5 Stand

[Elkeater]

@PHOENIX PHIL and @Foxfyre were great guys to spend a morning breaking (or not) clays with. I brought my new to me little Ugartechea 28ga SxS. Shooting 9s with a 3/4oz load kept me at least breaking a few. The little sub gauge sure was fun to play with. I had never shot 5 stand before and have to say it was humbling and fun! Think my best score was 16 out of 25 though. I was choked IC on the first barrel and MOD on the second barrel. With the little guy I think a mod and Improved mod might have been a little better for those longer shots.

 

[Foxfyre]

Both of you are too kind!

I will say that the 5-stand they did isn't so bad a test for hunting gambels out here in AZ @Ontario Hunter. Great for training those fast crosses. Mayhaps a bit too many going high and not not enough palo verde for them to fly behind .

 

[thriller]

Tell them to throw true or report pairs freestyle. You don’t know which ones are coming when you say pull it’s great practice for bird shooting

 

[Foxfyre]

Tell them to throw true or report pairs freestyle. You don’t know which ones are coming when you say pull it’s great practice for bird shooting

Maybe good practice for that one breaking ten feet directly behind me after I walked right past em. Happens way to often!

I had my 20ga with Full and Imp-Mod; definitely let me reach farther than the ithaca 280 in Mod & Mod.

 

[Ontario Hunter]

Tell them to throw true or report pairs freestyle. You don’t know which ones are coming when you say pull it’s great practice for bird shooting

Shoot international rules skeet. Gun must stay low gun (touching the hip) until clay leaves the house. The target can be delayed leaving the house up to three seconds after pull called. If gun leaves the hip before clay leaves the house, it's a lost target. THAT is excellent practice for uplands. I usually do shoot #8 high gun but how many times does a flushed bird fly right at me? Station seven I'll sometimes shoot with shotgun crooked under my arm when clay is pulled ... and almost never miss.

If nobody is watching, sometimes I shoot #8 low gun facing the opposite tower. Picking off clays coming over my shoulder is better practice for field conditions than incoming.