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Show How to Shoot Trap By Dr. O. Anderton Here are a few tips for the novice who has the desire in his heart and is just beginning to try out his skill on the trap. It is not for those experienced shooters of both the field and trap, for they have already established es-tablished their leads and break most of their targets. Before you start trap shooting visit the trap grounds and watch the team that is shooting. Watch closely the shooter who is breaking break-ing the most birds. Watch how he stands, his swing, the exact distance he is breaking his birds. In doing this you get the preliminary prelim-inary procedure of the game. . Choosing your gun: This is a very important step. It's got to feel comfortable in your hands, have the right weight, and good balance. And this is a must, you have to have the right stock length, the right drop at heel and comb. Here is a very important im-portant point the thickness of the stock at the comb has got to be comparatively thin so when the gun is thrown up to the cheek, which is must be and never nev-er the cheek to the stock. If it fits right your eye will readily fall in line with the rib on the gun barrel the first time. You haven't time to make the second adjustment. And your trigger pull is very important. You will shoot better with a gun that fits you the first time than with one that doesn't -after several practice shoots. I would recommend a modified choke. It can be used in the field to hunt with. Never aim. That is for rifle shooters. If your target is a vertical one and there is no wind your target tar-get is going away from you at the rate of 80 feet per second and Is climbing at the same time so you have two angles to deal with at the same time. You must get the bird before he starts ; down which is at about 31 yards from the shooting post. The av- J erage shooter breaks them about 20 to 25 yards. If there is a wind ; it changes the whole deal. If its -a wind from your back and going J with the target you must get i down and cover a little under the t?t tnr th winH i uonrpssine i your target. If it ii blowing in J your face it's raising the target, i Here is a difficult shot to make; J if its a hard wind you will have to get maybe one inch of the , rib on your gun barrel. J The oldest question asked in , trap shooting and field shooting is how far shall I lead? i The electric brain says that if i you lead your target one inch at , 35 yards you are shooting 12 inch- j es ahead of your target and two , inches out are 24 inches ahead of J your target at 35 yards. So if you have a 30 inch circle with a 12 J foot drag you have, with a little praetice, a good chance of break- J ing your target. i If you're short on your lead , everything is lost, and through i electric computers it has been i proven that over 50 of the tar- j gets are lost are under-led. The moral of tjils Is don't shoot i behind them, for the only score you get out of this is a goose J The difference is trap shooting J and field shooting. Shooting trap everything is constant. The bird or target is the same size, being 4-516 Inches In diameter. Its speed is 80 feet per i second and your shot speed is J 1200 ft. per second. At 40 yds. this i shot pattern is 30 Inches In dia- $ meter and there is enough shot i in that circle to break the tar- $ get. And another big advantage i you can take Is its the shot J string which is 12 feet at 40 yds. So if you over lead and your verticie lead is right there is a good chance some of the straying shot will get a piece of your tar- get and you get that little cross on the score card that says its a break. And by watching this close you can improve your lead until you powder your target and then you know you have the perfect per-fect lead. What a whale of a satisfaction. |