Parker trap Shooter?

[Pa SxS]

Pete,

That's a great High Overall score, congratulations and shooting a 95 with a GH configured as a field gun, I assume, is something to be proud of too.

[Pa SxS]

Frank,

Yes it was you, I think at the time your sign in name was FHalz or something similar. I don't think most people realize how much more natural it is to shoot a release trigger than a pull trigger once your used to it. Think of it as relaxing your muscles instead of contracting and tightening your muscles when you want the gun to go off. The problem is that for most people, trying to switch back to a pull trigger is not easy. The brain needs to be retrained, at least for me it does.

Frank, have you been able to shoot pull triggers without any problems?

[FRANK HALSEY]

Originally Posted by Chuck Bishop

Frank,

Yes it was you, I think at the time your sign in name was FHalz or something similar. I don't think most people realize how much more natural it is to shoot a release trigger than a pull trigger once your used to it. Think of it as relaxing your muscles instead of contracting and tightening your muscles when you want the gun to go off. The problem is that for most people, trying to switch back to a pull trigger is not easy. The brain needs to be retrained, at least for me it does.

Frank, have you been able to shoot pull triggers without any problems?

I shoot alot of sporting clays with a Browning and I have not had a problem yet. I would love to try a double release to see how that is. I totally agree about how just relaxing the hand is sooooo much better. Thanks, Frank

[J.B. Books]

Originally Posted by Chuck Bishop

Pete,

That's a great High Overall score, congratulations and shooting a 95 with a GH configured as a field gun, I assume, is something to be proud of too.

Thank you Chuck. That was quite a shoot back in '95 and the field of people I bested that day included Bill Anzaldi, Phil Wright, Mike Blaisdell and Cal Stinson (All-Americans) and many other quite capable shooters. Essentially I managed to shoot my lifetime best on three consecutive days. I have always said to win anything at a state shoot you have to have your best day(s) of the year and shoot well above one's average.

The GH is not that much of a handicap on the trap field. It was built for pigeons or trap, straight grip, full comb, 2" drop, 30" F/F, splinter forend double triggers. It was ordered in 1915 and requested to shoot full with both barrels with 1 1/4 ounce 7.5's (I am guessing pigeons were the intended target). The first time Scott let me shoot it I broke a 25 on the trap field and I told him if he ever sold it I wanted to be asked first. I very glad he remembered that 4 years ago. It's a great gun that Scott shot trap very well with too but now he is terrorizing the trap fields with his 10's :-)