Clay pigeon shooting
Adventure 001 Clay Pigeon Shooting Adventures are the opportunity to experience a variety of shooting based activities.
- Clay pigeon shooting
Adventure 001 Clay Target Shooting Packages are fully inclusive of all equipment hire, expert instruction and public liability insurance.
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Whether you're a regular clay pigeon shooting fan, or looking to entertain some guests we have something to suit everyone.
Our weekly clay pigeon shooting events take place regularly.
English Sporting is the most popular form of clay pigeon shooting today. The targets are all different, changed for every shoot day and are designed to provide a challenging yet fun day.
In English Sporting almost anything goes! Targets are thrown in a great variety of trajectories, angles, speeds, elevations and distances. The discipline was originally devised to simulate live quarry shooting, hence some of the names commonly used on Sporting stands: Springing Teal, Driven Pheasant, Bolting Rabbit, Crossing Pigeon, Dropping Duck, etc.
Layouts tend to have between 5 and 10 stands (shooting points) and it is normal to shoot 50 targets. Differing variations allow more targets and stands to be used and in a large competition there may be as many as 12 different stands and 100 targets.
There is no set order in which stands are shot, however 'squadding' is sometimes utilised at some grounds with fixed shooting times and a pre-determined order of stands. This is used mainly for large competitions. The shooter can call for the target with the gun 'pre-mounted' or out of their shoulder.
Scoring is simply a matter of how many targets have been broken and each shooter has the responsibility of carrying and completing their own scorecard. At a serious competitive shoot the score card is presented to a referee/scorer before the shooter takes to a stand.
Sporting is usually shot with a 'sporter' shotgun which would generally have a barrel length of between 28 and 32 inches. A good gunsmith would advise on gunfit. Ultimately gun selection is a very personal choice, budgetry constraints being a major factor!
Most shooters buy one brand and size of cartridge in order to aid consistent scores, some will carry a selection of cartridges with differing shot sizes (size 7.5 to 8 for mid-long distant targets and size 9 shot cartridges for the close targets. Wad types are another matter of personal preference although shooting grounds may insist on the use of a fibre wad which biodegrades rather than a plastic wad which look a mess and are there forever! Our shoot only permits the use of fibre wad cartridges. The heaviest load allowed is 28gr.
It is helpful, whether you are a new shooter or an 'old hand' to watch other competitors shooting before you. This allows you to see the flight of the targets and order of simultaneous pairs to make a mental image for when you take the stand. By the nature of English Sporting the targets vary somewhat if the weather conditions fluctuate.
A complete novice shooter should score around 20 out of 50, with practice an average ability shooter could achieve a consistant scor in the mid 30's and a top shooter should only miss one or two from a 50 bird round.