Strategies for Chandelles Chandelles are giving me trouble. I think I'm shooting over and end up chasing them. Can you give me advice on shooting chandelles? If you are having trouble breaking chandelle targets, or arcing targets, it is likely because of the unique characteristics of the chandelle that differentiate it from other target presentations: 1) it is showing either all belly or all face, which tricks the brain into believing that it is moving slower than it really is 2) it is arcing and thus changing trajectory throughout its flight path, and 3) it is in … [Read more...]
NC Regional, National FITASC at Northbrook
Northbrook Sports Club in Hainesville, Illinois, is ready for hundreds of sporting clays and FITASC shooters to arrive for two of the year's biggest events, the North Central Regional Sporting Clays and National FITASC Championships, on August 15-21. The North Central Regional is the fifth of seven events in the 2016 NSCA Championship Tour, and both events are selection shoots for the USA Sporting Clays and FITASC teams. Northbrook promises abundant targets -- set by Greater Houston Gun Club's Adam Blair, Fossil Pointe's David Niederer, and the Northbrook staff -- including: 50-target … [Read more...]
The Challenges and Opportunities of Member Communications
You probably can't name a sport with memberships more diverse than skeet and sporting clays. Because they can be pursued successfully and with enjoyment by people of virtually any age or gender, we have the good fortune of memberships from young to old, male and female, novice to world championship levels. Members span wide-ranging income levels, vocations, and locations. Some participate in sporting clays or skeet exclusively, while others shoot both sports through dual memberships or the Crossfire program. Our members span all levels of technological expertise. Our diversity presents us not … [Read more...]
Ask the Instructor: New Gun, Low Scores
New Gun, Low Scores I recently bought a sporting clays gun with 32-inch barrels, and now my scores have fallen sharply. I started out with 28-inch barrels, then moved up to 30-inch, and now with the longer barrels, I can’t seem to catch up to the target. My previous two guns were Beretta 682, and this one is a 692. I’m 6’5? and 250 pounds, so the gun does not seem too big to me. I was pretty happy with the shorter barrels but succumbed to advertising, I suppose. A big part of this is seeing the top shooters in the country with the longer barrels and trying to duplicate what they are … [Read more...]
Radulovich Prevails at Muddy U.S. Open
Rain and mud may have been the most discussed topics at the U.S. Open Sporting Clays Championship at Caney Creek Shooting Sports, but David Radulovich would disagree that almost a foot of rain was the most exciting thing that happened in Teague, Texas last week. After getting his first U.S. Open win as a Junior in 2009, Radulovich won the U.S. Open championship with a strong 197, punctuating his main event win with top spots in FITASC and 5-Stand as well. Derrick Mein finished three targets back to take the runner-up spot, breaking the three-way tie with third-place Dan Carlisle and Doug … [Read more...]
