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It definitely makes it challenging. Sometimes I have to duckSo you guys prefer the hand launchers? My wife is umm...... throwing challenged.
Champion Wheelybird and a 12v battery. Loads of fun! Had mine a few years now and it works great.
I don't shoot clays or trap. However , decades ago, one of the best weekends I've had was in the mountains of Colorado with other pew pew enthusiasts. All types of long and short guns represented. It is when I was painfully introduced to Garand thumb. But the rear hitch mounted thrower was a blast. I guess if you do a lot of trap/clays you could go this route.
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I'm still stuck on a 1918 Ithaca flues double and a 1974 Ithaca skb side by side. Something about the sight picture between two barrels appeals to me. My friends over/under is nice and all but just doesn't do it for meWe just realized that we have three shotgun stations at the gun range with these five foot tall tables that angle upward to support your thrower. So we strapped our do all launcher on it and tried our luck today. Btw, the launcher works way better off these tables.
I sucked much less than the last two times I tried hitting flying projectiles. Actually got 11 out of 25. Still horrible, but less horrible. We set up so it just shoots out straight away from us. I figured out to wait for it to get out there and start to drop. I barely led it whenever I was successful. I could not hit one when it was still rising. Next time.
Even though I'm miserable at it, it is some stupid fun. My wife got to try out her new mossberg 20 gauge silver reserve (yesterday was her birthday). While she struggled to hit the clays she loved the gun. I had a chance to try it. Even though it's quite small for me, it felt so nice. Especially compared to my V3. I went 4 out of 6 with her gun. I understand now why people are drawn to the o/u. They feel good in the hand. She will have some good times with it for sure.
We got out again today. Christ this is addictive. I'm getting the hang of shooting the ones that go pretty much away from me. I even stuck two clays into the launcher for shits and giggles. I got them both. I think going for two actually helps because I believe it forced me to be more instinctive on the first shot.