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Preserve the Shooting Sports by Mentoring a New Shooter
There is nothing more rewarding than introducing existing shooters to new guns and new shooters to existing guns. Put together…Read More >
There is nothing more rewarding than introducing existing shooters to new guns and new shooters to existing guns. Put together…Read More >
My first serious shotgun was a Winchester Model 12 in 16-gauge with a full choke barrel. I know this because…Read More >
Aimpoint announced the release of the new Aimpoint Micro S-1 sight at SHOW Show 2017. Designed specifically for use on shotguns with a ventilated rib, the Micro S-1 greatly enhances hit percentage for waterfowl and upland bird hunters, on the sporting clays course, and provides a compact, low-profile optic for turkey and deer shotgun hunters.
Sporting clays is quite possibly the ultimate shotgun sport, but also a discipline that a complete beginner can participate in and enjoy as much as the seasoned veteran. Although you can never master sporting clays, it is the pursuit and variation that come from one target to the next or one course to the next that keeps shotgunners hungry for more rounds that is never quite satiated.
Winchester’s Super X3 shotguns raised the bar for sporting shotguns with its mere introduction. Now, with the addition Super X3 Ultimate Sporting Adjustable and Super X3 Composite Sporting Carbon Fiber models, Winchester is looking to completely dominate the the clays market.
Don’t let images from Garden & Gun magazine or the Beretta Gallery scare you off to learning skeet and trap shooting. It’s not just for those with an unlimited budget. There are plenty of quality clay-busting shotguns that are also well within budget. Check out this list of seven of our favorite affordable competition shotguns.
In this National Shooting Sports Foundation (NSSF) video, Gil Ash of OSP Shooting School explains how to “slow down” clay targets and birds by understanding the concept of relative velocity.