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| Trap Shooting |
- Purpose
- Trap shooting is designed to simulate the flushing game bird. The field lay out provides the shooter with twenty-five flushing targets creating an exciting challenge from five different shooting stations.
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- Age Factor
- Trapshooting is a shooting sport enjoyed by millions of people around the world. It involves shooting clay targets (referred to as "birds" or "pigeons") travelling at speeds of up to 90 mph with a 12-gauge shotgun. It is a very challenging sport that easy to learn, but very hard to master. Many of the top shooters in the world have been competing for 20, 30, 40 and even 50 years! That is one of the best aspects of the sport. Age really does not matter! I have seen 14 year olds beat the pants off of a hot shot 30 something shooter, and 10-20 of the top shooters in the United States are over 60 years of age.
- Trap Information
- American Trapshooting in the United States is governed by the Amateur Trapshooting Association (ATA). International Trapshooting is governed by USA Shooting in the U.S., and they follow rules set by the UIT - the International Shooting Union. International Trap is also called Olympic Trap because it is sport shot in the Olympics! Both sports offer different challenges to the shooter. The basic difference between the two games is that the International discipline offers a larger challenge to the shooter than does the American sport. But, the American sport is more readily available to the everyday shotgun shooter, so that game usually is talked about more often in the United States.
- Gun Selection
- The choice of gun to shoot with is very much just a personal preference of the shooter. The same goes for what kind of ammunition the shooter wants to use. I have seen very good shooters shoot a $500 gun with crappy reloads, and still do very, very well. Trapshooting is a fun sport that can be enjoyed by all!!
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