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weekend, “We endeavored to persevere” and, lo and behold, we did it. We each had an opportunity to critique one another and before long we were allowed to load and shoot clay targets.
For those of you who have never shot a shotgun or, heaven forbid, a rifle or bow at a clay target, let me explain. A clay target, also Called a clay pigeon, is a domed disc 4.25 inches in diameter and 1.1 inches in profile. It is composed of a clay-like substance bonded together with pitch. Flying from a trap (a device to drive shooters crazy) in Frisbee fashion, a clay target reaches a speed of approximately 80 mph, but seems much faster.
At a rising clay target, departing at 80 mph, a shooter must first mount his gun (bring it to the shoulder), calculate the angle of interception (guess where to point the gun), acquire a lead and pull the trigger.
Sounds easy, right? If my math is correct, you must do all this within .385 seconds to avoid shooting a hole in empty space as that sucker is gone.
However, with a lot of help from the 4-H staff, most of us managed to hit at least one of the elusive clay targets, and everyone seemed to have a lot of und.
Throughout the whole training session, SAFETY was and is the key ingredient. Organized shooting sports is still one of the safest of all sporting activities.
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