Interested in trying sporting clays

[Second Amendment]

I have always wanted to, but never taken the plunge. I'm just getting tired of putting holes in paper.

Do such facilities rent shotguns or do I need to purchase one first? The only shotguns I've ever fired are riot guns. I wouldn't have a clue what to buy.

Also, are there any places to do this in Baltimore County?

Any advice would be appreciated.

 

[chevydave]

http://www.pgparks.com/Things_To_Do/Sports/Trap_and_Skeet.htm

I know its not Baltimore county but this is my normal stop for sporting clays

 

[JMintzer]

PG Trap & Skeet rents very nice Beretta Over/Unders and Semi-Autos for $10/day...


Jamie

 

[haoleboy]

BTW, has Pintail Point closed its doors yet?
Nevermind....

2012 SPORTING CLAYS- OPEN FOR BUSINESS

Range Hours: Monday & Tuesday - Reserved for Corporate; Wednesday - Saturday 9 am - 3:30 pm; Sunday 9am - 1 pm

Yes we were sold to new ownership but we are open and operating business as usual.

 

[paulstitz]

Baltimore County:

http://www.lochravenskeettrap.com/

 

[Second Amendment]

Baltimore County:

http://www.lochravenskeettrap.com/

Cool. Do you go there, or were you just naming a location close to me.

It's only 12 miles away from me.

 

[mckraut]

Cool. Do you go there, or were you just naming a location close to me.

It's only 12 miles away from me.

I've been here before and it's a pretty nice place. Not usually crowded.

 

[paulstitz]

Cool. Do you go there, or were you just naming a location close to me.

It's only 12 miles away from me.

I haven't been in a while but I really should. It's about only like 6 miles from home and I picked up a Mossberg 500 awhile ago.......................

 

[STeveZ]

Maybe you can hook up with one of the forum regulars that shoots at Loch Raven and shoot a couple rounds of skeet with them. This will allow you to acclimate yourself to the range and its procedures in a structured and predictable format. After that walk down the line and watch a round of 5-stand before giving it a whirl.

 

[JMintzer]

BTW, has Pintail Point closed its doors yet?
Nevermind....

2012 SPORTING CLAYS- OPEN FOR BUSINESS

Range Hours: Monday & Tuesday - Reserved for Corporate; Wednesday - Saturday 9 am - 3:30 pm; Sunday 9am - 1 pm

Yes we were sold to new ownership but we are open and operating business as usual.

Still open. It was the golf course that went bankrupt. But Pintail is still having financial problems...

 

[blackthorne]

2A,

I would be happy to meet you at the PG facility and show you the ropes. No need to rent a gun, as you can borrow one from me. I'm off Labor Day week and weather permitting could probably shoot on the 5th or 6th.

If you are new to clay targets, I would recommend Skeet or Trap first as a prelude to Sporting Clays, but it's fine with me either way. Sporting is a lot more fun and more of a challenge.

 

[Second Amendment]

2A,

I would be happy to meet you at the PG facility and show you the ropes. No need to rent a gun, as you can borrow one from me. I'm off Labor Day week and weather permitting could probably shoot on the 5th or 6th.

If you are new to clay targets, I would recommend Skeet or Trap first as a prelude to Sporting Clays, but it's fine with me either way. Sporting is a lot more fun and more of a challenge.

Thanks for the offer, I might take you up on that. I'll have to see first what is "planned" for me, if you know what I mean.

 

[blackthorne]

Still open. It was the golf course that went bankrupt. But Pintail is still having financial problems...

Pintail Point is alive and well and now has no financial burden. Pintail Point was sold and the new owner reportedly has deep pockets and is/will be operating it as the great facility it has been known for.

The Golf Course was sold at auction to the Chinese Embasy for about ten cents on the dollar. I think the farm and yatch businesses are still for sale, but I'm not really sure about that outside of rumors. The former owner's money came from the numerous auto dealerships he owned until Obamanomics forced the closure of several of them and the cash flow was cut off.

 

[circleshooter]

I have always wanted to, but never taken the plunge. I'm just getting tired of putting holes in paper.

Do such facilities rent shotguns or do I need to purchase one first? The only shotguns I've ever fired are riot guns. I wouldn't have a clue what to buy.

Also, are there any places to do this in Baltimore County?

Any advice would be appreciated.

As I said in the pm, Loch Raven does rent Beretta and Benellli semi-auto shotguns for $10 a day.

Most new shooters generally start with trap first. I don't know exactly why other than the shots are all going away from you and don't have the leads required for skeet and sporting clays shots. Its a good way to get in to shooting at moving targets.

I know that I, and I'm sure other members here that shoot at Loch Raven, would be happy to meet up with you and give you some pointers - and let you try out their guns. That's what friends did for me when I started out a few years ago and I like to pass than on when I can. Just ask Jamie...apparently I've cost him a fortune that, for some reason, he won't let me live down.

I will tell you from my own experience, though....once I started shooting at moving targets I lost interest in shooting at paper circles.

 

[Second Amendment]

As I said in the pm, Loch Raven does rent Beretta and Benellli semi-auto shotguns for $10 a day.

Most new shooters generally start with trap first. I don't know exactly why other than the shots are all going away from you and don't have the leads required for skeet and sporting clays shots. Its a good way to get in to shooting at moving targets.

I know that I, and I'm sure other members here that shoot at Loch Raven, would be happy to meet up with you and give you some pointers - and let you try out their guns. That's what friends did for me when I started out a few years ago and I like to pass than on when I can. Just ask Jamie...apparently I've cost him a fortune that, for some reason, he won't let me live down.

I will tell you from my own experience, though....once I started shooting at moving targets I lost interest in shooting at paper circles.

I have a feeling that will be the case with me as well. It looks like fun.

 

[circleshooter]

Cool. Do you go there, or were you just naming a location close to me.

It's only 12 miles away from me.

Oh...Loch Raven has trap, skeet, wobble trap, and 5-stand shooting games. You can get a pretty good idea of what all the shot types can be in a place pretty close to your home.

And see - I told you that you'd get offers from people to meet up and let you try out guns!!

Blackthorne is right - sporting clays is the most fun. It's golf with a gun. I shoot it whenever I can, and if Loch Raven had a sporting clays course I'd never be home!

But I shoot skeet mostly, every week in fact, and have started shooting it competatively. It's so damned addicting!

 

[teratos]

I have a feeling that will be the case with me as well. It looks like fun.

I went with circleshooter and jmintzer. Had a ball. It's a great game. Can't wait to go again.

 

[Augie]

2A, run,run, run away if you value your bank accounts,your family and your sanity, nothing gets in your blood like clay sports. You will drain your bank accounts, get a third mortgage,anything to get a cheap shiny medal at a shoot.
Seriously, lots of folks here will be happy to show you the ropes, I would not mind meeting up with you and Blackthorne at PG next week, Weds or Thurs works for me. Don't worry about guns, I'm sure between others and I we can come up with something to shoot,in my case it might be 100 years old but will still work fine.

 

[Redcobra]

As I said in the pm, Loch Raven does rent Beretta and Benellli semi-auto shotguns for $10 a day.

Most new shooters generally start with trap first. I don't know exactly why other than the shots are all going away from you and don't have the leads required for skeet and sporting clays shots. Its a good way to get in to shooting at moving targets.

I know that I, and I'm sure other members here that shoot at Loch Raven, would be happy to meet up with you and give you some pointers - and let you try out their guns. That's what friends did for me when I started out a few years ago and I like to pass than on when I can. Just ask Jamie...apparently I've cost him a fortune that, for some reason, he won't let me live down.

I will tell you from my own experience, though....once I started shooting at moving targets I lost interest in shooting at paper circles.

Yep, I'm there a lot and shot with and helped (maybe) a few MDS shooters last week. PM me.
Only down side was that one of the guys tried my Guerini and was smitten.

ps: I believe 5-stand is only available Thur, Sat, and Sun.
Trap (wobble) is better anyway

 

[jaredm1]

How does the 5-stand work? I was there a couple Sundays ago and nobody was on that end...I walked down there and it looks like you need the staff there to run it?