My experience; I have shot wobble about half dozen times this year. Frankly, I love it. Kind of a poor mans bunker.

I see slightly lower scores but I shoot both styles gun down. Gets folks excited and yacking about it but it isnt that hard to do. It also gives me gun speed and a smoother swing unimpeded by muscle tension. But I have to work on staying in the gun. Sorry for rambling.

I average 22 to 24 in regular and 18 to 19 in wobble.

I believe I lift my head on "grounders" and forget that I am shooting down on them. As a result I shoot over.

best regards

 

It's not that hard. You simply need to learn how to shoot it. Hold the gun slightly below the front edge of the house. Force yourself to slow down. If you spot shoot or otherwise poke the gun around and shoot too quickly, you will not shoot wobble very well. Stay in the gun and the low targets are easy. Slow down and the high targets are easy. Shoot a trap gun - not a field gun.

 

Since there are no target presentation standards for wobble, some places have the low targets VERY low.
Because of this, and the fact that the angles and heights are much more extreme than in American trap, I personally feel that I do better with a Sporting Clays gun than with one of my trap guns.....I think a flat shooting gun is an advantage in the game of wobble, at least for me.
My wobble scores are nearly the same as my average scores in trap, but don't have nearly the number (or length) of straights in wobble that I have in American trap.

I love the additional challenge of wobble targets....they sort of separate the men from the ATA shooters. :wink:

 

I am with code5. I shoot a sporting clays for wobble. I would like to see all trap shot on a wobble setup.

 

I really enjoy shooting wobbles and have done pretty well at it in the past shooting registered wobbles. A flat gun is a big advantage. DO not cheat and move before you "see" the bird otherwise you get crossed up. Recognizing the low targets is a function of looking in the right place, you need to have your eyes out beyond the trap house a little bit and as soon as you see the target streak you can move laterally to it and break it easily.

For some real fun move on up to the 12 yard line and shoot the wobbles from there - nobody has ever run 100 straight in "3/4" wobbles. It's as challenging as american trap gets.

 

So how flat is flat shooting and how much does a "trap gun" differ frlom that at trapshooting distances? Does a "trap gun" really matter in trap?

I don't have to cover them up with my sporting guns nor do they have to float much in my trap guns

So either the beretta 687 sporting shoots the same as a Browning Citori trap and an SKB 700 or I am missing something with so called trap guns

regards

 

xx

 

Wanna have some real fun?
Try "Chinese (wobble) Trap" ; shooting wobble trap from the skeet stations on a combined Trap/Skeet field!

 

I actually PREFER wobble trap.

We shoot all of our games from a wobble, and I feel it is very good practice for standard trap. I shoot a field gun for both, and usually can break 24-25 at wobble. 23-24 usually at regular trap.

It has really helped my trap game to shoot wobble, and sporting clays. Stop your swing (a little) on a hard right in trap, and you may still chip a bird. Stop your swing on SC = lost target. The games, especially some type of "protection", have helped me focus on the target and keep my swing moving. Sporting clays has really helped my swing. Wobble trap has helped me get more pheasants!!!

 

We use wobbles for Chinese trap. Shot going around the skeet stations using the trap house. Then start on station 8,to do the bushwack to put guys out. Two dirty your out. You get durtys when they hit your chip or you miss your bird during the bushwach. The winners get the unused tokens.

 

I shoot in Nebraska. It is pretty darned flat and open and we get some pretty stiff breeze from the North, except for when it's from the south. First time I ever shot wobble was for a shot off. The manager said I'll throw a few so you can see see they look like. Looked just like the standard trap on my home range on a real breezy day. It does seem like wobble would teach a guy a lot about how to handle regular targets on a real windy day.

 

I really enjoy shooting wobbles and have done pretty well at it in the past shooting registered wobbles. A flat gun is a big advantage. DO not cheat and move before you "see" the bird otherwise you get crossed up. Recognizing the low targets is a function of looking in the right place, you need to have your eyes out beyond the trap house a little bit and as soon as you see the target streak you can move laterally to it and break it easily.

For some real fun move on up to the 12 yard line and shoot the wobbles from there - nobody has ever run 100 straight in "3/4" wobbles. It's as challenging as american trap gets.

I didn't know there was registered Wobble .

 

I enjoy wobble trap as well on occasion, it has been good training for sporting clays, however you must understand it can cause you some trouble when you go back to regular trap. Because of those low, close to the ground screamers, I have to adjust the hold points downward, and that can become ingrained enough to where sometimes I would do the same with regular trap targets, thus needing unnecessary gun movement to reach the more predictable regular trap target presentations. It certainly is more fun though, for sure.--Nick

 

I rarely shoot trap, as I much prefer skeet and sporting clays, but when I do shoot trap, it is always wobble. Even though I only shoot a dozen or so rounds of trap per year , I still average 22-23 at wobble trap, so it can't be that difficult.

 

Try shooting wobble from the skeet stations.......heh heh.

 

We routinely shoot Chinese Wobble Trap....first we start with a round of skeet, then round of wobble trap, then round of Chinese Wobble trap, then a round of 5 stand
Sporting clays.....makes for good tune up....eliminates groove shooting....I really prefer a dedicated trap gun for trap altho have used 30 inch sporting that is stocked almost like a trap gun except for pitch...I need to fix that as I prefer to float my birds on everything including skeet.....have for years....and we get lots of wind in the SouthWest...I am in El Paso TX...always have a breese...windy is over 30....gusty is 40-50....nice gentle breeze is up to 20.....seldom get deathly still but that would be 5 mph or less....rare...

 

I enjoy wobble trap as well on occasion, it has been good training for sporting clays, however you must understand it can cause you some trouble when you go back to regular trap. Because of those low, close to the ground screamers, I have to adjust the hold points downward, and that can become ingrained enough to where sometimes I would do the same with regular trap targets, thus needing unnecessary gun movement to reach the more predictable regular trap target presentations. It certainly is more fun though, for sure.--Nick

I really enjoy shooting wobbles and have done pretty well at it in the past shooting registered wobbles. A flat gun is a big advantage. DO not cheat and move before you "see" the bird otherwise you get crossed up. Recognizing the low targets is a function of looking in the right place, you need to have your eyes out beyond the trap house a little bit and as soon as you see the target streak you can move laterally to it and break it easily.

For some real fun move on up to the 12 yard line and shoot the wobbles from there - nobody has ever run 100 straight in "3/4" wobbles. It's as challenging as american trap gets.

I didn't know there was registered Wobble .

There isn't.

 

I shot 23-25 in regular trap. I shot Wobble at Redlands the other day, for the frist time. Realy liked it, got all the birds with one shot, one took two. Shot with a S/S, and really enjoyed it. It's just as easy as regular trap, and a little more exciting.

Carry On
Gary

 

I like shooting wobble trap.

My wobble scores are about the same as my regular trap scores. and for clarification where I shoot wobbles we only take one shot at them.

that being said I also shoot a lot of sporting clays, quite a bit more sporting clays than trap, which may help explain why, or not.... I use a sporting clays style gun to shoot all of them.

my trap scores are usually in the 22 to 24 range.

 

When shooting Wobble, how many of you crank up the spring and move the angle of right/left swing to a full 45 degrees each side of center. My favorite part of the game is getting to have "Full use of the gun." Nothing is as gratifying as watching the target break after the second shot.

 

Chinese Trap with the machine set to wobble and oscillate....now that is challenging...am getting really addicted to this shooting....trap basic gets boring as does sporting clays 5 stand where the birds are always known....with Chinese Trap....always a fresh bird.....

 

Chinese Trap with the machine set to wobble and oscillate....now that is challenging...am getting really addicted to this shooting....trap basic gets boring as does sporting clays 5 stand where the birds are always known....with Chinese Trap....always a fresh bird.....

 

When shooting Wobble, how many of you crank up the spring and move the angle of right/left swing to a full 45 degrees each side of center. My favorite part of the game is getting to have "Full use of the gun." Nothing is as gratifying as watching the target break after the second shot.

Yes our Trap is cranked up for Wobble. It would be even more fun if we had the small international clays.
BTW I thought the whole point of Wobble was for the Trap to have the oscillator feature for height and angle variations.

 

Yes it is. But the club near me does not speed up the targets, and can't broaden the angle. so the only thing they do is turn on the vertical motor. And when I take the second shot at the same target, well lets just say it's frowned upon. Oh yea, and moving to the next station after each shot is considered Unsafe so it the regular trap procedure of 5 shots and "change".