About 6 months ago I returned to trap shooting (recreational) after laying off for a couple of years. My primary trap gun was my Silver Reserve. I quickly had to deal with the reason I gave it up ... low scores (9 to 13's).
Because I wanted to keep trap up I decided to revisit my Maverick pump. I was soon averaging about 19 and shot 21's four weeks in a row. I found those scores to be acceptable for my purposes ... two recreational rounds of trap each week.
Thinking I had worked out some issues, I then revisited the Silver Reserve and shot a 10. At that point, I sold it and bought a Beretta A300 Outlander SA.
My first outing with the A300 I shot a 20 and was quite happy busting 20 the first time that I had the gun in my hand. Over the past 6-8 weeks my scores have crept downward to the point where I'm averaging between 16 & 17.
Today I decided to again shoot with the Maverick pump and had my best two rounds ever .. shot a 23 and a 22.
Now I'm wrestling with what to do in the future. I can't see turning my new Beretta into a closet queen but the evidence is suggesting that I do better with the Maverick.
Any thoughts from others on this?
Because I wanted to keep trap up I decided to revisit my Maverick pump. I was soon averaging about 19 and shot 21's four weeks in a row. I found those scores to be acceptable for my purposes ... two recreational rounds of trap each week.
Thinking I had worked out some issues, I then revisited the Silver Reserve and shot a 10. At that point, I sold it and bought a Beretta A300 Outlander SA.
My first outing with the A300 I shot a 20 and was quite happy busting 20 the first time that I had the gun in my hand. Over the past 6-8 weeks my scores have crept downward to the point where I'm averaging between 16 & 17.
Today I decided to again shoot with the Maverick pump and had my best two rounds ever .. shot a 23 and a 22.
Now I'm wrestling with what to do in the future. I can't see turning my new Beretta into a closet queen but the evidence is suggesting that I do better with the Maverick.
Any thoughts from others on this?