Shot four rounds of trap today, rather poorly. Was about to roll up and leave when I inexplicably decided to not go home until Id tried my hand at skeet with the Browning.
There were two skeet fields in operation today. One was being heavily used by a party of four, all old buddies, and I didnt want to be the newb who messed up their afternoon by having to be told how to shoot every station, so I wandered over to the next pair of towers. There was one guy loitering there, waiting for the trap kid. He asked me if I was going to shoot.
Yes, skeet?
He nodded.
I got my ticket out and handed it to the trap kid as she arrived. She looked surprised.
Youre shooting this? She knows I'm green as grass, and had only ever pulled American trap for me.
Yes...?
This is Olympic skeet. At which point, the other shooter came over with his ticket, and I saw he was wearing a Team Canada vest and had what looked like a try-gun over his shoulder. Adjustable in every respect save bore diameter.
Id already accepted the invitation to shoot alongside. I shrugged. Thats okay.
I shot two rounds. It was hilarious.
The speed of the things! I felt like a flak gunner on his first day at work at Ploesti during the Low Raid. My stance and shouldering were all screwed-up, and I admit to having made a few shots without my face glued to the buttstock. Because reaction time. (Broke one very cleanly, that way. Total fluke.)
I didnt hit very many, and my second round was worse than my first, but the ones I did break broke well. My last shot of my last round, from station 8, has to be the best-centered shot Ive made with the gun since I started using it in August. It was like a giant puffball had exploded in my face. Nothing but dust.
There is no doubt in my mind that I can hit many more with this arcane farm implement, if I just get some basic coaching on how to hold the gun unshouldered, how to stand, and where to be looking at the pull. So glad I tried it. I had fun. Thank you to everyone who told me it was do-able. Ill be trying it again.
