dusting clays(pic heavy)

[jackelope]

today was the shooting lessons for chris_d and jamie that they won in the big bucks for josh III auction. the boys from high performance shotgun training had a blast introducing these 2 young men to a sport that they will hopefully partake in for the rest of their lives.
thanks to robodad, walt and bob from hpst.biz and seattle skeet and trap for having us. also thanks to a few others on this site for putting this together and giving us the opportunity to make this happen....you know who you are.
this is jamie holm, josh's younger brother, itching to get on the 5 stand...


and this is our own chris_d being himself 


jamie learning from walt how to follow a target


and chris dusting a target with bob backing up(not needed)

[MuleySniper]

Looks like a great time!! Cant wait til the day I can get my little one out there shootin the 410 and the .22's!
MS

[jackelope]

here's a few more...jamie was shooting a beretta silver pigeon 28 gauge and chris_d was shooting a remington 1187 20 gauge.

walt showing chris how it's done...



jamie in the box...


chris firing away...

[MuleySniper]

That Beretta looks like a sweet piece.
MS

[jackelope]

cool little gun for sure...i'll take the krieghoff  though....you can have the beretta. 

[Jackjr]

Cool pics

[bucklucky]

Looks like a blast!!

[boneaddict]

Thanks jackelope for getting that together for them.  That was very nice of you.   Looks like a great day to bust sme clays.  I am hopeing the boys enjoyed themselves, I sure would have. 

[Head-shot]

Sweet pic look like everyone had a really good time. Thanks for sharing.

[jackelope]

thanks guys. it truly was a great experience getting these young folks out there taking up a new sport hopefully.

[robodad]

Awesome time for sure, This is my favorite photograph of the day, If you look very closely you will see why !!!



Taking time out of your busy lives to enjoy some quality time with your dad is priceless, enjoy every second you have with him !!!

[Bscman]

Looks like fun!
I need to get out there and do some more shotgunning!

BTW, it looks like only about half the "gang" was wearing their earplugs properly.



The decibel ratings are figured when the plug is completely in the ear canal (say 28db for example).
With 'em only partially in your ear, you're be lucky if they'll work half as well--maybe 10-12db.
Roll them between your hands (or fingers) to compress 'em and sink 'em deep in the ear canal--almost to the point you can't remove 'em.
Save your ears!

[MichaelJ]

Looks like fun!
I need to get out there and do some more shotgunning!

BTW, it looks like only about half the "gang" was wearing their earplugs properly.



The decibel ratings are figured when the plug is completely in the ear canal (say 28db for example).
With 'em only partially in your ear, you're be lucky if they'll work half as well--maybe 10-12db.
Roll them between your hands (or fingers) to compress 'em and sink 'em deep in the ear canal--almost to the point you can't remove 'em.
Save your ears!

I agree, what really works for me is to compress them by rolling them in your fingers, then with your opposite hand pull your ear UP then insert the plug.  This straightens out your ear canal letting you insert the plug properly to where it'll actually do some good...

Great pics and way to go Jackelope!

Michael