Just now back from punishing a box of clays with a 28" VH20 and a 28" 1-1/2 frame damascus CHE12. Didn't take long; I don't think I missed more than 20 birds out of the box if even that, and many of them just vaporized. Too fun. Didn't beat my middle finger up too badly either; very little fresh blood when I pulled my glove off. Since I can't stretch my fingers, a single trigger gun would be a big improvement on that front. Both of these guns today have nice slim grips and a fair bit of DAH, which helps. The C grade really works well for me and just made clays disappear like magic when I did my part.
I can't speak highly enough of the little <$300 12V-powered portable Atlas thrower I'm using. This would be near impossible to do with my Trius step thrower; you just can't do your footwork properly after stepping on the cocking arm. By the time you get yourself right the clay is over the horizon. It's v clumsy. This Atlas has a foot switch on a long wire so you can move around side to side a long ways. The switch is sensitive and the magazine holds 50 clays and the legs are easily adjustable to allow three different vertical angles of throw. The unit breaks down and fits into a squat medium Action Packer that is easy to move around and get into a rig or a plane. I threw approx 175 clays yesterday using a smallish 300CCA Duracell garden tractor battery and it hardly needed a charge afterwards. I'm sure it would throw well over 200 clays nonstop. The manufacturer told me that I would only get about 100 throws out of that battery. This thing makes shooting alone a much better experience. The only way I'm going to figure this lefty shooting thing out is because I have this thrower and can go out and shoot alone and undistracted any time I please. If I were to give it away today, I'd consider it having paid for itself in spades in just my two outings in the past 24hrs. Time to go down and finish topping off a bucket of reloads....
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