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[westley]

Me too. Rarely behind. I've tried hard in recent years to match gun speed to clay speed to try and curtail this. Works well, but sometimes I see myself push the gun on and think "why"?

I just cut the bloomin lead picture in half......................that usually works   !

 

[jonz]

you may say it's a nonsense term. It's not something I dwell on much. Choose the kill point, decide what it's doing there, forget the rest and shoot it.

Thank you Will, I'll go with the last part of your explanation 

 

[Oldblaster]

Took me a while to cut my lead down with 32" barrels, as the do not needs so much lead as shorter barrels!

 

[chippy]

Took me a while to cut my lead down with 32" barrels, as the do not needs so much lead as shorter barrels!

I never notice any difference between a 27" or a 32".

 

[Oldblaster]

I never notice any difference between a 27" or a 32".

I went from 27.5" to 32" and had to shorten my precieved lead, but may not be the same for all.

 

[chippy]

I went from 27.5" to 32" and had to shorten my precieved lead, but my not be the same for all.

I think it depends on your method/style of shooting.

 

[Will Hewland]

I went from 27.5" to 32" and had to shorten my precieved lead, but my not be the same for all.

Logic suggests the reverse, but as Chippy says.. lots going on when you change one gun to another similar gun. What you did was huge. Weight of it, barrel momentum all a big factor, especially if you shoot swing through. 

 

[jasper]

I would suggest that shooting standards appear to have gone up due to the fact that people do not hand in their poor cards. Shoots are harder. But if you can luck into a good score now and then and keep the carp ones in your pocket then you are obviously a super star. 

 

[Bebo]

I would suggest that shooting standards appear to have gone up due to the fact that people do not hand in their poor cards. Shoots are harder. But if you can luck into a good score now and then and keep the carp ones in your pocket then you are obviously a super star. 

That doesn't work at registered shoots.  The trapper makes a note of the score on a master sheet before giving you back your scorecard.  If you don't hand it in and they have to refer to the master sheet you get a sh*tty letter from the CPSA about it.

 

[westley]

I have a shooting friend who shoots a 28" Miroku game gun and a 32" Miroku MK38 clay gun. He was missing everything in front with the clay gun, once he started shooting 'at them' he began connecting. He believes he is shooting 'at' the target and breaking it. Problem is, when he then swaps guns, he is always well behind everything and it is usually half way through the Game season before he recovers any form.

 

[chippy]

I shoot with a very slow gun style of maintained lead sometimes even a stopped gun ambush style. So its probably why I never notice any difference.

 

[Oldblaster]

I have a shooting friend who shoots a 28" Miroku game gun and a 32" Miroku MK38 clay gun. He was missing everything in front with the clay gun, once he started shooting 'at them' he began connecting. He believes he is shooting 'at' the target and breaking it. Problem is, when he then swaps guns, he is always well behind everything and it is usually half way through the Game season before he recovers any form.

After getting a 32" Browning, it was the close targets l had the problem of over leading, it takes a while to re-program your brain. long crossers seem ok and not a problem, l only ever use the same gun for everything, less confusing for me!

 

[P1Fanatic]

That doesn't work at registered shoots.  The trapper makes a note of the score on a master sheet before giving you back your scorecard.  If you don't hand it in and they have to refer to the master sheet you get a sh*tty letter from the CPSA about it.

How would the CPSA know if the score entered was from the competitors own scorecard or the master scoresheet? Genuine question as I have never used the software.

Also you still see plenty of 0 scores. How do they arise as surely someone doesn't pay to enter then doesn't shoot a single target? If you had to leave suddenly then surely you just submit a partial card and they work out a percentage from hits vs targets shot at?

 

[Bebo]

How would the CPSA know if the score entered was from the competitors own scorecard or the master scoresheet? Genuine question as I have never used the software.

Also you still see plenty of 0 scores. How do they arise as surely someone doesn't pay to enter then doesn't shoot a single target? If you had to leave suddenly then surely you just submit a partial card and they work out a percentage from hits vs targets shot at?

I've never used it either, but presumably because the ground tells them that you didn't enter your card.

No idea about the 0 scores.  Maybe on the major shoots that you have to book in advance to get a place and then don't turn up they enter you as a 0.  Or maybe it's a temp score because you didn't put your card in and they haven't had time to sort it out from the master score sheet.  I'd check with the CPSA if you want a definitive answer.

 

[Paul120]

I think in the case od where a scorecard is not handed in then for classes/averages a score of -10% of the yearly average should be assumed.

So if in a classification period a shooter has an average of 90 out of 1000 targets putting them in class X. Then the missing 100 should be given a score of 81 so wouldn't be excluded from the overall average calculation and wouldn't drastically drop the average so in most cases wouldn't mean a drop into a lower class . So 981 out of 1100.  New average is 89.1. 0.9% might not drastically change the world of day to day classifications but may affect  Top 20 lists etc which won't be good news for the individials with high egos or seeking sponsorship. 

 

[Rupert]

That doesn't work at registered shoots.  The trapper makes a note of the score on a master sheet before giving you back your scorecard.  If you don't hand it in and they have to refer to the master sheet you get a sh*tty letter from the CPSA about it.

Not everywhere, mastercards are not universal and the above relies on somebody checking.

 

[Bebo]

Not everywhere, mastercards are not universal and the above relies on somebody checking.

If it's a Reg shoot the grounds that don't aren't complying with the CPSA rules.

 

[Charliej]

If it's a Reg shoot the grounds that don't aren't complying with the CPSA rules.

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[Rupert]

If it's a Reg shoot the grounds that don't aren't complying with the CPSA rules.

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There be many things in  the book of technical rules that dont always get applied.

 

[schmokinn]

CPSA are great at making rules....applying them is another matter entirely!