What kind of gun for sporting clays

Make sure your gun is not loaded by opening the breech, and look down the barrel to check for obstructions. You should ask the gun club management what is appropriate there. Never put a shotshell into your gun until you are on a shooting station, it is your turn, and you are in the box, ready to shoot. If there is a malfunction or the gun does not fire, continue pointing the gun safely downrange. Then unload it or ask for assistance. The problem may be due to faulty ammo or a mechanical failure of the gun.

If at any time a shot sounds light or different, stop immediately, unload, and check your barrel to make sure the wad has cleared and there are no obstructions. When the previous squad has finished shooting a station and its your squads turn to shoot, hand your scorecard to the referee.

When your turn comes up to shoot, be ready. Step up to the station. Then and only then do you load your shotgun. Point it safely toward the target firing area. Built specifically for clays shooters, the is as functional and as it is handsome. It's customizable with an adjustable single selective trigger, as well as an adjustable cast, an optional adjustable comb and even an adjustable extraction-ejection.

The also comes with a balance adjustment, allowing you to find the perfect fit without any noticeable added weight. It's available with either 30 or inch barrels and weighs a hair over 8 pounds. It doesn't matter if your favorite game is sporting clays, five-stand, skeet or trap, the Winchester Sporting is well-suited for all of them.

It comes with five Invector Plus extended choke tubes to help you break birds at every conceivable angle and distance. The trigger is adjustable and the barrels are ported. It also comes with a Pachmayr Decelerator recoil pad so you can shoot until you run out of daylight. The Sporting comes with inch barrels and weighs 7 pounds, 2 ounces. This may be the best shotgun you've never heard of. Well, until now. Don't be fooled by the brand's obscurity, though.

CZ builds some great guns, including the Sporter G2. One look at it and you'll agree they also build some beautiful guns, too. It's made with Grade III Turkish walnut stock that has an adjustable comb and a hand-engraved receiver. It comes with six Kick's stainless steel, extended choke tubes and 30 or inch barrels. Can a shotgun be too beautiful to shoot? Nah, but the Guerini Magnus Sporting over-and-under is one heck of a pretty range gun.

You'll not only look like a pro, you'll shoot like one, too, thanks to the craftsmanship that goes into every Guerini shotgun. The stunning hand-carved receiver is matched by the equally beautiful oil-finish stock. It's available in 12, 20 and 28 gauges and comes with 30 or inch barrels, six MAXIS competition choke tubes and a hard plastic case.

Designed for clays enthusiasts who need a shorter length-of-pull and a thinner wrist, the XLR5 Compact is ideal for young or women shooters. It weighs just 7 pounds, 6 ounces and uses a reliable, soft-recoil gas operation system.

The high-grade Turkish walnut stock is oil-finished and the action is available in either left or right-hand. Get everything Gun Dog has to offer. Today sporting clays is one of the fastest growing sports in America, with more than three million people of all ages participating both competitively and recreationally.

Pictures of courses, tower shooting and walk-up Quail Walk shooting have frequented magazines in the U. Because the sport is popular with a wide variety of shotgun enthusiasts, the shotguns used do not fit an exact standard; however, every shotgun used for sporting clays must be capable of shooting two cartridges of 12 gauge or smaller. Safety is an important part of sporting clays. Proper ear and eye protection are mandatory, and firearms safety procedures, as listed in the National Sporting Clays Association NSCA Rule Book, must be followed at all times while on a course.

A typical course consists of 10 to 15 stations, with each station presenting targets from trap machines. Usually 6 to 10 targets are shot at each station by a squad of up to six shooters for a total outing of 50 to targets per person.

Targets are thrown in pairs.