Nice day with the fowler and clay birds

[Darkgael]

It's been a long time coming.... for the first time since I started shooting the thing, I used my 20 ga. fowler for some informal trap shooting.
I have a foot operated trap, a few boxes of clays and there was no one up at North Mt. range.
No one but me.
The most effective load - I hit every bird that I shot at with it (only five in a row) - was 2.5 drams of FFg Goex, a 1/8th.inch nitro card, a 1/2" BPI hard card, one ounce of shot and one OS card.
I tried four or five other combos but I hit best with that one, breaking the birds at about 30 yards.
Great fun.
Pete

 

[Lorne Johnson]

That's pretty much what I use in 20 gauge. Works well for me too.

 

[ohio ramrod]

Yep breaking birds with a flint is lots of fun. :bow:

 

[missionary5155]

Good morning
And now switch to some #6 shot and go play with the crows. :thumbsup:

 

[Darkgael]

And now switch to some #6 shot

As it happens, I was shooting #6s.

Pete

 

[hardtimes]

Sounds like lots of fun. I can't wait until all of my supplies get here.

 

[DrLaw]

Very nice to hear a good story here, albeit, short, but nice. (Not that there are not other good stories - but being a public defender - I deal with cruddy stuff all day. This is like morning coffee. Thanks. :wink:

(Makes me want to try my restored .12 ga. percussion at this)

The Doc is out now. :thumbsup:

 

[Darkgael]

The whole story is actually quite a bit longer but involves (gasp!) modern firearms (shocked intake of breath) - a little .410 pump gun (broke them crisply, thank you.) and some Highpower Service rifle practice.
The Fowler, though, was real fun. I would shoot and have to step to the side to see if I'd hit the bird. The air was heavy - getting ready to rain; it was that front that made it's way into NYC and the news later that night with what could be the first Big Apple tornado in my lifetime (or any lifetime).
Now I'm wondering about that Navy Arms SXS and even the stubby 14 ga. blunderbuss.
Pete