My 13yo daughter has really taken to shotgun sports. She has duck and dove hunted with me for a couple of years. This school year, the FFA put together a shooting team. She went as a Jr. competitor on the senior team for sporting clays and trap. We got her a new O/U shotgun, 12 ga., and she practiced maybe a flat of shells before going. She was high scorer on the sporting clays with 38/50, but low scorer on trap with a 14/25 and 19/25. She scored 6th place in her age group out of I think 59 competitors.
Makes sense though because we practiced the skeet positions at home with a single thrower, but never worked on the trap presentations.
Anyway, she is costing me a fortune in shells amd reloading components. lol.
We worked on trap on the home range since then. In the last 3 weeks she has shot a 19, 21, 21, and 23 in that order. We usually warm up on the straightaways and light angles. She seems to never miss the hard angles. Sometimes we just shoot for fun for 1/2 a box or so, no keeping up with score. Other times I let her warm up 10-15 shells, then shoot for score.
Super proud of her. I spent more on the shotgun than I wanted, but it is one she can use forever. It is the Beretta Vittoria (ergonomics for the women shooters) and seems to fit her pretty well. Her form is a little off, She has had a bruised cheek from time to time. I think we have that fixes now.
Just wanted to share. Proud dad and all.
Thanks for letting me share.