colour of clay targets

[jwpzx9r]

Yesterdays outing got me thinking. Have the targets used in trap shooting always been fluo orange ? If not what colour were they before they changed to orange? I was just thinking it must have been murder shooting trap on a really dull day if they were the black ones?

 

[ips]

They were always black when I started mid 80s at least they were for dtl and abt. Funnily enough I don't remember it being a problem but I was young with excellent eyesight and reflex I those days. Also never wore coloured lens then either. I recal the first time we shot orange clays but not sure we're it was but it was exciting ... We were easily pleased in the old days

 

[Paul120]

I can only remember black being used when I was a junior including all the DTL championships.

Funny thing is I seem to remember somebody saying that for most people they are actually easier to pick up as they exit the trap. orange clays are seen as flash for the first few yards making them harder to pick up.

 

[sibaldib]

Not trap related, but it sometimes amazes me that certain sporting targets are black and almost impossible to pick up. A change to orange would help considerably.

Equally orange seem to be used willy nilly, when there is really no benefit.

 

[Simbo]

I always preferred the bright greens like a high viz jacket. Speeds and angles please but not eye sight tests!

 

[evoracer]

I always preferred the bright greens like a high viz jacket. Speeds and angles please but not eye sight tests!

don't mind orange and blacks but seem to always have a mare with them greens and pinks perhaps it's in my head!

 

[Michael]

Not trap related, but it sometimes amazes me that certain sporting targets are black and almost impossible to pick up. A change to orange would help considerably.

Equally orange seem to be used willy nilly, when there is really no benefit.

Yes but you should see the mess they make to the rural landscape.

 

[Simbo]

Years ago at Southdown they had a blaze skimming a ripe corn field.........my one eyed Uncle Mike stood no chance.

Had it have been a hi viz green, he would have smoked em for sure!

 

[Deershooter]

Nottingham and district and Orston shooting ground both trailed Orange and black a couple of years ago on DTL

 

[Jan Powell]

I can't think of a registered ground now that doesn't throw orange targets. Nottingham was about the last to change a couple of years ago following many requests from competitors there.

 

[Andrew.Addison]

Lochness Gun Club went through a period of using white clays for OT, that was a bit of a fun change. 

 

[PhilR]

Lochness Gun Club went through a period of using white clays for OT, that was a bit of a fun change. 

Are you old enough to remember that Andy? :nyam:   When I was shooting up there in the late 80's they used white clays, they stood out like dustbin lids.

 

[PhilR]

One of my Aussie shooting mates put me onto this:

http://www.vintagers.org.au/pages/Orange%20Targets.html

 

[Andrew.Addison]

Are you old enough to remember that Andy? :nyam:   When I was shooting up there in the late 80's they used white clays, they stood out like dustbin lids.

Not the original batch no! They reintroduced them a year or two ago and even ran a British selection shoot using them. Plenty of people complained about them being hard to see. I only found them hard to see at times because although they were white they were brilliant white so they were a more grey colour. 

 

[ips]

Not the original batch no! They reintroduced them a year or two ago and even ran a British selection shoot using them. Plenty of people complained about them being hard to see. I only found them hard to see at times because although they were white they were brilliant white so they were a more grey colour.

Didn't shoot it Andrew but heard many reports of the white clays. Seems to be a difference of opinion as to how visible they were. Certainly sounds a weird colour to me.

 

[Andrew.Addison]

Didn't shoot it Andrew but heard many reports of the white clays. Seems to be a difference of opinion as to how visible they were. Certainly sounds a weird colour to me.

On a sunny day they were fine but with them being a slightly off white, on a dull day they looked more grey and tended to come out the trap fast with bad visiblity and ended up looking like streak of grey so were hard to catch onto with your eyes. The other issues with the white was that glasses colour tended not to matter since it would make them harder to see, was easier using clear lenses or a light yellow tint.