Volunteering At Your Club The NSSA-NSCA Target Talk dated January 22, 2018, had my hint, 'Getting Involved With Your Club'. While it's common for me to get some comments regarding the various hints, this one drew several from multiple different clubs. As soon as Target Talk hit the street, I started getting 'emails of appreciation' from people who are trying to run their particular clubs with whatever help they can get. The common statement is, "it's the same five or 10 people who volunteer for every task." Most clubs have upgrades planned or in the works that you might be able to … [Read more...]
Ask the Instructor: Colored Targets
Colored Targets Many shooters have trouble picking up certain colored targets against certain backgrounds. Target setters can virtually eliminate this issue by using different target colors. Why is so little attention given to the problem of target visibility and its effect on sporting clays shooters? While target setters need to understand how to use target colors to maximize visibility, we can’t always blame the target setter. To your point, when targets are set in such a way that a round of clays feels like more of an eye test than a shooting test, it’s time to provide … [Read more...]
Ask the Instructor: Saving Face
Saving Face Friends of mine, all novice shots, have invited me to shoot sporting clays for the first time. The last time I had a firearm in my hands was when I was in the army in 1959. I don’t want to look like an idiot. In 30 seconds or less, how do I keep my buddies from beating me? That’s easy: Focus – Movement – Faith. Most shooters come to the sport assuming that shotgunning is identical to rifle shooting. They assume that our job, as shooters, is to visually and consciously line up the sights of the gun with the target and when everything looks aligned, execute the … [Read more...]
Hartmann’s Hint #24: Unload Your Guns
Unload Your Guns Many years ago. a group of my friends and I went Rabbit hunting near the South Central California towns of Taft and Maricopa at the southern end of the San Joaquin Valley where there are some Texas-sized Jack Rabbits. There were six or seven of us that frequently hunted together, and another four guys we knew joined us a little later in the morning. We had never hunted with this new group before, and they seemed to be less experienced than our group. The area we were hunting in had rolling hills that slowly rose in elevation, and we walked two or three hours going up one … [Read more...]
Long-Time Clays Shooter Sid Edwards Passes
Sidney Eugene “Sid” Edwards passed away Sunday, March 25, 2018 in Boerne, Texas. Sid honored his country serving in the U.S. Air Force for 30 years before retiring. He spent time in Korea and then to the Keesler Air Force Base in Biloxi, Miss., where he retired as CMSGT. He will be remembered for his love for his family, as well as his passion for competitive shooting. He shot over 170,000 registered NSSA and NSCA targets in his shooting career. Sid had a gift for storytelling and putting smiles on the faces of those he met. Sid leaves behind his wife, Edwina, of 65 years; four children, … [Read more...]
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