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I was thinking about taking lessons to help out my sporting clays shooting . Have any of you did so and was it worth it?

Without dropping names a world class instructor is coming to my area. The sessions go 3 hours and run about $500 . I'm finding it hard to plunk down that kinda money .

I'd like to hear from some of you what you paid and what you thought afterwards ? Thanks for taking the time to reply

 

[Ulysses]

GULP :!: Five hundred bucks for 3 hours? :shock: GULP :!: Yep, I find that kind of hard to swallow too.

Certainly a new shooter needs some instructions. How they get those instructions can vary considerably from shooter to shooter. I've never had a paid shooting lesson, but I've had considerable instruction. My instruction has come from a combination of sources: good shooters; good written instructions from good instructors; and some shooting videos. I suggest that you start buying some good books and shooting videos. You can probably buy all this for less than $500 and have them to read or view as often as needed. That works for me. Some people do better with one-on-one instruction.

After you have drilled all the basic stuff into your mind, if you find yourself having trouble, consult an instructor then for advice. That's my advice and some may say it is worth exactly what it cost you. :wink: :lol:

 

[dervari]

How advanced are you? Unless I had reached a plateu and was shooting competitively in my class, I'm not sure I'd fork out that kind of money for a "world class" shooter's instruction. I took a lesson from Will Fennel for an hour ($100) to get help with tower shots, and it did help quite a bit.

 

[jlptexashunter]

I wouldn't pay that much.

 

[Papadoodles]

Any more than $100 per hour is way over-priced.

 

[pigeonhunter]

Never pay more than 60$ an hour for a lesson.
My sporting clay instructor is N.S.C.A level III.There are only like 40 in the country.I highly reccomend N.S.C.A. instructors the NSCA instructors have very, very intensive training and before they get their certificate they must teach some stundents and the students must say that it was a good experience (at least that's how it's done locally) then they have to take and pass a few tests.I highly reccomnd NSCA instructors mine got me breaking clays that I could never hit in no time.I'm deadly on birds and shoot like Otis the town drunk on clays.....well I used to be. now I'm great on both :wink:
Swallow your pride and take a lesson.It's worth it.

www.nsca.org

 

[turbonutter]

$500 is a lot of money. Personally I would rather spend that money on practising with a mate. I did have a couple of shooting lessons when i first started, but found i learnt more from practising with mates, and shooting with more experienced guys than I did from my lessons.

 

[pigeonhunter]

OOPS wrong site here is the NSCA website
www.sportingclays.net

 

[dervari]

Actually, the NSCA website is http://www.mynsca.com