Additional stuff
Since 3 gunners just looove to have lots of gear, here's a few useful things.
A full set of choke tubes, a range finder, a notebook.
The notebook is so obvious, it's overlooked. Some matches will let you see the stages the day before the match starts. Recording the kinds of targets, number of them, distances and locations is a good thing to know. The notebook is the place to keep track of them, not just in your head. It also will help in future practices.
The rangefinder, lets you know how far targets are, obviously. You can range your long distance rifle targets, and write it down in your notebook. It's not just for rifle, but, can be of value with shotgun plates too.
A full set of chokes, well, can give you a heck of an advantage. This past weekend at a match, that limited shot to 6's and smaller shot, had plates as far as 26 yards. This was a team match. Our shotgun shooter had the 6's which were loaded to target velocities 1200 fps, yes, he chrono'd them! He used his full choke on the run, and had no issues with the long targets, which a lot of teams did. On another stage, he used the Improved Cylinder for steel and clays that were tossed by popper activate flippers.
Since 3 gunners just looove to have lots of gear, here's a few useful things.
A full set of choke tubes, a range finder, a notebook.
The notebook is so obvious, it's overlooked. Some matches will let you see the stages the day before the match starts. Recording the kinds of targets, number of them, distances and locations is a good thing to know. The notebook is the place to keep track of them, not just in your head. It also will help in future practices.
The rangefinder, lets you know how far targets are, obviously. You can range your long distance rifle targets, and write it down in your notebook. It's not just for rifle, but, can be of value with shotgun plates too.
A full set of chokes, well, can give you a heck of an advantage. This past weekend at a match, that limited shot to 6's and smaller shot, had plates as far as 26 yards. This was a team match. Our shotgun shooter had the 6's which were loaded to target velocities 1200 fps, yes, he chrono'd them! He used his full choke on the run, and had no issues with the long targets, which a lot of teams did. On another stage, he used the Improved Cylinder for steel and clays that were tossed by popper activate flippers.