At the conclusion of Part 1, several of us had done serious damage to the back of the shop, ourselves and local wildlife while trying to master the technique of a manual clay target thrower. No, not as a result of gunfire, but rather as the result of unsuccessfully ducking low flying clay pigeons.
The manual thrower won, 3 – 0, so we collectively decided we would put it aside until we could find a coordinated twelve year old to demonstrate the proper technique for its use. We know it’s easy, we just lack the required Olympian level of athletic coordination. As for photos, I finally decided that the Model 1100 should look as it is, up close and personal.
The Trius 1 Step Debacle…
Pictured above is a portable trap made by Trius, the “1 Step”. It is listed as shipping preassembled, however, in it’s instruction manual this claim was plea bargained down to “preassembled as much as possible”. So not completely assembled, but much better than a steel ingot a hacksaw and a piece of sandpaper. Confronted with this myriad of bits and pieces, I immediately took a coffee break to give myself time to collect my thoughts and to whine to my wife about the difficulties I was about to encounter. Then I spent all of ten minutes final assembling the trap.
Once assembled, the trap was light but sturdy, capable of changing arc and distance, left and right, single and double throw with minimal human intervention. Neat. More than another toy to play with… although that isn’t all bad either, this trap allows me to go solo on shotgun range days.
Remington’s Model 1100 Sporting 20 for new… skeeters
This was one of those days when a firearm is being live tested and everyone on staff ends up smelling like gun powder residue. We are not generally shotgun people and, for sure, we are not skeet people, but we set the trap up and kept on shooting. I went 0-2, then remembered not to track with the target over the bead and then went 2-0.
My wife, an excellent rifle and handgun shot, had virtually no shotgun experience going and but pretty much duplicated my process and record. The learning curve was brief and positive results came quickly. Cindy, the Real Guns gun store manager who fired a shotgun for the first time a week earlier, went 3-0 with no warm up at all. We all took turns operating the trap, which also worked without a hitch. A lot of fun, particularly when varying the flight of the target to add to the challenge.
The Remington Model 1100 cycled cleanly and was able to handle any 2 3/4″ ammunition we fed through it, even some Winchester target ammo that appears to have been coal powered. Loading was easy, the gun pointed intuitively and recoil and report were mild. Looking forward to a 12 gauge review coming up soon as a basis for comparison.
Remington’s Model 1100 Sporting 20 Part 1
Remington’s Model 1100 Sporting 20 Part 11
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