Reeder Custom Guns - Engineering Company sponsored Trap shoot today!

I know very little about shotguns and lack any sort of natural skill. But I do enjoy it given the opportunity to participate in good fellowship on an organized range. Misfit Jon Thompson is an experienced shotgunner and gave me some excellent advice on fitment and eye placement (pointing at a mirror or assistant spotter). Alas I have procrastinated too long, again. But I’m going to have fun.

I could not get the gun mounted correctly. Basically, you fit it to the optimal point then it basically shoots where you are looking. That is the idea, but then you still have to account for the 16 yd. lead the bird has on you and the directional lead. I finally figured out how the stock is all adjustable and boy can you fiddle with it. I maxed out the drop at the heel to get my eye closer to the rib. We’ll see how it all goes. Also, the choke for trap. Having two barrels and only needing one it gives me some options. I had full chokes, skeet chokes, and one “I.C. Mod.” I put the ICM in the bottom barrel and full in the top for options on the range.

The gun is a good one I bought last year and have not even messed with. It’s a Japanese made SKB 85 TSS with 30” barrels (I think). I think it would be fantastic for sporting clays too. The SKB company that exists today imports guns from Turkey.

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I didn’t embarrass myself too bad, great networking. I shot a 33/50 which is not too bad for me. I found I still had the bad habit of swinging past and stopping, only to shoot behind. I also was prone to shoot over them. Wonder how dropping the heel 1” affected that?! One thing I did notice, besides the looks lol, was that it increased recoil some. Enough I could tell, although it was not near as abusive as a field gun. I learned that many designated target sport doubles do not “reset” the safety upon opening the breach. My old Steven’s and Savages did! On the SKB the selector button is on the trigger. Poking it through to the right side fires the bottom barrel first. Brownings and Rugers there is a button on the safety or the safety itself slides right or left to modulate. I’m warming up to the SKB, it’s worth hanging onto for some more fun. Good thing they don’t eat much!

Winning team won $100 for each of the 5. Winning shooter was 46/50. They had a $1000 raffle for $25 a ticket. Only 51 sold so the odds were about as good as they get, close but no cigar. The Ark. Game & Fish facility in Jacksonville is a top class place.

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