Trapshooting; points for novice and expert . t that point the gun will balanceacross your finger, it is balanced right for you. Itshould be clear that in this case the weight of thegun will be divided equally between your two handswhen aiming. If a gun is too heavy at the muzzle itis hard to swing it quickly enough and it has atendency to make you shoot low and behind. Agun that is too light at the muzzle has just the oppo-site effect on your shooting. CHOOSING THE POWDER The choice of the powder to use in trapshoot-ing is as important as the choice of a gun. Thequalities to be sought for are
Trapshooting; points for novice and expert . t that point the gun will balanceacross your finger, it is balanced right for you. Itshould be clear that in this case the weight of thegun will be divided equally between your two handswhen aiming. If a gun is too heavy at the muzzle itis hard to swing it quickly enough and it has atendency to make you shoot low and behind. Agun that is too light at the muzzle has just the oppo-site effect on your shooting. CHOOSING THE POWDER The choice of the powder to use in trapshoot-ing is as important as the choice of a gun. Thequalities to be sought for are uniformity of strengthand quickness, good velocities, even patterns andlight recoil. A powder that is variable will throwyou out on your leads and a powder that does notgive sufficient velocities will tell against you, par-ticularly when shooting in a wind. The value ofa light recoil will be easily appreciated. The powders which are recommended onaccount of the above qualifications are Infallibleand E. C. The former is a dense powder, which. means that to get a given result it takes less of itthan to get the same result with black powder or abulk smokeless powder like E. C. Both thesepowders are equally good for trap work, but forsome classes of shooting Infallible has the advan-tage because it is waterproof. The proper loads to use at the traps are 24grains of Infallible or three drams of E. C. smoke-less shotgun powders, with 1J^ ounces of No. 7^chilled shot. Any of the standard makes ofloaded shells are good, and the above loads can besecured in all of them. It is always well to specifythe kind of shell and the kind of powder when buy-ing ammunition. THE FINER POINTS are the fundamentals but are These are the fundamentals but theredeeper problems in trapshooting that have in manyinstances escaped even old devotees of the game.
Size: 1856px × 1346px
Photo credit: © The Reading Room / Alamy / Afripics
License: Licensed
Model Released: No
Keywords: ., bookcentury1900, bookdecade1910, booksubjecttrapsho, bookyear1914
