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How to run a National Sporting Clays Championship:...

11/29/2018

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How to run a National Championship:...

To digress from the saga of the Fabarm combo, I thought you might like some impressions from the Sporting Clays Nationals in San Antonio.

David, our IT Manager and I went to San Antonio to  attend the NSCA Nationals.  Talk about an impressive shoot! Over 2300 registrants during the week long event, shooting Sporting Clays, FITASC, 5 Stand, Sub-gauge events and special gun events!  Non stop action from 7:30 am. until 6:00pm. every day! 

The targets on the course were set to National Championship standards, which meant you have to bring your best "A" game if you expect to win a trophy or place in one of the many events. There were lots of shots 40 yards and further and the FITASC course was very humbling to say the least! We went down to watch the Master Class 5 Stand for a while...holy cow!! Fast tricky targets and long crossers...the shooters seemed to have little difficulty breaking those tough targets.

The Top Gun Shoot off was awesome!  Under the lights the best shooters in the world were breaking targets and pairs of targets that mere mortals would not hit even by accident.  Speed was not the real issue...they used midi targets thrown slowly and at about 35 yards to fool the shooters. The tough ones were falling targets at about 35-40 yards..in pairs!  Lots of "lost-dead" and "lost pair" calls there.

Our EZPull and TARGET MANAGER systems were received well by the club managers and owners who were looking for ways to control costs. Shooter convenience is the best reason for this technology but it also provides a serious measure of target inventory control for Sporting Clays, 5 Stand, Trap and Skeet.

Overall we had a great trip to San Antonio. If you are a Sporting Clays Shooter, I highly recommend you make the trip at least once.  Nice town, plenty of hotel rooms, lots of good restaurants and the shooting is terrific!

We'll get back to the Fabarm Axis Trap gun saga in the next issue... until then, shoot well and often!

Bob