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Struggling with those long crossers on Station 8 at my local course

At my club, Station 8 has a true pair where the first target is a long left-to-right crosser at about 45 yards, followed by a closer rabbit. I'm consistently missing the first bird with my Beretta ...

Sporting Clays Technique | asked 2 months ago by Mike from Texas
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Just started sporting clays and keep missing rabbits - any tips?

I'm brand new to sporting clays and really struggling with the rabbit targets at my local course. I'm using a Beretta A300 with a modified choke and 1-1/8 oz #8 shot. At station 3, the rabbit comes...

Sporting Clays Technique | asked 2 months ago by JustStartedShooting
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Struggling with true pairs on station 7 - rabbit then high crosser

At my local club, station 7 has a true pair with a rabbit that rolls about 25 yards, then a high crosser from the right tower about 40 yards out. I keep missing the second bird. I'm shooting a Brow...

Sporting Clays Technique | asked 2 months ago by Trap Shooter Tom
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Struggling with true pairs on Station 7 at my local course - any tips?

Been shooting sporting clays for about 2 years now and consistently get wrecked on Station 7 at my club. It's a true pair with a crossing rabbit and a high overhead going away. I'm shooting a Beret...

Sporting Clays Technique | asked 2 months ago by Coach Jim
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Struggling with true pairs on station 7 - any tips for the second shot?

Been shooting sporting clays for about 2 years now, mostly at my local club. Station 7 has me stumped - it's a true pair with a crossing rabbit followed by a high teal. I'm hitting the rabbit consi...

Sporting Clays Technique | asked 2 months ago by Learning Larry
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Just started sporting clays and rabbits are destroying me - help!

I'm brand new to sporting clays and keep missing rabbits badly at my local course. I'm shooting a Beretta A300 Outlander with a modified choke, using Federal Top Gun 7.5 shot at 1200 fps. At statio...

Sporting Clays Technique | asked 3 months ago by Sarah M.
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Struggling with consistency on long crossers at my local sporting clays course

I've been shooting sporting clays for about 3 years now and usually do okay, but there's this one station at my club that's killing me. It's a true pair with a long left-to-right crosser at about 4...

Sporting Clays Technique | asked 3 months ago by NewShooter2024
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Just started sporting clays and rabbits are killing me

I'm really struggling with rabbit targets at my local course. They seem to roll so fast and I'm always behind them. I'm shooting a Beretta A300 Outlander with a modified choke, using Federal Top Gu...

Sporting Clays Technique | asked 3 months ago by Trap Shooter Tom
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Struggling with true pairs on station 8 at my local course - any tips?

My club's station 8 has a true pair with a crossing rabbit and a high overhead teal. I'm using a Beretta 686 with IC choke and 1-1/8oz #8 loads at 1200fps. I keep hitting the rabbit clean but missi...

Sporting Clays Sporting Clays | asked 3 months ago by NewShooter2024
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Just started sporting clays and rabbits are destroying me

I'm a total newbie, just shot my first round last weekend. I can hit most of the crossing targets okay, but those rabbit presentations at Station 3 just roll right under my pattern every time. I'm ...

Sporting Clays Technique | asked 3 months ago by Dave the Reloader
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