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Support Equipment For PCP/HPA/CO2 and springers ,rams => Optics, Range estimation & related subjects => Topic started by: Horatio on June 26, 2022, 01:30:33 AM
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Anyone use some kind of repeating air rifle and moving target to work on this skill?
I don’t own a shotgun and nobody’s ever taken me clay shooting.
Thank you
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I have seen on Youtube where they taped 2 clay pigeons together so they were more stable to roll on the ground, they had a ramp to release the target and it would roll across the ground for a good distance before it ran out of steam or was shot. Have not tried it yet but plan to.
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Just a couple weekends ago while out in the Nevada Back country ( At the Nevada FT State Championship & GP ) we had 2" long x @ 5/8" round MORMON CRICKETS all around us all weekend by the Zillions !!!
Constantly moving unless eating a fallen comrade or lemon rind as shown below, shot up an entire 500 count tin of .177's doing just that ... Moving target practice and IT WAS FUN !!
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I don’t own a shotgun and nobody’s ever taken me clay shooting.
Tragic... simply tragic... so sorry for you.
The game of Skeet helped my keep my sanity (somewhat) for decades.
Get a cheep hand thrower and a box of clays and you can "roll" it instead of flying it if you want... but it takes two or more people.
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I'm a poor wingshot, and almost never hit a moving target with a rifle. However, one night I was hog hunting and using a mono-pod shooting stick. Hit it 5 for 5 on the run. The shooting stick allowed me to track smoothly without the up/down motion of trying to free hand.
I like Back Roads suggestions of an elevated ramp and shooting clays. Sounds like fun with the AEA HP Carbine! ;D
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In Germany they shoot (well, they used to) shoot a game called Moving Target.
They used low powered 10M type rifles with special sights or low powered scopes.
The target (a deer, later a pig) would move slowly across your field of view.
You would aim at the nose of the animal and hopefully strike the target somewhere in the bullseye area.
The targets: