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If the mods don't mind I'll be providing live updates here on the Olympic clay pigeon shooting competition.
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Ah Olympic clay shooting. Reminds me of my uni days when I joined the club. The club was sponsored by Hull Cartridge who also sponsored an Olympian. They offered us a few of the shells that this person used for competition. The club had 3 guns, and one had an occasional quirk where both barrels would fire at once. Can you see where this is going?
One "Olympic grade" shell makes a heck of a bang and you REALLY need to make sure you have the butt tucked in carefully to avoid injury. TWO shells? Flat on my back, couldn't move that shoulder for a few days and the bruise was still there a month later. "Pardon?" was my favourite phrase.
For the record, that clay was dust. And that gun got a proper service soon after.
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@Bucoops - no wonder I couldn't hit much, I didn't have special cartridges! I feel diddled.