Choose Your Sporting Clays Gun Wisely

There is a reason why sporting clays is sometimes described as playing golf with a shotgun. Like golfers who switch clubs for various shots, sporting clays competitors often switch chokes from station to station. This applies mostly to shotgunners who take our newest clay target game quite seriously. Casual shooters like myself frequent sporting clays facilities because it's a great way to keep the eye sharp between hunting seasons. For this reason I seldom switch from one choke to another when changing stations.

A soft rubber insert in the comb of the stock soaks up recoil before it reaches the shooter's cheek. The insert comes in three heights--standard, medium, and high--and is easily removed and installed.

When shooting an over-under or side-by-side double, I most often use Skeet or Improved Cylinder in one barrel and Modified in the other. When shooting a pump or autoloader I usually split the difference with Light Modified, same as I usually do when hunting. Some of the stations in the game of skeet are excellent practice for the pass-shooting of doves, and shooting trap is a good way to stay tuned for going-away shots at pheasants on the rise, but only sporting clays throws in many other shots as well.

The names of the shooting stations say it all: Springing Teal, Streaking Chukar, Flushing Quail, Rabbit Attack, Diving Doves, Going Away Ringnecks, Sneaky Snipe, and Runaway Rail. Sporting clays will never replace hunting, but it is the next best thing when hunting is not available. There are other good things about sporting clays as well.

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