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Brief
summary of clay shooting...
Many
years ago shooting live pigeons
released from boxes, or 'traps' was a fashionable competitive sport,
often involving large sums of money.
Then, at the beginning of the last
century glass balls were substituted for live birds and these in turn
were superseded by 'clay pigeons' - saucer shaped discs of baked
ceramic material (often re-cycled mineral waste.)
Today clay pigeon shooting is a popular sport that covers all social
classes, many women are enthusiastic competitors and it is one of the
few sports in which the disabled can compete on level terms with
able-bodied people. Most shooting is done through clubs
with their own shooting grounds where there will be a series of traps -
or launchers - which catapult the clays into the air to simulate a
variety of wild quarry.
A number of different disciplines has evolved, such as 'down-the-line,'
'sporting' and 'Olympic skeet' which offer different kinds of
challenge. Many people begin their shotgun shooting by learning on clay
pigeons and it is the ideal way to gain experience without committing
yourself to a large outlay. Shooting grounds will invariably have guns
which the novice can borrow while making up their mind about taking up
the sport in earnest.
Clay pigeon shooting can be a particularly attractive for those who
live in towns or are limited in the amount of time that they can give
to their sport. It can also be relatively inexpensive, compared with
paying for a day's live quarry shooting.
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