r/canadaguns • u/SessionPowerful • Apr 27 '26

Competitions/matches Couple medals from the weekend

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Shot in a big annual sporting clays even my club hosts, Friday Saturday and Sunday. I competed in a higher class this time than I did last year, and managed a bronze in the preliminary and another in the main event. I also shot in the sub-gauge event on Friday and scored high over-all for 20 gauge (which was also high over all for all sub-gauges)

20 gauge understandably doesn't get the same clout as 28 and .410, but to my credit I used a 91 year old gun with a fixed full choke. Over all just a damn good weekend!

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u/zaphodbssecondhead Apr 27 '26

Congrats man! I dig the gunslinger set up. Fixed choke is best, you want to see the clays explode don’t you? 

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u/SessionPowerful Apr 27 '26

Agreed! I also just got a taste for old shotguns, so my collection is mostly fixed and I just learned to shoot as is. I can often be seen twiddling my thumbs while the rest of the squad is swapping chokes ag each station

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u/zaphodbssecondhead Apr 27 '26

The choke doesn’t really matter as much as people make it seem. 

I think you should bring out an old side by side for next year. 

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u/SessionPowerful Apr 27 '26

I've got a couple fun-favorites for the casual shoots, including an old British hammer gun and a copy of a Winchester lever action shotgun. This weekend was registered targets though so I stuck to the Auto-5 since it just seems to agree with me. I can always count on that one when I need a good score