Don't look at the barrel!

[Lord v]

Ahhh what....

All this and here's me without my popcorn! 

 

[jwpzx9r]

WOW!!!  Your actually serious with that bullsh*t statement!?!? No wonder you don't have your real name on your profile!!! 

Ed Solomons, how the f*ck do you ever hit anything with your gun???  I'm pretty sure there's more than a 10p thickness of rib showing on yours!!!

I have something of the order of 5-6mm and am thinking of upping to 7mm for a trial. For the record the height of the eye over the rib for me at least is actually irrelevant as to where the gun shoots. So what I am saying is for me the height of the comb does not effect the POI ... OMG what have I just said

 

[Lord v]

Panic over. 

Found some jammie dodgers. 

Continue. 

 

[Darkside]

Ballbag talking pish again...

 

[balltrap]

Ballbag talking pish again...

MUPPET :baby:

 

[525kev]

I hoped this thread might give me some pointers in addition to the op, Anyone want to borrow this after i've used it ?

 

[westley]

I hoped this thread might give me some pointers in addition to the op, Anyone want to borrow this after i've used it ?

Hey, they have got something similar to this at our local ground. They usually put a trap underneath. We turned up there to shoot it one week only to find 6 old dears sitting knitting   !

 

[ips]

WOW!!!  Your actually serious with that bullsh*t statement!?!? No wonder you don't have your real name on your profile!!! 

Ed Solomons, how the f*ck do you ever hit anything with your gun???  I'm pretty sure there's more than a 10p thickness of rib showing on yours!!!

I know I said I wouldn't but wtf.

balltrap is spot on, the 10p trick is absolutely bang on standard stuff as a starting point for trap shooters and pretty much everyone knows that. James you really need to real it in, You don't know as much as you think you do and your constant aggression is getting very boring indeed.

ed may well have a higher setting but that is what suits him and I imagine he would be the first to admit that what suits one does not suit all otherwise he would be a very poor coach indeed.

I do not understand why we cannot debate things in an adult manner, this forum is beginning to get like a school playground. Jeez

 

[westley]

Ed Solomons, how the f*ck do you ever hit anything with your gun???  I'm pretty sure there's more than a 10p thickness of rib showing on yours!!!

That's cos he just will not listen to balltrap   !   

 

[AW13]

Think this thread has digressed somewhat !

 

[schmokinn]

My bead seems to do a vanishing trick.....only ever seem to notice it when i clean the gun?  :???:

 

[ips]

Beads mean nothing, and who the hell lines them up  the correct fit is that you see is the thickness of a 10p from the back to the front of the barrels, this gives you a slightly high poi so you can see the target, this is ideal of sporting and skeet but trap shooters prefer a higher poi

this is pretty much what I meant in my first post. The only thing I would pull you up on (with respect) is that the higher comb we see in trap these days is pretty modern thing. Balltrap in our earlier days I am sure you will agree that the 10p was pretty much the setting even for trap.

 

[balltrap]

this is pretty much what I meant in my first post. The only thing I would pull you up on (with respect) is that the higher comb we see in trap these days is pretty modern thing. Balltrap in our earlier days I am sure you will agree that the 10p was pretty much the setting even for trap.




 




 

Correct that was the benchmark and you work from there why should things change, guns have not just people have

 

[chippy]

I would still like to know how you shoot without a bead.

 

[balltrap]

I would still like to know how you shoot without a bead.

look at the target and not the gun.................if the gun fits it shoots where you are looking

 

[chippy]

I've been having lessons with a top coach and even he said to aim at the clay.

 

[westley]

I would still like to know how you shoot without a bead.

If you are unable to shoot without a bead, then you MUST be at some stage looking at the barrels  ?  I have 2 guns that I use for letting the Grandkids have a shot, both are fitted with those bloomin great flourescent tube front sights, one red, one green. Whenever I shoot the damned things I shoot the green bead better. I have come to the conclusion that I keep stopping on the red  !

 

[balltrap]

To a lot of beginners this will sound strange but you will eventually become to know the gun and where it shoots there is no need to look at the beads just the clay and you will adjust accordingly, this does take a few years to learn and learning is what its all about !

 

[chippy]

My coach gives me a written report of every lesson , and I quote " the lesson went well but you need to aim to improve"  I rest my case

 

[balltrap]

My coach gives me a written report of every lesson , and I quote " the lesson went well but you need to aim to improve"  I rest my case

aim with your eyes !!!