clay shooting
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BossmanPJ
Ultimate Member
I just shot my first round of sporting clays on Monday. It was a lot of fun. Much harder than redneck trap that I always shoot with my buddies.
I say try them all and see what you like.
I say try them all and see what you like.
linkstate
Ultimate Member
If you plan to checkout Loch Raven, make sure to do the new shooter registration. It's pretty simple and only takes a few minutes. It will save you some time so you can get on to busting clays!
https://www.lochravenskeettrap.com/newshooterintro.php
engineerbrian
JMB fan club
We ended up shooting 3 rounds at Carroll gun club today. I shot my personal best 21/25 and my wife shot her personal best 17/25.
Nice place and not to far from home
AGC public trap
@JamesCanby, I went to the AGC public trap this past weekend in spite of the rain. There were a couple of other people there and we got some rounds in. Everyone was friendly and helpful. Thanks again for the suggestion. I'm looking forward to going back.
@JamesCanby, I went to the AGC public trap this past weekend in spite of the rain. There were a couple of other people there and we got some rounds in. Everyone was friendly and helpful. Thanks again for the suggestion. I'm looking forward to going back.
JamesCanby
Active Member
Glad you had a good time. Hope you come back soon for public trap and, while you're there take some time to explore all the other capabilities of the AGC Range Complex. Ask the on-duty RSO for a brochure and guidance on how to become a member of one of the clubs that would entitle you to obtain a Range Badge and use all of the ranges on the property.
Not that any of these are super close to you but...
Oxford Gun Club - trap, skeet, wobble, sporting clays and reasonably priced.
Pintail Point - pricey, haven't been there in a while but their SC course was nice.
M&M Hunting Preserve - it's just across the DE Memorial bridge but by far and away the best place to shooting anything clays that I've seen in the mid atlantic. I shoot tournaments there often and they have it ALL.
Shraders - shoot there from time to time, on the eastern shore
Hopkins - Same as above, they also host nice SC tourneys
I'm pretty hooked on sporting clays honestly, so I am CERTAIN there are other places with very nice trap/skeet facilities. I listed places above that have full SC courses
If you ever want to venture to Oxford just pm me. I live in Abingdon MD and on Sunday's I can get there in 30 minutes. I LOVE Loch Raven and belong there as well, but with back roads my travel time is about the same and they don't have a SC course. They do have OUTSTANDING 5 stand, skeet, and trap facilities though
Good luck OP and enjoy breaking clays
Ryan
Oxford Gun Club - trap, skeet, wobble, sporting clays and reasonably priced.
Pintail Point - pricey, haven't been there in a while but their SC course was nice.
M&M Hunting Preserve - it's just across the DE Memorial bridge but by far and away the best place to shooting anything clays that I've seen in the mid atlantic. I shoot tournaments there often and they have it ALL.
Shraders - shoot there from time to time, on the eastern shore
Hopkins - Same as above, they also host nice SC tourneys
I'm pretty hooked on sporting clays honestly, so I am CERTAIN there are other places with very nice trap/skeet facilities. I listed places above that have full SC courses
If you ever want to venture to Oxford just pm me. I live in Abingdon MD and on Sunday's I can get there in 30 minutes. I LOVE Loch Raven and belong there as well, but with back roads my travel time is about the same and they don't have a SC course. They do have OUTSTANDING 5 stand, skeet, and trap facilities though
Good luck OP and enjoy breaking clays
Ryan
Mack C-85
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Not that any of these are super close to you but...
Oxford Gun Club - trap, skeet, wobble, sporting clays and reasonably priced.
Pintail Point - pricey, haven't been there in a while but their SC course was nice.
M&M Hunting Preserve - it's just across the DE Memorial bridge but by far and away the best place to shooting anything clays that I've seen in the mid atlantic. I shoot tournaments there often and they have it ALL.
Shraders - shoot there from time to time, on the eastern shore
Hopkins - Same as above, they also host nice SC tourneys
I'm pretty hooked on sporting clays honestly, so I am CERTAIN there are other places with very nice trap/skeet facilities. I listed places above that have full SC courses
If you ever want to venture to Oxford just pm me. I live in Abingdon MD and on Sunday's I can get there in 30 minutes. I LOVE Loch Raven and belong there as well, but with back roads my travel time is about the same and they don't have a SC course. They do have OUTSTANDING 5 stand, skeet, and trap facilities though
Good luck OP and enjoy breaking clays
Ryan
I'll second Ryan's nomination for Oxford. While I haven't been there in a while, I've shot their Thursday evening Trap meat shoots (high score/first broken green bird each get a pack of meat) and their Ironman (25 Skeet, 25 Trap, 50 Sporting Clays for a 100 rnd. tournament).
Great place, great people, fun time.
Until his health declined, my dad and four or five of his buddies were Thursday night regulars at Oxford, and they are all from the Pasadena/Severna Park area.
Oxford is a great time. My friend Lloyd has been setting the targets for sporting the last few weeks and he's done a nice job. A nice mixture of beginner, intermediate and a few tough ones so all can enjoy.
- Feb 4, 2013
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If you ever want to venture to Oxford just pm me. I live in Abingdon MD and on Sunday's I can get there in 30 minutes. I LOVE Loch Raven and belong there as well, but with back roads my travel time is about the same and they don't have a SC course. They do have OUTSTANDING 5 stand, skeet, and trap facilities though
Good luck OP and enjoy breaking clays
Ryan
We should get together. Maybe a group shoot.
I am just up the road in the Churchville area.
I enjoy Trap and Skeet. And Wobble. But here’s the thing, I do them for fun, but I’ll also admit being disappointed when I miss one and especially when I have a bad round.
But sporting clays, hell I have a good time even if I end up only breaking 30% (I usually do better than 50% with sporting clays with my 12ga, I am a trap shooter by nature at the moment where I tend to break about 20 in an average round)
And I always find it amusing seeing trees with the bark stripped off them 20 feet from where the path the clays fly...
JMintzer
Hoarding Douche Waffle
They are constantly changing the trap machines on the sporting clay courses. What you see today, may have been completely different for the preceding few months, resulting in the trees being hit...
Makes sense. I figured it was the same reason most of the trap houses have a few thousand pellet holes in them.
Broncolou
Active Member
I shot Oxford last weekend. It was a great course. They mix things up pretty good......
