This past Saturday, the wife and I headed up to the Rhode Island State Trap shoot.
I was pumped up for it and was ready to shoot 200 singles.
If you have never been to a state Trap shoot, Its a LONG day!
You get there for 8am so that meant we left the house at 6am. You register, then wait. Depending what squad you pull, you may not shoot your first 100 birds till noon. Then you wait till its your squads turn to shoot the second 100 birds.
After registration we set up our traveling chairs (ALWAYS in the trunk) and our cooler near the practice field. One thing that we never do at big shoots is shoot any practice rounds. We really hate to waste a perfect score on practice
Since we were right next to the practice field we figured what the hell, lets shoot one.
I start off on station 1, 4 shots and my gun locks open and wont close. I walk off the field to dissect the gun and replace whatever part is broken. I keep a spare of every assembly for the gun in my range bag so it should be a quick fix. I take the barrel off and I am shocked. My receiver and a piece of the welded on mag tube has cracked.
I did not bring a spare gun to shoot that day so I am DONE!!
So I went and dropped out and got my $105 registration fee back
Luckily we decided to shoot this round of practice. If this had happened after I started competing there would have been NO REFUND!
The break
Top view of the piece that busted off
Well the gun is a TRAP Model 1100 and was made in 1966 so the way I look at it, I have been shooting it for 4 years in competition and it may have had 40+ years of competition shooting before me so it had a good life!!!
Now I need a new receiver so I headed to one of my LGS, we have one that is owned by a Trap shooter that I shoot with. He has an old field model 1100 in on consignment for $450. The gun is old but looks like it has never been shot!
For any one that may have a chance at buying a used 1100, the best way to tell how much one has been shot is to check the bluing on the mag tube. As you can see in my picture above the bluing is worn off REAL GOOD = HEAVY SHOOTING
This one for sale, the mag tube looks like it came straight from the factory
He lets me have it for $400 out the door!!!
Now I only need the receiver and I already have all the spare parts for an 1100 that I need.
A good friend of mine, the guy that taught me how to shoot Trap, is an 1100 freak! He has been shooting them since he was a kid and his Father was a pilot for Remington years ago.
He loves the guns and has a crap load of them but NEVER sells them.
He offers me $250 for a few of the parts that I dont need!!!! So for $150 I am back on the Trap field with a gun that hopefully will last for many years to come.
I was pumped up for it and was ready to shoot 200 singles.
If you have never been to a state Trap shoot, Its a LONG day!
You get there for 8am so that meant we left the house at 6am. You register, then wait. Depending what squad you pull, you may not shoot your first 100 birds till noon. Then you wait till its your squads turn to shoot the second 100 birds.
After registration we set up our traveling chairs (ALWAYS in the trunk) and our cooler near the practice field. One thing that we never do at big shoots is shoot any practice rounds. We really hate to waste a perfect score on practice
Since we were right next to the practice field we figured what the hell, lets shoot one.
I start off on station 1, 4 shots and my gun locks open and wont close. I walk off the field to dissect the gun and replace whatever part is broken. I keep a spare of every assembly for the gun in my range bag so it should be a quick fix. I take the barrel off and I am shocked. My receiver and a piece of the welded on mag tube has cracked.
I did not bring a spare gun to shoot that day so I am DONE!!
So I went and dropped out and got my $105 registration fee back
Luckily we decided to shoot this round of practice. If this had happened after I started competing there would have been NO REFUND!
The break
Top view of the piece that busted off
Well the gun is a TRAP Model 1100 and was made in 1966 so the way I look at it, I have been shooting it for 4 years in competition and it may have had 40+ years of competition shooting before me so it had a good life!!!
Now I need a new receiver so I headed to one of my LGS, we have one that is owned by a Trap shooter that I shoot with. He has an old field model 1100 in on consignment for $450. The gun is old but looks like it has never been shot!
For any one that may have a chance at buying a used 1100, the best way to tell how much one has been shot is to check the bluing on the mag tube. As you can see in my picture above the bluing is worn off REAL GOOD = HEAVY SHOOTING
This one for sale, the mag tube looks like it came straight from the factory
He lets me have it for $400 out the door!!!
Now I only need the receiver and I already have all the spare parts for an 1100 that I need.
A good friend of mine, the guy that taught me how to shoot Trap, is an 1100 freak! He has been shooting them since he was a kid and his Father was a pilot for Remington years ago.
He loves the guns and has a crap load of them but NEVER sells them.
He offers me $250 for a few of the parts that I dont need!!!! So for $150 I am back on the Trap field with a gun that hopefully will last for many years to come.