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I'm the top qualifier for trap championship!

Posted: Wed Jun 15, 2016 11:48 am
by ditchparrot
I'm pretty stoked right now! I'm the top qualifier for my club's annual trapshooting championship. I broke 92 out of 100 in the qualifying rounds.

The championship match is Saturday. The top 5 qualifiers will shoot a single round (25 targets). My confidence is high enough at the moment that if I break anything less than 24, I'll be disappointed. If I shoot 24 and somebody runs the table to beat me, I'll be okay with that.

I'm shooting as well as I ever have. The targets look real big coming out of the house and I'm getting on them and splattering them quickly and effortlessly. The 8 I missed in qualifying were all the result of trying to be a little too quick.

I won't get to shoot any practice rounds between now and Saturday, so I just have to hope I'm still locked in when I get out there. Really looking forward to it!

Re: I'm the top qualifier for trap championship!

Posted: Wed Jun 15, 2016 12:03 pm
by Deadwood Dutch
Congratulations and best of luck on Saturday!

Re: I'm the top qualifier for trap championship!

Posted: Wed Jun 15, 2016 12:10 pm
by bandit1250
Good shooting and good luck on your shoot. What trap gun do you shoot?

Re: I'm the top qualifier for trap championship!

Posted: Wed Jun 15, 2016 12:41 pm
by ditchparrot
bandit1250 wrote:What trap gun do you shoot?
TriStar TT-15 DT (the over/under on the bottom left).

http://www.tristararms.com/trap-models/

Re: I'm the top qualifier for trap championship!

Posted: Wed Jun 15, 2016 1:23 pm
by RanchRoper
Ultra cool! Way to go. Good luck!

Re: I'm the top qualifier for trap championship!

Posted: Wed Jun 15, 2016 2:27 pm
by JEBar
congrats indeed .... we are scheduled to meet some friends on Saturday morning to shoot trap at the local state shooting range .... none of us are in the 24 category but several routinely hit 20+ and we have a great time

Re: I'm the top qualifier for trap championship!

Posted: Wed Jun 15, 2016 2:46 pm
by daytime dave
That's great. Good luck and let us know how it goes.

Re: I'm the top qualifier for trap championship!

Posted: Wed Jun 15, 2016 2:50 pm
by White Squirrel
Congratulations and best of luck on Sunday.

Re: I'm the top qualifier for trap championship!

Posted: Wed Jun 15, 2016 3:06 pm
by PT7
Double (O/U) thumbs up, ditchparrot....good qual to be stoked about!! 8-)

After your match on Saturday, don't forget to post a picture of the trophy you win! ;)

ditchparrot wrote:I'm pretty stoked right now! I'm the top qualifier for my club's annual trapshooting championship. I broke 92 out of 100 in the qualifying rounds.

The championship match is Saturday. The top 5 qualifiers will shoot a single round (25 targets). My confidence is high enough at the moment that if I break anything less than 24, I'll be disappointed. If I shoot 24 and somebody runs the table to beat me, I'll be okay with that.

I'm shooting as well as I ever have. The targets look real big coming out of the house and I'm getting on them and splattering them quickly and effortlessly. The 8 I missed in qualifying were all the result of trying to be a little too quick.

I won't get to shoot any practice rounds between now and Saturday, so I just have to hope I'm still locked in when I get out there. Really looking forward to it!

Re: I'm the top qualifier for trap championship!

Posted: Wed Jun 15, 2016 3:14 pm
by RetiredSeabee
Way to go! You have a cheering section going here.

Re: I'm the top qualifier for trap championship!

Posted: Wed Jun 15, 2016 4:47 pm
by Catherine
Congrats!

Cate

Re: I'm the top qualifier for trap championship!

Posted: Sat Jun 18, 2016 7:30 pm
by Sir Henry
Nice going. Today is Saturday so you must be at the range winning it all.

Re: I'm the top qualifier for trap championship!

Posted: Sat Jun 18, 2016 7:35 pm
by JEBar
five of us met at Jay Henges trap range this morning .... http://nature.mdc.mo.gov/discover-natur ... ion-center .... no top qualifiers in our group but we had a really good time .. :D

Re: I'm the top qualifier for trap championship!

Posted: Sat Jun 18, 2016 9:56 pm
by daytime dave
I hope you had a good time, no matter how it went. That's what matters most.

Re: I'm the top qualifier for trap championship!

Posted: Sat Jun 18, 2016 10:40 pm
by ditchparrot
Lost!

I shot 24 in the finals, but another guy tied me. Then we had to shoot another 25 and I dropped three, and the guy got me by one.

Oh, well. It was fun and I'm looking forward to getting another crack at it next year.

Re: I'm the top qualifier for trap championship!

Posted: Sat Jun 18, 2016 11:25 pm
by Sir Henry
Fun is the name of the game. I've done some competition but never made it past the first round.

Re: I'm the top qualifier for trap championship!

Posted: Sat Jun 18, 2016 11:52 pm
by PT7
24 out of 25 --- good show!
Congrats again on being in the finals, and it's great you had fun.

Re: I'm the top qualifier for trap championship!

Posted: Sun Jun 19, 2016 8:37 am
by CT_Shooter
ditchparrot wrote: Oh, well. It was fun and I'm looking forward to getting another crack at it next year.
Congratulations on making the finals and shooting so well in competition. You should be very proud of that!

Re: I'm the top qualifier for trap championship!

Posted: Sun Jun 19, 2016 3:09 pm
by White Squirrel
You obviously gave it a good run. Better luck next time.