Clayshooting advice and tips for all levels from Shooting UK

Practising on sporting clays

Sporting Gun
December 9, 2013

Top coach Mark Russell looks at a few typical English Sporting targets that will help on game shoots

How clays will improve your game shooting

Sporting Gun
October 24, 2013

Shooting coach Mark Russell explains why a couple of hours on the clay ground will pay dividends on the peg

Support for head teacher who introduced clay pigeon shooting to state school pupils

Laura Nineham
September 23, 2013

‘Fantastic' head teacher praised after organising extra curricular day with activities including clay pigeon shooting, fly fishing, bird watching and working with gun dogs

Are clay shooting lessons any good for game shooting?

Sporting Gun
September 3, 2013

Clay shooting: Are clay shooting lessons good practice for the game shooting season, when driven quarry accelerates towards the gun, whereas clays thrown from a high tower run out of steam as they approach?

I’m having clay shooting problems with battues!

Shooting UK
August 30, 2013

I go clay shooting from time to time at a school close to home, where one of the fixed stands invariably shows a crossing, edge-on, battue that rolls before curling to the ground.

Warwickshire Countryside Day Clay Shoot, sponsored by Hunter Boots, Sunday 22nd September

Shooting UK
August 29, 2013

Keen shots and those new to the sport are invited to try their hand at the Warwickshire Countryside Day Clay Shoot, sponsored by Hunter Boots.

How to improve your clay shooting scores!

Sporting Gun
August 28, 2013

How to improve your clay shooting scores! Everyone wants to improve their scores and do better than the last time they shot. This is a given, a universal fact, and it’s irrespective of whether the Gun is shooting clays or live game.

Really Wild Clay Company to hold last simulated shoot of season at West Woodhay estate

Shooting UK
August 21, 2013

The Really Wild Clay Company’s last roving day of this season will be on Wednesday 11 September at West Woodhay Estate in Berkshire.

How can I improve my clay shooting? What tips are best?

Sporting Gun
August 20, 2013

I took up clay shooting a little over two years ago and love it, even though I am only making slow progress and still in C Class.

When are you allowed ‘full use of the gun’ in clay shooting?

Shooting UK
July 17, 2013

Clay shooting: I've not been clay shooting for long and would like to know when are you allowed ‘full use of the gun’ in FITASC or English Sporting?

Why don’t people use semi-autos for trap clay shooting?

Shooting UK
July 17, 2013

Clay shooting: Why don’t more people use semi-auto shotguns in the trap shooting disciplines? I shoot one and manage to get bigger scores than I do with an over-under.

Is FITASC clay shooting very strict regarding rules?

Shooting UK
July 17, 2013

Clay shooting: In FITASC Sporting clay pigeon shooting you have to shoot ‘gun down’ – but where should the gun be in relation to, say, the shoulder? Also, under competition rules, who decides if your ready stance and gun position is acceptable?

Do I have to stand within the hoop when clay shooting?

Shooting UK
July 16, 2013

Clay shooting: I was picked up by the referee at a clay Sporting shoot for having my foot on the hoop, rather than inside it. Surely this would not affect my scores, so why did I get the reprimand?

Which clay shooting discipline do you think is easiest?

Shooting UK
July 11, 2013

Clay shooting: A gun club near my home does DTL and Automatic Ball Trap shooting. I’m in the process of buying my first gun and would like to know which of these games is easiest to master?

Scottish Countryside Alliance team clay shoot and lunch

Shooting UK
June 13, 2013

Seasoned shots and novices alike are invited to test their skills at the inaugural Scottish Countryside Alliance team clay shoot and lunch on the Hopetoun Estate in South Queensferry on 19 July.