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I've been itching to take my Model 12 out since I had the screw-in chokes installed, and some morning rain cleared out enough for me to do that this morning.
I had the skeet choke in today, and from what I can tell it's quite a bit more forgiving than the fixed modified choke the gun came with.
I started with skeet, which to this day I can't figure out how I was ever good at this ( as a teen I wasn't bad ), because it is not easy. I started very slowly, with a 12 (out of 25). Then improved a lot the second time around with 17, then at the end of the day I got a 15.
After my first two skeet rounds I went for some wobble trap, which is like trap in the sense that the left/right direction is random, but also the elevation is randomly selected also. It's by far the easiest game (because the birds come out pretty slow), but it's a lot of fun. You're in a stand with five different positions, and you shoot a single and two doubles from each position. Some of my favorites are when you're up high in the stand and the bird comes out low, close to the ground.
Anyway, I started with an all time high of 22 (out of 25)! Then I did a second round, and got about two thirds of the way through it and thought, 'hey, I've only missed ONE!'
Well what do you think happened next? That's right: missed both of the next double. Just like golf, start thinking about the score and no good can come of it.
So a 21 is what I ended up with. Pretty good I think!
One other note, it was drizzly out, I don't know if that had anything to do with it. But guys at both the skeet and wobble trap fields were having a ton of problems with their semi-autos jamming or not cycling or whatever. A LOT of problems. My trusty 16 gauge M12 just never, ever fails to do what it's supposed to, and probably will never fal. Love that gun.
I had the skeet choke in today, and from what I can tell it's quite a bit more forgiving than the fixed modified choke the gun came with.
I started with skeet, which to this day I can't figure out how I was ever good at this ( as a teen I wasn't bad ), because it is not easy. I started very slowly, with a 12 (out of 25). Then improved a lot the second time around with 17, then at the end of the day I got a 15.
After my first two skeet rounds I went for some wobble trap, which is like trap in the sense that the left/right direction is random, but also the elevation is randomly selected also. It's by far the easiest game (because the birds come out pretty slow), but it's a lot of fun. You're in a stand with five different positions, and you shoot a single and two doubles from each position. Some of my favorites are when you're up high in the stand and the bird comes out low, close to the ground.
Anyway, I started with an all time high of 22 (out of 25)! Then I did a second round, and got about two thirds of the way through it and thought, 'hey, I've only missed ONE!'
Well what do you think happened next? That's right: missed both of the next double. Just like golf, start thinking about the score and no good can come of it.
So a 21 is what I ended up with. Pretty good I think!
One other note, it was drizzly out, I don't know if that had anything to do with it. But guys at both the skeet and wobble trap fields were having a ton of problems with their semi-autos jamming or not cycling or whatever. A LOT of problems. My trusty 16 gauge M12 just never, ever fails to do what it's supposed to, and probably will never fal. Love that gun.