Strut10 Posted March 20, 2010 Report Share Posted March 20, 2010 Things are finally thawed out and warming up around here. Some of the trap leagues have already started. With my work hours, I only get to shoot a night here and a night there, although I love it when I get to. Who else shoots trap?? What's your gun?? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Diamond Archer 01 Posted March 20, 2010 Report Share Posted March 20, 2010 I have never shot trap before but I think I would like to try it some time. Would a remington 870 in 20 gauge do okay? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Strut10 Posted March 20, 2010 Author Report Share Posted March 20, 2010 Would a remington 870 in 20 gauge do okay? I'm far from an expert. But, from what I can see, it's more of a matter of who's behind the gun rather than what the gun is. I started with my Amantino 20 ga. SxS and can still average around 88-90/100 with it. Mt dad.....who rarely ever shoots trap, can run 25/25 with his Westernfield (Montgomery Ward's Mossberg) 12 ga. with a big old Poly-choke on the end. You'll do well and have lots of fun with your 870. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Muleyman Posted March 20, 2010 Report Share Posted March 20, 2010 I have never shot trap before but I think I would like to try it some time. Would a remington 870 in 20 gauge do okay? I dont shoot competition. I just shoot by our yard every now and then for practice. I have the same gun and it works just fine. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
colorado bob Posted March 20, 2010 Report Share Posted March 20, 2010 I shoot a BT-99. It's kind of tuff shooting doubles though---- CB Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Diamond Archer 01 Posted March 20, 2010 Report Share Posted March 20, 2010 Alright guys. Thanks for the information about it. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Goinghuntin Posted March 21, 2010 Report Share Posted March 21, 2010 I have never shot trap before but I think I would like to try it some time. Would a remington 870 in 20 gauge do okay? It worked for me Then I bought my own gun, a Mossberg 500. Can't wait to take that thing out and blast some targets :gun2: Nathan Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bowhuntMN Posted March 22, 2010 Report Share Posted March 22, 2010 I worked for 4 years at our local skeet and sporting clays club in Duluth. They had the two games listed above along with trap, 5 stand, and duck and pheasant hunts during the fall and early winter. I never shot a lot of trap, but it was always just as fun as any of the other games, and is a great one to shoot when you weren't hitting anything on the other courses lol As for the guy wondering if his 870 20ga will work for trap shooting? You bet it will! Those 870's are great guns that last forever and are cheap. I hope to buy one someday. I've seen guys shoot trap with 28ga over-and-unders and absolutely blast targets. Like the one guy said before, it's more the shooter behind the gun than the gun itself. I've had days where the regulars (who think so highly of themselves) would come in and ask me to shoot, and i'd go out there and smoke every one of those guys with my little Winchester 20ga pump :gun2: best feeling in the world Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bluelund79 Posted March 22, 2010 Report Share Posted March 22, 2010 I was pretty decent when I was a teenager shooting on a father and son team with my dad-averaged 21 with my 870 Express. Now I use my dads 870 Trap Edition. That is the one gun I use that will never, ever see the woods. Grandma bought it for my dad way before I was ever thought of... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
doubleA Posted March 22, 2010 Report Share Posted March 22, 2010 Yes, you can get by with field guns and some people do great with them. I beleive to be the best that you can be and to competitive you will be better off with a gun fitted to your build and to have a 60-40 to 70-30 shooting gun. Trap guns tend to have a high POI compared to the flatter shooting sporting and skeet guns, the reason being the targets are rising. I shoot dedicated Beretta trap targets guns, 391 Gold, 682 Gold E Combo and the new UGB25 Xcel. The 391 is my singles gun and uses a release trigger, it is one smooth, light recoiling gun. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bowhuntMN Posted March 23, 2010 Report Share Posted March 23, 2010 Yes, you can get by with field guns and some people do great with them. I beleive to be the best that you can be and to competitive you will be better off with a gun fitted to your build and to have a 60-40 to 70-30 shooting gun. Trap guns tend to have a high POI compared to the flatter shooting sporting and skeet guns, the reason being the targets are rising. I shoot dedicated Beretta trap targets guns, 391 Gold, 682 Gold E Combo and the new UGB25 Xcel. The 391 is my singles gun and uses a release trigger, it is one smooth, light recoiling gun. I own a 391 urika optima and love it. I've also shot 682's before and love the feel of them. They seem perfectly balanced and shoot great. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Shaun_300 Posted March 23, 2010 Report Share Posted March 23, 2010 Haven't got into it but I think I'm going to this year. I'll use my Browning BPS 28ga. I love shooting that gun and I'm a pretty darn good shot with it too. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
coles Posted March 23, 2010 Report Share Posted March 23, 2010 I shot trap league in my hometown a few summers ago. We had a big meet there with teams from about 5 or 6 different towns and i beat everyone. I think there was almost 100 people there. Shot a 99/100 using two different guns! During trap league, i shot my beretta extrema and a remington 870. Im going back to my hometown to work this summer so hopefully they still have the trap league going. Dad used to take my younger brother and i to the meat shoots one sunday every month. My brother was probably only 8 or 9 and i was 10 or 11 and we were literally beating 50 year old guys shooting guns worth thousands of dollars. We were only shooting little benelli montefeltro 20ga's Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
colorado bob Posted March 23, 2010 Report Share Posted March 23, 2010 Coles-----Just wait---your time is coming. The eyes go & try shooting out of bi-focals. CB Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dbHunterNY Posted March 24, 2010 Report Share Posted March 24, 2010 Last I shot was at a pre-superbowl party. Just casually shooting clay birds, but I was doing pretty well with my Supernova 12ga. Got a couple doubles when I tried for both and I think I may have been hitting them the best out of everyone there. I was pumped because I don't really shoot clays often; maybe twice a year. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Strut10 Posted March 24, 2010 Author Report Share Posted March 24, 2010 I shoot a BT-99. It's kind of tuff shooting doubles though---- CB What.........you don't shoot doubles with a live round between you pinkie & ring finger?? I thought everybody could shoot, crack a 99, drop the 2nd round in and finish the double. Must be the bi-focals. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
pointing_dogs_rule Posted March 24, 2010 Report Share Posted March 24, 2010 We have a fun trap club that shoots every Tuesday night in the summer. Nothing like improving your shooting skills by shooting hundreds of birds. As for the gun.... As stated above 1. get a gun that fits properly 2. It's all about the person behind the gun. I have outshot people with $5,000.00 guns and got my butt kicked by people with $200.00 guns. good luck to all the dog Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RangerClay Posted March 25, 2010 Report Share Posted March 25, 2010 I used to shoot in a trap league for several years. I always shot in a winter league for it gave me something to do. My shotgun was a Winchester 1897 Black Diamond Trap Gun. :cool2: I used to get some straaaange looks when I came to the line but I shot well. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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