How many yards short were they? Did you ever personally set a trap? Can you tell us how you can see a target is short or long when it drops at least...
We shot nothing but banks 2/4/10/11 all week and didn't pre-squad. Of course, we didn't need full squads either. If certain banks are needed for...
Oh wow. Sh-t happens!
I'll betcha you would have gotten nothing but bank 5 or 6 at PA too when Stuart is in charge. Best take it up with him!
Ha, ha. Me-egg on face. Yup, I did shoot those wannabe Federal Papers. That 21/25 on the third trap finished my day. Must have been a bad box!
OK, we're all back from a really nice shoot and fully enjoyed nearly every aspect. The few complaints I had can easily be addressed. Here they are;...
The family just returned from the entire week. I shot 5 events (not real well)-my allergies and creaky back didn't help, wife shot 6 events (most...
"poorly set targets"-I watched a squad of wannabe 21 yard shooters in front of me ask for a re-set on their very first trap. They soon got it and...
Yes, small club management suffers from lack volunteers and lack of talent. The old timers are just that-burned out even if they were successful at...
larry, you must know a thing or two about rule changes just for the heck of it. I suppose you also supported those free two yard reductions too. Did...
Tell us what you really think! First words out of a local small ATA club manager tonight was "what a bunch of idiots"!
If a few shooters from MS wanted back so bad all they had to do was ask for it. The ATA will gladly oblige and assign them to the 25 yd. line. See,...
So a silly motion from the MS delegate was acted on to the detriment of most of the smaller clubs in the entire US. By the way, MS had 70 active...
I threw a 28ga Briley skeet tube in wife's K-80 when she was having some issues. She broke 49/50 with some nice breaks. It's possible!
Another stupid rule change returning the yardage requirement back to 15 shooters. That typically penalizes the small clubs and 75% of the shooters...
I just told you everything you need to know and you haven't disapproved any of it. Oh, that's right, you don't shoot either. Now go to bed in your...
My favorite customers were those with bib overalls, straw hats or suspenders. All the other sales people would ignore 'em and drink their coffee...
I was a store manager for Sleepy's. Don't bore me with how little you know!
Broke a 99/100 in this year's first ATA event two weeks ago and another 99/100 in leagues last week with my SX-1. You're fooling yourself if you...
If you can't find a real nice hotel room for $125-$150/night you're not looking very hard. I sold mattresses for a living for a few years so don't...
I'd rather spend $800 for a week in a nice hotel surrounded by quality restaurants with plenty of beer choices than sleeping on a motor home...
The only reason there's a few places to stay in Sparta is because so few shooters make the trip without a motor home!
That question should have been asked years ago before the money shooters left the game and to the the motor home trinket shooting crowd!
Heck, PA ran 1,604 shooters through 48 traps in 2006 and still had time for another hundred. Cute pullers too and very polite. Sparta ain't nothin"!
In 1963 and before most of us shot Model 12's or similar with shells loaded with paper wads and soft shot. Target colors were either pale yellow or...
Phil's been having a terrible week at the Grand so maybe we should cut him a little slack. Smoking357 wants to chip in like the Martins and finance...
Nothing like stepping off the tarmac after a short flight and hearing those shotguns popping just across the field. That was Vandalia! Sparta can...
Well done Hap, see ya at Cardinal soon!
Just bet a nickel and the skeeters will all disappear!
Shuckin' Shack long gone!
Anyone notice how low the scoring is by some of the country's finest trapshooters at the Grand this year? What's going on when you can see some top...
Of course, it's a fun event!
The're all back at their motor homes getting on a private drunk. They also found out it was cheaper to bring along beer from home-gotta save money to...
First of all, a much wider angle target penalizes some clubs more than others. Take a club that faces South and throw a 3-holer and you'll soon be...
Our most popular local trap club always shot wider angles. I broke 74/75 last week and 73/75 the week before. In the big scheme of things if you...
I will provide some quotes from an ATA member-smoking357-who never registered a target. April 10, 2015 "I stopped shooting over two years ago....
This goofball, smoking357 is a troll that doesn't even shoot trap. Best to ignore this fool!
Sorry DOC, no one is capable of looking across a field and determining how far a target has traveled. Since I've set more that one Doubles trap I'd...
I doubt you saw 35 to 40 yd. Singles. Did you go out into the field with a tape measure to provide those numbers or did you simply look out on the...
Find a wife that shoots and problem solved!
And yes, move the Grand closer to a major population center with amenities where people will look forward to attending and meeting the target...
Sporting Clays ate our lunch while the casinos took away the gamblers. You're left with a few motor home based trinket shooters-has nothing to do...
smoking357 quit trapshooting over two years ago claiming the price of shells was too high for him to afford. He's a troll probably related to 221 on...
All this tremendous knowledge from the mind of a non-shooter. I'm so overwhelmed!
New rule. All clubs must have a wobble trap available for shootoffs. Damn the expense while we can't even afford some rubber mats or chalk lines for...
Word is the ATA is seeking to lease the grounds for two months /year and be responsible for maintenance. Unless the high labor costs can be...
Nothing but rumors so far!
Good news is Hodgdon Powder has resumed shipping some of our favorite shotshell powders. Just in is a few Clays International and Clays Universal. At...
If the Grand was anywhere BUT Sparta the attendance would likely exceed the ability of any other facility to manage it. Any of you people ever manage...
Age does that to your memory!
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