Nimbusgb
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Only shot supersporting twice but its a great format! Wish there was more of it about.
Midweek SuperSporting - Podimore
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RobertBeard
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What chokes will I need? :angel:
Parcours pete
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schmokinn
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twas a bit hard....especially the C bird on the pool shoot and that R-L dropping crosser on stand 3!!
seems that a lot of shoots lately have been a wee bit testing,think the ground owners are conspiring to drop me down a class
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RobertBeard
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I asked as a bit of a joke but perhaps I shouldn't have asked!
Sounds like its going to be a challenge!
DoubleBarrelledDon
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try cylinder and 1/4 but have 1/2 and 3/4 in your pocket just in case....
RobertBeard
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A bit of everything by the sound of it!
Let's try another tack
What variety of cartridges should I bring?
I think I've got 7.5 in plastic and fibre and maybe a few 8's! :lol:
Let's try another tack
What variety of cartridges should I bring?
I think I've got 7.5 in plastic and fibre and maybe a few 8's! :lol:
DoubleBarrelledDon
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any of those should do the trick
RobertBeard
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We need a smilie with a fishing rod and line I think!
Looking forward to it and its only next week now! :smile:
Looking forward to it and its only next week now! :smile:
RobertBeard
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Went to Ashcombe today for some practice with my 686 E and various chokes and sim pairs after trying to hit the singles. Not an impressive performance! Anyway broke for lunch then decided to go on the pattern plate before going on the compaq and low and behold gun is shooting left and adjustable cheek piece has come loose! Get it sorted out and shooting straight so I go on the compaq and still can't hit as many as I should. Perhaps I was compensating for gun shooting left? Anyway the teal all four of us missed the other day I was smoking this morning but how can that be if the gun was shooting left!
Brain well and truly in serious fade mode now!
Do I persevere with the 686 E or give up on it as a bad job and bring the 682 fixed choke 3/4 and full trap gun with Monte Carlo stock so nothing to play with?
Decisions, decisions
I shall probably worry about this all night now!
They say shooting is a mental game. I'll be mental before I start on Wednesday!
Brain well and truly in serious fade mode now!
Do I persevere with the 686 E or give up on it as a bad job and bring the 682 fixed choke 3/4 and full trap gun with Monte Carlo stock so nothing to play with?
Decisions, decisions
I shall probably worry about this all night now!
They say shooting is a mental game. I'll be mental before I start on Wednesday!
schmokinn
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i find with many teal they actually have a slight movement to the right/left rather than being straight up so i will deliberately start to the side of the trap/target line to compensate for this so maybe it was moving a bit left and the gun adjustment was compensating for this?
RobertBeard
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Thanks for the thought but if anything the Teal moves ever so slightly to the right such that I don't think it needs any adjustment on the sight line. It was breaking when the bead touched the clay as the gun was rising after it!
My post was as much about shooting messing with your head as anything else and perhaps it is, in the end, easier to have a gun with no adjustment and you just get on and shoot it!
schmokinn
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Parcours pete
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Just make sure there's some strong coffe on tap !!
working a night shift till six and on at ten so if I hit 50 then I will have done well ?
working a night shift till six and on at ten so if I hit 50 then I will have done well ?
RobertBeard
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Well this was a very enjoyable shoot as it was a pleasant change for every call of Pull to be presented with a different combination of targets not that I was up to the challenge as I've never shot shot many Sim Pairs in the past, not that I did very well at the singles or report pairs! I must have lost 5 to lining up to shoot the wrong combination so it pays to focus carefully on what's about to be presented! I wasn't the only one in our group to do this however. Some of the targets were wind affected as it was quite breezy in the afternoon with a chill factor if you hadn't dressed for it.
The last time I shot Podimore a few years ago it was challenging and this time was no different!
Varied distance, speed and size were used to good effect and top gun was Richard Faulds with an 89 ex 100.
I used my Beretta 686 E and settled on U2 and U3 mullers which I didn't change throughout the shoot but I obviously didn't re-set the adjustable cheek piece properly, which had come loose previously, as I wasn't hitting many clays and suspect that the gun was shooting straight but underneath as the the adjustable cheek piece was too low when compared to my other gun after the event.
As we passed my car in the car park towards the end I changed guns to my Beretta 682 trap gun with fixed monte carlo stock and 3/4 and full chokes and did very much better on the last 3 stands with a 7 and 8 on the last two to make a total of 35 which didn't quite justify the wooden spoon!
How fickle we can be when the Beretta 686 E was new and cost more than double the secondhand Beretta 682 but somehow I love the Beretta 682 but never seem to be able to shoot well with the Beretta 686 E, though getting the stock adjustments wrong does not help!
Also need to shoot more to experience more variety of targets! Super sporting is a good challenge for those who have not yet tried it! Nice to see Steve, Tony and Jenny that I've not seen for a while and to shoot in a nice group of people that I had not met previously.
The last time I shot Podimore a few years ago it was challenging and this time was no different!
Varied distance, speed and size were used to good effect and top gun was Richard Faulds with an 89 ex 100.
I used my Beretta 686 E and settled on U2 and U3 mullers which I didn't change throughout the shoot but I obviously didn't re-set the adjustable cheek piece properly, which had come loose previously, as I wasn't hitting many clays and suspect that the gun was shooting straight but underneath as the the adjustable cheek piece was too low when compared to my other gun after the event.
As we passed my car in the car park towards the end I changed guns to my Beretta 682 trap gun with fixed monte carlo stock and 3/4 and full chokes and did very much better on the last 3 stands with a 7 and 8 on the last two to make a total of 35 which didn't quite justify the wooden spoon!
How fickle we can be when the Beretta 686 E was new and cost more than double the secondhand Beretta 682 but somehow I love the Beretta 682 but never seem to be able to shoot well with the Beretta 686 E, though getting the stock adjustments wrong does not help!
Also need to shoot more to experience more variety of targets! Super sporting is a good challenge for those who have not yet tried it! Nice to see Steve, Tony and Jenny that I've not seen for a while and to shoot in a nice group of people that I had not met previously.
