I have occasionally referred to the CHE double trap that I once owned. It was a fully optioned gun and was one of only four known with 30" barrels.
It has twin ivory beads on a Parker factory original ventilated rib, ejectors, "beavertail" (trap style) forend, soft rubber recoil pad, and Miller SST. I took it to the trap range once. I had shot trap at a few of my local clubs throughout the 80's with a 20 gauge and have a few second and third place trophies, but I was not prepared for what happened on that day when I first shot my CHE double trap gun.
I stepped to my assigned position at the line and when my turn came around I smashed the target with authority... or maybe I should say that the
gun smashed the target with authority.
This continued uninterrupted by a miss and the others on the squad, never having seen me shoot trap there, were all kinda giving me the old "hairy eyeball". So I moved to my final station and "Pull!" - POW!(break) "Pull!" - POW!(break) "Pull!" - POW!(break) "Pull!" - POW!(break) "Pull!" - POW!
(MISS).... I couldn't believe I had psyched myself out of breaking that last clay after breaking 24 straight. What an embarrassment!
I was determined to shoot another round - this time I would relax through the entire round and very carefully and in supreme control of myself, would quite easily redeem myself before the other shooters who were snickering just a little bit because they know only too well how this game can get into your mind.
I will only humbly and unashamedly tell you that on my second round I DID EXACTLY THE SAME THING - MISSING ONLY THE VERY LAST CLAY THAT I WOULD EVER SHOOT THIS WONDERFUL GUN AT.
Here are some pictures of this wonderful gun that I recently found in an old folder I had stashed away in my hard drive.
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