Hello gentlemen.
I know a lot of you use to practice sporting clays and I wish your opinions about the subjet I will expose:
Today I was invited to participate in seting a sporting clays course for a tournament next saturday. We set 5 different stations (2 machines in each one). One person that also participate insist in launch the clays far beyond what I think is apropiate for a shotgun range.
They argue that in the courses in USA the actual presentation is for very far clays. I meassure with a lasser rangfinder and the nearest clay was 41 meters (45 yards) and the farthest was a silly 57 meters (62 yards) all in more or less crossing trayectories.
My question is, do you really normally are launching clays at those long distances?
I sugested more normal "shotgun ranges" of 30-35 meters (33-38 yards, but he do not wants to change distances, insisting that in USA is the way to do in tournaments.
Your point of view and advise regard the subjet will be apreciated.
Best,
