Long long ago in a land far far away I used to amuse various bird species with my imitation of a hunter. Mostly it was freeze my ass off sitting in a blind about two hours before the sun woke up or wandering through the woods entertaining squirrels and various birds. Sometimes it was on a friends farm annoying doves or turkeys or quail or such but I never seemed to annoy them too greatly
Anyway, about two years ago I joined the local Trap and Skeet club but the Covid and I never even got a single chance to use any of the facilities. I still have my old guns, a Remington 48 Sportsman with a polychoke and a Winchester Model 12. Both were hand-me-downs, the Remington made in the first year for that version, December 1949 and the Winchester from 1925. They are in good shape but haven't been fired now in over 40 years. I also have a newer Winchester but it just plain feels wrong. Maybe if I get using it I'll tend to appreciate it.
All three shotguns are 20 gauge which was the norm for birds at the time. My father in law used a Browning Sweet 16 but I seem to remember more 20 gauge users than anything else.
I've never shot trap or skeet and as I said I haven't shot any shotguns in over 40 years so I feel about as novice level as imaginable.
Thus the adventure begins. I picked up a few boxes of bird shot back before prices went crazy so I should be able to at least get started.
So any of you good folk got any advice for an old, somewhat decrepit trap and skeet novice?
wanting to get back into shotguns
1To be vintage it must be older than me!
The next gun I buy will be the next to last gun I ever buy. PROMISE!
jim
The next gun I buy will be the next to last gun I ever buy. PROMISE!
jim