The definitive book on the churchill method of instinctive wingshooting for game and sporting clays by macdonald hastings and bryan bilinski jan 1, 1990 4. Heres how to break 10 different pairs at the range. After a brief history of the sport, the author gives an especially clear and helpful description of sporting clays. We are playing a game that we love and we have a desire to grow with the game. Claybusters submitted 2 years ago by therealseandidk so went shooting for the first time this past weekend with a couple of friends at a local gun range. Although, to my knowledge, few if any guns of this type have been built specifically for clays, as the late chris cradock explained to me, we used what we had. It is the companion book for the unit lead system dvd. Tips on quartering targets for sporting clays with pat. Finally, my husband found a beautiful vintage beretta 687 12 gauge similar to this one, which is perfect for me. A sixyear associate membership is available to depen.
Sporting clays is a form of clay pigeon shooting, often described as golf with a shotgun because a typical course includes from 10 to 15 different shooting stations laid out over natural terrain. A manual of clay shooting this book is in very good condition and will be shipped within 24 hours of ordering. The season finale of the professional sporting clays association tour. Sporting clays is the closest thing to actual field shooting of all shotgun sports.
Mastering sporting clays is a perfect guide for all levels of sporting clays shooters. Headquartered at the national shooting complex in san antonio, it is the worlds largest sporting clays organization, with members in all 50 states and 10 foreign countries. He delivers extraordinary instructional and hunting experiences to clay target competitors, recreational enthusiasts and discerning sportsmen. Trap shooting, sporting clays, fundraising, names, skeet shooting. Ralph stuart, shooting sportsman mastering sporting clays incorporates everything the clay shooter needs to know in order to progress. The early semiautomatic shotguns were operated on recoil and the browning a5 was the most successful. Your browser does not currently recognize any of the video formats available. You may register as a sponsor using the registration form linked above. The young adults compete in trap, sporting clays and skeet. Stephanie haga nssa administrative assistant 2106883371, ext. Quartering, incoming, outgoing, rabbits, crossers, springing teal, chandelle, battue, midi, and mini. Click here to visit our frequently asked questions about html5.
Trap, skeet and sporting clay application submission requirements all brochures describing any and all services. The internets best resource for shotgun information. The field has been narrowed and the top shooters on the tour complete in the champion of champions. While the monetary rewards for teaching kids how to shoot may be small, your heart will be overflowing when you see the huge smiles they will give you the first time they break a target. The sport dates back to england in the early 1900s when trap shooting used live pigeons. The crosshair in the video represents the shooters point of aim. The national skeet shooting association is the worlds largest organization dedicated to the sport of skeet shooting. With the introduction of clay targets, the sport began to take on the popular form we know today. The national sporting clays association is the governing body for the sport in the u. Shooterspages is your resource for accurate calendars of events for sporting clays, skeet, trap, fitasc, 5 stand.
I would highly recd his newest video to see his concepts in action. The orvis wingshooting handbook by bruce bowlin i personally own both the 1st and 2nd editions of this book. And in this book he shares the winning system he has taught to not only other instructors but also countless shooters of all skill levels. Sporting clays coaching clips by chris batha clay coach online. Rather than having clay birds thrown from standardized distances and angles as with skeet or trap, sporting clays courses are designed to simulate the hunting of ducks, pheasants, other upland birds, and even rabbits. Shotgun skeet, trap and sporting clays shooting video, books. I have read, studied and reread this book every year for the past 20 years. Sep 02, 2015 the shotkam advanced gun camera system is the best tool on the market for analyzing the way you or your clients shoot. Shotgun skeet, trap and sporting clays shooting video.
Reflections of a maine guide 9781882190911 and a columnist for the northwoods sporting journal. Sporting clays shooting tips for beginners video down. These series of videos will help parents and teachers to teach clay molding in simple ways to children. Jul 15, 2016 tips from the best clays shooters in the united states. Jan 02, 2014 headquartered at the national shooting complex in san antonio, it is the worlds largest sporting clays organization, with members in all 50 states and 10 foreign countries. Chris batha is considered one of the most qualified and most experienced shooting instructors in the world today, with over thirty years experience in wing and competitive clays shooting. Champions guide to sporting clays by john bidwell, robin scott isbn. You are not trying to set a speed record with your shooting but you also need to tend to your business and not lolly gag around. It has been over six years since i wrote the original kids and clays article which appeared in shotgun sports. Please practice handwashing and social distancing, and check out our resources for adapting to these times. Tom hanrahan lives in whitefield, maine, and is a past member of the maine all state sporting clays team. Sporting clays is typically shot in squads of two to six people and played over a course of 10 to 15 shooting stations laid around fields or around the natural. The author done really good on how to explain how to aim your gun at. The secret to shooting a curling target sporting clays tip.
Open champion, the pro makes dusting doubles look simpler than yelling pull and chalks up much of his success entering a station with a plan. Precision shotgun shooting articles and tips pete blakeley. For over twentyfive years sunrise productions has specialized in producing instructional skeet, trap, sporting clays and wingshooting videos and dvds. The sporting clays handbook is a superb introduction to this new and exciting gun game.
The sporting clays handbook by jerry meyer, paperback. This book has clearly been well maintained and looked after thus far. Successfully reading a sporting clays station gun digest. Shooting sporting clays brannon, mark, hanrahan, tom on. If this course is a 5 or 10 station course, then at 0800 hours, the first 25 shooters drawn will go in five person squads to 5 stations and shoot 50 rounds. The trigger is adjustable and the barrels are ported. Official page of the nsca, governing and sanctioning body of sporting clays.
The secret to shooting a curling target sporting clays. Sporting clays, skeet shooting, trapshooting, five stand, and other clay targets sports gun clubs directory for the us. The trophy table will be a full one again this year with the added bonus that was set at last years nationals. Headquartered at the national shooting complex in san. Fast forward 30 years and silver willow now employees up to 10 people during the summer season and has a new partner and store manager, their son josh day. My favorite sporting clays book is about golf shotgun life. Sporting clays is a form of clay pigeon shooting, often described as golf with a shotgun because a typical course includes from 10 to 15 different shooting. Instructional videos nsca national sporting clays association. So whether you are an advanced competitor looking to up your game or a beginner hoping to break your first target, mastering sporting clays is the book for you.
It doesnt matter if your favorite game is sporting clays, fivestand, skeet or trap, the winchester 101 sporting is wellsuited for all of them. Currie writes for all the major shotgun magazines and has launched two. National sporting clays association, san antonio, tx. And the common mistakes people make when they are not breaking clays. Unlike trap and skeet, which are games of repeatable target presentations, sporting clays simulates the situations of. National sporting clays association videos facebook. Tips from the best clays shooters in the united states. Pick up your targets quicker sporting clays tip june 17, 2015 gil ash of osp shooting school explains the concept of relative velocity as it applies to shotgunning and bird hunting. Shooting sporting clays mark brannon, tom hanrahan. It doesnt matter that fred shoemakers game is golf and ours is sporting clays. Congratulations on writing the definitive book on target leads and producing your dvds. This book is chock full of easy to understand information. Find and practice with a gun that you dont have to fight with to break clays. Apr 14, 2016 the secret to shooting a curling target sporting clays tip youtube stay safe and healthy.
Your writings confirmed many of my thoughts after years of skeet, international skeet, trap, bunker, fitasc and sporting clays. No, thats not a typo, the book is about golf and its my favorite sporting clays book. This usually took the form of a longbarrelled gun with a raised rib and plenty of choke, at least in the left barrel. Don currie is the chief instructor of the national sporting clays association and one of the most recognized and soughtafter coaches and gun fitters in north america. Mastering sporting clays and millions of other books are available for amazon kindle.
The nsca is americas official governing and sanctioning body for sporting clays and works to develop the sport at all levels. Chris batha is considered one of the most qualified and most experienced shooting instructors in the world today, with over thirty years experience in wing and competitive clays shooting worldwide and life long passion for fine guns. The book was read as informative because ive been pretty good at shooting clay targets but if wanted to go into compotion shooting and i wanted to learn more on how to be better. The liability waiverhold harmless agreement you require your guests to sign, if applicable. Made in america with military grade components, the shotkam provides a safe. Unlike trap and skeet, which are games of repeatable target presentations, sporting clays simulates the unpredictability of livequarry shooting, offering a. Sporting clays introduction sporting clays is a form of clay pigeon shooting, sometimes described as golf with a shotgun because a typical course includes from 10 to 16 different shooting stations laid out over natural terrain. When the gun was fired, the barrel and the bolt moved rearwards, a fraction further than the spent shell case to recock the hammer. It comes with five invector plus extended choke tubes to help you break birds at every conceivable angle and distance. Watchlist add videos to watch later your video library your purchases and rentals. The crosshair in the video represents the shooters pointofaim. The development of sporting clay guns clay shooting magazine. They are throwing from 85 fully automatic trap machines on two sporting clay courses 24 stations in total, one skeet field and one 5 stand duck pond.
Sporting clays are an outgrowth of trap and skeet, but geared to simulate in their courses the actual conditions of bird and rabbit hunting. Heres 15 different sporting clays stations filmed with shotkam camera that mounts to your barrel. The shotkam advanced gun camera system is the best tool on the market for analyzing the way you or your clients shoot. During that time thousands of shooters have improved their shooting by applying the techniques offered by the best instructors in all of the clay target sports. Rather than having clay birds thrown from standardized distances and angles as with skeet or trap, sporting clays courses are designed to simulate the hunting of. Clay shooting the 10 most common targets by shotkam. There are 120 videos about sportingclays on vimeo, the home for high quality videos and the people who love them. Whether you are an advanced competitor looking to up your game or a beginner hoping to break your first target, mastering sporting clays is the book for you. Sporting clays coaching clips by chris batha chris batha bio. Heres how to shoot sporting clays 10 different stations by. I picked up new ways to explain the stance in order to move properly.
The cover may have some limited signs of wear but the pages are clean, intact and the spine remains undamaged. Jul 12, 2014 brightcove 3670354898001 bill mcguire is a twotime sporting clay world champ. His video read the line, feel the lead is available in vhs or dvd is one of the top selling shooting videos in the us and his latest book, successful shotgunning published by stackpole books, september 2003 is considered by many to be the most complete and definitive guide to the science of successful shotgunning that has ever been written. Feb 09, 2011 tom hanrahan lives in whitefield, maine, and is a past member of the maine all state sporting clays team. Everyday low prices and free delivery on eligible orders. Shotkam is a waterproof, lightweight, and durable video camera that mounts to your barrel. Bill just returned from worlds in england, where he came in second out of about 800 shooters. Mastering sporting clays book by don currie youtube. I shot 20 gauge for several months before moving to a beretta 391, which is a great gun, but too high for me. Clay modelling for preschool children and kindergarten kids. Mike lang, the hts photo director, and i joined bill at the ancient oak gun club thursday, while heread more. We aim no pun intended to bring you videos from registered english sporting clays and fitasc competitions and major championships fr. Cory kruse has a solid handle on reading a sporting clays station, and the hardware to prove it. Jul 18, 2018 cory kruse has a solid handle on reading a sporting clays station, and the hardware to prove it.
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