In case you hadn't noticed...sporting clays and 5 stand have really taken off in the shotgun shooting community. I'm still a trap shooter first and foremost, however I really like the other games to help keep my gun handling skills sharp. 5 Stand, in particular, is not only a lot of fun and can have some very serious targets but it takes about the same amount of time as a round of trap. For me this means I can sneak out of the office for a couple hours and shoot and be back for the afternoon calls etc...
I put one of our new EZPull 5 Stand controllers at my local club. WOW, what a cool thing! We can have true report pairs, following pairs and true pairs just like real sporting clays. The built in programmable time delays make for some real interesting (...difficult to hit...) pairs! The controller is totally wireless and the traps can be either hard wired or wireless in any combination. We can also tie in the Target Manager RFID card payment system to it so your club has a good handle on how many targets are being thrown!
The system will control up to 8 traps and has 3 modifiable programs for a 6 trap layout and 3 more for an 8 trap layout. In the manual mode you can throw any target or combination of targets by simpley pressing the numbered buttons. A flush can be thrown by pressing random buttons until the appropriate number of targets has been released. Great fun!!
Clubs looking for extra revenue that don't have a 5 Stand are missing the boat on this one. Give us a call and we'll be happy to help you set one up at your club.
We are getting ready for the Missouri Fall Handicap and will have he new Zoli Trap Combo guns there along with some demos. Looks like we'll have some great weather again in the long term forcast and I'm looking forward to seeing all our friends there and cooking up 800 or so hot dogs on Thursday evening! Come an join us for the fun and the shooting.
Last but not least I want to thank all of you for a great Grand American. Our business was good and it was so great to see all our friends and customers who come and visit. I actually shot a few good scores (not good enough...but good.) this year. Lynn Gipson has done a great job as new Executive Director of the ATA and he and his crew did a great job organizing the new computer system.
That's all for now, shoot well and enjoy!
Bob