent pairs to test it out. I ended on a 66/100 which is about 15-20 targets under what I'd expect to have scored on a shoot like that. It was a very lightweight...

I'm not unhappy with the result. I think I scored 10/25 on your layout which just happened to be the hardest by some margin and the first 25 targets shot with the gun. I'm glad we shot your layout first as the day only got better from there. I am aware that it may take some getting used to...

A tumultuous weekend in my own shooting life. I've spent the past 18 months trying to get used to the uber heavy weight Browning ProSport and then traded it in for a Beretta 694 on Saturday. Mass moves mass in reciprocal terms and getting the 9 & 1/2 lbs Prosport moving was a task in itself but...

Ian Coleys this morning for their monthly registered 100. While I've been to ground previously to visit the gun shop, I've never had a chance to shoot at the ground. It's a little spicy for my taste at 42p per non member practice clay so I tend not to choose the ground for practice and the...

I was looking for a dedicated game gun a year or so ago and looked at the usual suspects like SPs, 525s etc. Everything I looked at under £1000 at RFDs were basically ready to be cut up and put in the smelter. Stocks that had lumps out of them, blueing that was more brown than blue. Actions that...

I shot the Westfield long range day yesterday. I was definitely expecting the targets to be a lot harder than they were given the course setters reputation. I arrived with 3/4 and 7/8 chokes in the gun but quickly changed back to 1/2 and 1/2 when watching the targets from the car park. The...

A gun that doesn't hurt you when you shoot it would be the best start. I'm also cursed with arms that are far shorter than average for my height and I feel your pain. I'm 5,6 with short arms and shoot a gun that has a 14 1/4" inch LOP. I'm no gun fitter but to me, a gun should feel like it's...

Thanks. Advice I was given on the day was prior to calling for a target was to set the end of the barrels at the line of the target and then lower by a further 4" so that as the barrels rise when mounting, you'll then be on the line of the target and not above it and having to compensate. I'm...

Next time I will. You were on the last set of targets before I could carry my sorry ass back to the car and sulk so I wasn't in the mood to speak to anyone. Nothing personal! :LOL:

I shot the FITASC qualifier event at St Dials yesterday. Apart from dabbling in one or two previous FITASC shoots I've never really shot a real FITASC event. WHAT AN EYE OPENER! I wasn't in any way prepared for what would be near 5 hours of shooting but only 100 targets with multiple 45...

Yes, the simmo pair of crows were very changeable depending on how the wind was at the time. They caught a few people out as they were effectively a static target with some fade to the left or right depending on the wind and no two pairs being the same. I personally found it much easier to close...

I shot the monthly Quattro Lodge 100 sporting yesterday. Very few long targets with probably 15 of 20 presentations being short to medium technical targets with a few being wind affected changing the target with every shot. 8 & 9/10s and straights for nearly every stand but fell over on a super...