ips
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Here we go ..
I have already thanked Phil for his invitation and eluded to meeting him etc so i will stick to the shooting bit. Cheers Phil.
Arrived at ground 9.15 for a 10am start i knew i was on Phil squad and another nice bloke joined us and also some bloke called clegg who turned out to be not only a nice bloke but quite handy at this sporting mallarkey, i reckon he has shot a bit of it before.
Anyway after the greetings etc off we trot to the 1st stand a kind of left to right thing and a going away dtl type thing on report didn't do to bad think it was 5x8. Then the next stand were i was even trusted to push the button for the aforesaid clegg bloke, this was a pair of coming towards but proper high things i think a similar score on that. A few more stands with similar results then one that i really enjoyed a right to left going away but a bit sideways type thing followed by an incoming rabbit although why a rabbit would run towards you remains a mystery anyway did very good on that shot 7x8 missing one of the none rabbit ones. Now i am beginning to get into it a bit more even accepting coaching from Mrs ips who noticed i wasn't letting the target get to the kill point but shooting quick like trap. I knew i would struggle with crossers as this is a totally alien target for me and the next stand proved my worries were not without substance a sim (i now sound like a sporter) pair of right to left sideways jobs but quite a way off and difficult to see against trees type things proved to be stupid and not even possible to hit (i blame wrong choke and or wrong bead or summat) Phil did ok as did the other bloke and this clegg bloke who by now i was convinced had shot before. A disappointing big fat 0 was entered onto my score sheet. Stopped for lunch kindly bought by Phil then off to finish. Phil and the others assured me that 56 as a first go was not an embarrassment but i fear they were just being kind. I won a very nice fleece jacket in raffle so at least came away with something.
Conclusion
sporting is difficult as many different targets requiring different techniques as far as i could ascertain.
Sporting is much more informal than trap.
Sporting shooters are actually quite nice after all.
Fibre wad cartridges are very dirty.
Did i enjoy it ? Yes it was fun to shoot something different and with good company.
Would i shoot it again ? Yes once a year if it was a similar type of fun charity shoot but if i am totally honest (which i know you want me to be) as a hard core trappie for many years it just does not appeal or excite me but i gave it a go.
The hardest bit for me was having to wait for the target and not shoot as soon as i saw it.
The end
I have already thanked Phil for his invitation and eluded to meeting him etc so i will stick to the shooting bit. Cheers Phil.
Arrived at ground 9.15 for a 10am start i knew i was on Phil squad and another nice bloke joined us and also some bloke called clegg who turned out to be not only a nice bloke but quite handy at this sporting mallarkey, i reckon he has shot a bit of it before.
Anyway after the greetings etc off we trot to the 1st stand a kind of left to right thing and a going away dtl type thing on report didn't do to bad think it was 5x8. Then the next stand were i was even trusted to push the button for the aforesaid clegg bloke, this was a pair of coming towards but proper high things i think a similar score on that. A few more stands with similar results then one that i really enjoyed a right to left going away but a bit sideways type thing followed by an incoming rabbit although why a rabbit would run towards you remains a mystery anyway did very good on that shot 7x8 missing one of the none rabbit ones. Now i am beginning to get into it a bit more even accepting coaching from Mrs ips who noticed i wasn't letting the target get to the kill point but shooting quick like trap. I knew i would struggle with crossers as this is a totally alien target for me and the next stand proved my worries were not without substance a sim (i now sound like a sporter) pair of right to left sideways jobs but quite a way off and difficult to see against trees type things proved to be stupid and not even possible to hit (i blame wrong choke and or wrong bead or summat) Phil did ok as did the other bloke and this clegg bloke who by now i was convinced had shot before. A disappointing big fat 0 was entered onto my score sheet. Stopped for lunch kindly bought by Phil then off to finish. Phil and the others assured me that 56 as a first go was not an embarrassment but i fear they were just being kind. I won a very nice fleece jacket in raffle so at least came away with something.
Conclusion
sporting is difficult as many different targets requiring different techniques as far as i could ascertain.
Sporting is much more informal than trap.
Sporting shooters are actually quite nice after all.
Fibre wad cartridges are very dirty.
Did i enjoy it ? Yes it was fun to shoot something different and with good company.
Would i shoot it again ? Yes once a year if it was a similar type of fun charity shoot but if i am totally honest (which i know you want me to be) as a hard core trappie for many years it just does not appeal or excite me but i gave it a go.
The hardest bit for me was having to wait for the target and not shoot as soon as i saw it.
The end