As you can see from the scoring that I shot a 10, a 10, and a 9. Andy said that is average for a beginner. I hope so, because I was embarrassed. My son, on the other hand, shot a 9, a 13, and a 17. I've always maintained that my boy is a superb shot with pistol and rifle, and he proved it once again with shotguns. I think he'll be in the 20s in no time. Andy shot the 18, 21 and 20. The other guy, Pat, was just a stranger who joined us for that third round. He was doing a little pre-hunting practice with a semi-auto.
Anyway, we had a great time. Thank you to AndyC for the coaching he gave us, which was excellent. My son and I have a new addiction, and we can't wait to go do it again. Of course, now he's mad because he has to buy a proper skeet gun. When we shot that first round of traps, he tried it with his Mossberg 500 HD shotgun, and couldn't hit a thing with it. I wasn't great, but I did succeed in hitting 5 or 6 of the clays on that round. So when we shot the three rounds of skeet, he borrowed my Stoeger. He confessed to me this morning that when he first saw what I had bought, he thought I was crazy. But now he thinks that having a good over and under is absolutely necessary to his life.
