When that clay bird turns into dust and there are no visible chips falling to the ground I can reasonably say to myself that it was not a single pellet break. When I see one tiny chip fall off of a clay I think to myself, "Good chance a single pellet hit that one". Problem is, all those that I pick up on the course that have three or four holes through them with no chips gone. That is a lost bird on the scoresheet, and the only thing I tell myself that will fix it for me is centering the bird in my pattern, in the hot core. Using more open chokes is not the answer ........... for me. YMMV

SRH

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