Clay Pigeon Shooting

Tom · Post by **Tom** » Tue Jun 13, 2006 11:33 am

Went yesterday with ed to a place in fife. Anyone else into it?? really well sorted set up. and cheap as well. £7 gun hire, 24pence a clay, £3.60 box of cartridges.

we did 188 clays, 200 cartridges etc and it was £75 all in. about 2 hours of fun. were def. going back. anyone else fancy it.?

Post by **Shug** » Tue Jun 13, 2006 11:48 am

It's a good giggle right enough. Ended up doing it at Gleneagles (taking a place from one of our corporate group clients who couldn't get his drunken arse out of bed

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Good fun. Bit o cash though, which I really need to be spending on the car

MacK · Post by **MacK** » Tue Jun 13, 2006 12:07 pm

Cluny Clays?

Was there a few weeks ago, good fun.

I've got the business card of the 'coach' that took us, and he said I can book him direct and it will be less than going through Cluny, I can pass on his details if you want..

Post by ed » Tue Jun 13, 2006 12:21 pm

yeah it was cluny, as we had shot before they let us take one of their guns without an instructor! so much better fun, them grouse were tricky to say the least!

Tom · Post by **Tom** » Tue Jun 13, 2006 12:25 pm

MacK wrote:Cluny Clays?

Was there a few weeks ago, good fun.

I've got the business card of the 'coach' that took us, and he said I can book him direct and it will be less than going through Cluny, I can pass on his details if you want..

yes thats the place. great selection of well sorted traps.

details would be great cheers. we didn't have a coach so i guess thats why it was cheaper for us to do it. mean't we could spend as long as we liked on whatever stand getting the hang of the trickier birds. the grouse was a bit of a surprise. goes like a rocket straight over your head.

didn't do a sighting clay and when it went i didn't even get the gun in my shoulder and i'd missed it.

Stephen · Post by **Stephen** » Tue Jun 13, 2006 12:45 pm

I'm up for it too. I have been before so know what I'm doing although I'm still useless. The inlaws are farmers and are gutted if they miss one while I'm extatic if I hit one.

Another thing woth doing is the Rage off road buggie at Oakley
http://www.fastrax.org/gallery.htm

They have 600cc engines and are good for 50mph accross a ploughed field. I did it for my stag and am looking for an excuse to go back.

Titanium S1 111S (gla) · Post by **Titanium S1 111S (gla)** » Tue Jun 13, 2006 1:08 pm

Cluny is a nice tidy set up but is pricey compared to most other places (except Gleneagles).

If you are looking for as good a setup for a good bit less cash try North Ayrshire Shooting Ground which is near Dalry (20 mins from Glasgow Airport). The place is a little less corporate shiny than Cluny but itâ€™s the same fun for less cash and Iâ€™m pretty sure they actually have more traps.

Wrong side of the country for most of you guys but I know you are not averse to the odd bit of extra mileage.

I think they have a web site and I have a number kicking around if anyone wants it.

Graham

Post by ed » Tue Jun 13, 2006 1:18 pm

hi graham, do you have a rough idea of the cost, had a look for a website but couldnt find it. we were just comparing the cost of that compared to a stag do i went on. it was £25 each for a box of shells and clays.

cheers ed

GregR · Post by **GregR** » Tue Jun 13, 2006 1:23 pm

i was trying to organise a works outing there in the evening (Cluny) and it appeared to be the instruction that was pricey. If we can blag on as experienced shooters, the price seems to fall.

Titanium S1 111S (gla) · Post by **Titanium S1 111S (gla)** » Tue Jun 13, 2006 2:45 pm

Ed,

The Stag thing is a complete con, as most of these things are.

From memory the guys charge about 15p a clay. The cartridges are a bit less than you were paying a box but if you buy them in cases of 250 or 500 they are about 25% cheaper again. I donâ€™t know if they charge for gun hire cos I have always brought my own.

Getting on as an experienced shooter (or with an experienced shooter) is the key, if you have to pay someone to walk round with you then it starts to get pricy (as for all places).

You could always give Tom or Jim a call.

If you are going out give me a shout, Iâ€™m always up for a shot (my shooting is nearly as bad as my driving) and if there are any complete novices I can run them through the basics.

http://www.continentalshooting.co.uk/

Rag_It · Post by **Rag_It** » Tue Jun 13, 2006 8:58 pm

Definately up for that - love the clay pigeon shooting - was quite good at the clays, but give me real birds flying out of woods having been scared by the dogs and could i hit a real bird - errrrrrrr no!

Dave

GregR · Post by **GregR** » Mon Jun 19, 2006 1:51 pm

so, we up for this gents? late night shoot at cluny one Wednesday evening?

The_Rossatron · Post by **The_Rossatron** » Mon Jun 19, 2006 2:12 pm

Sounds like a laugh. Shot a few of these bad boys in Canada eh.

MacK · Post by **MacK** » Mon Jun 19, 2006 2:44 pm

GregR wrote:so, we up for this gents? late night shoot at cluny one Wednesday evening?

Why Wed?

I cannae make Wed's

Tom · Post by **Tom** » Mon Jun 19, 2006 2:45 pm

MacK wrote:
GregR wrote:so, we up for this gents? late night shoot at cluny one Wednesday evening?
Why Wed?

I cannae make Wed's

yeah, what he said...