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i almost had my first 50 the other day ran 47 straight got excited and shot over number48. and got the last ones 49/50 jesus when will it come.

so when did you guys get your first 50 straight. how long had u been trying for it. i was in a slump all summer long now im finally gettin it to click again been smashen the snaught outta them lately nothing less than a 44/50

Sometime around 1972, I had been shooting for 2 years.

I wasn't trying for it, even then, my focus was more to shoot the best I could.

It has a hot summer day, I was at a club in a neighbouring town that had bot trap and skeet.

I took two sets of shells, #7 1/2 reloads in shells in good condition, to shoot on the trap range and a couple boxes of shells on their last legs, loaded with#9's.

The idea was to shoot the #9's on skeet and eject them on the ground with an Ithaca M37.

The #7 1/2's were for the SKB 600 Trap, to shoot on trap.

I mixed up and shot the #9's at 16 yard trap, ran the 1st round, went out and ran the 2nd round.

Only after the 2nd round, when I was done, I realized my mistake, I would likely not have shot as well if I had known I was using #9's on trap

thats interesting, never shot #9's before only 8 and under

Just to clairify things;

I am not recommending #9's for trap, I was loading them for skeet.

I pretty much stay with 7 1/2's for trapshooting.

I was trying to point out the psycological side of the game, if I had known I was using 9's, I would not have done very well because I don't have confidence in them for trap.

You cannot try for 50 straight. It just has to happen. It took me a long time to learn this. I've shot a bunch of 98s, but no 100s yet.

It probably took me about a year to get my first 50 and the 75 came the same day. Then I took a long layoff for several reasons. I've been shooting regularly for about 3 years now and those 98s have all come in the last 2 years or so. Most of those went 25, 24, 25, 24. So, frustrating. The last one was the worst; 25, 25, 25, 23.

Honestly the best day you will have at Trap is when you hear some one else say, "Hey I just noticed that Brokenbird7 has shot a 100!" It will be best if you're just shooting and don't even realize it yourself.

Just shoot this one bird. Stringing them together will take care of itself.

This is excellent advice.

I have a friend who is a lurker on SGW (Hi J!)... he has been shooting for about 3 years now, and puts so much pressure on himself to try to shoot a straight that he invariably chokes... I keep telling him to relax, forget about it, and let it just happen...

Yes, but in a way, I can't fault that too much.

That's how I picked up my Citori Grade I Trap, "low mileage", at a great price 1n 1996.

A guy had one at the club, he thought a high ribbed, target o/u would be the catylist for running one round, which never happened, he didn't realize the gun is just a small part of the formula.

After yet another 24 straight, one day, he announced. he would sell it; my response was, "will you take a check for that?"

I hadn't of bought it, it would have been someone else, I still have it

I shot my first 50 straight 2 weeks ago. I shot a 74. the other shooters noticed I dusted number 75 but no break. After shooting the first 25 I didn't realize it was possible to shoot 50 until I got to #18 in the econd round. I was feeling really good on #73. When I shot #74 I thought really good. When #75 came out it I was on station 5 and it was a slight left target. I watched the dust come off, but no break. Oh well maybe next time.

I shot this with a Cynergy Classic. Does that help in your decission Rastoff?

Andy

It takes no further persuading for me to want a Cynergy Trap. I can't justify the expense to myself. Maybe this time next year I'll have saved up the money and then I'll start dropping hints about Christmas to my wife. Something like this, "Darling, on your way home tomorrow would you please drop by (insert FFL's name here), give him this envelope and bring home whatever he gives you? Then wrap it and stick it under the tree with a card from you on it." I've learned that Christmas shopping is a lot easier this way.

My first 50 straight was 75 straight. I was at a ATA shoot some years ago and shooting on the line. It was a 200 event. So you shot 100 then wait and do another 100.
I was so excited that I was shooting with guys that were hitting every thing that came out of the trap house. I just focus on the target and shot the first 50 straight.

Went to the next trap and shot 25 straight. Then it happen I left station 5 going to station one and passed my wife. She said you just shot 75 straight. I look over and smiled and fell apart.
I started thinking what I did. Ended up with a 90 that day.

So if you not thinking about the numbers and just shoot. The 50 straight will come a lot easyer.

I had shot a few 25s in practice. Then one day at a registered shoot, after the regular shoot, a couple of guys needed some additional registered targets, and they needed another shooter, so I said what the heck. I had just shot an 88 in singles (good for me) and in a fit if craziness, decided to shoot another 200.

These guys, unbeknownst to me at the time, were AA shooters. I had first picked up a shotgun a scant 3 or 4 months before.

Maybe it was the tempo, and ALL the birds breaking, but shot my first registered 25, then another 25 for 50, dropped a couple in the third 25, then another 25 straight for a 98. Shooting for only 3 or 4 months at this time. I have no idea what I did, but it was effortless, no question that the bird would break. Smooth, confident, amazing. I really wish that would happen again!
The next 100 I shot a 92, which turned out to be my average for some time. Now it's 90 or so.

I want it back!!!

Two years ago during the Autumn (satalite) Grand I woke up knowing that I was going to shoot 100 straight, I was not going out to try, it was going to happen!

I Made the 35 minute drive, got out chatted with a few shooters, got ready and shortly after the Anthyms our's and our neighbor to the north, I went to work.

At bird 89 or 90 it set in the I was with in reach of doing it! after a coiuple of shakey but broken targets, I settled down to shoot a 1 bird straight, 8 or 9 times. when that last shell smoked the target I was ready bust scream and dance, but with 4 other shooters needing to shoot their last target I had wait and hold it in for a moment. wow what a rush!

The thing is it waited 2 years for the Autumn Grand again before I woke up knowing that today was going to be a 100 str. day, it was still a rush to get it!

And to get back to the topic, My first fifty straight I had shot well at our state shoot, hi 90's, in singles low 90's on handicap, one of the old guy's told me " your shooting so well this week play some options". SO for the handicap event I played the 50 straight and calcutta, the first 50 I dropped 3 birds, after the 3rd I told myself " well your shooting exspensive practice relax and enjoy". When the scorer called dead and out, I didn't at first realize that I had broken then all, that shoot we where shooting ten per post, and it seemed like I had had to have dropped a bird or two. 97 with a fifty straight wow, so I went back into the club house to wait and play cards, the old guy asked how I had done, and I told him. SO we played cards with me almost a sleep. Someone walked by and told Claude, there's 1 98 and 2 97's they're getting things ready for shoot off's. Claude tapped my hand and said you had better wake up, to which I said when I hear my name I will be wide awake. so as we finished the game, I bought some more shells and they called my name, that made a 75 straight, my first at that time.

It took almost 3 years to get the 100.