The First Time

[BestDrugDoc]

Just been to my first Practical Shotgun competition at the Carlisle Small Arms Club.

Great fun and a warm welcome but a pity there are very few opportunities to do it up in the North East.

I was "slightly" hampered by having to use a S2 shotgun - but at least I wasnt last in ALL the stages!

There is something very satisfying about shooting reactive targets and making alot of noise.....

Highly recommended to everyone to try if you haven't yet.

Now, the tricky problem of choosing another gun..............

bigteeth

[ovenpaa]

So does this mean an S1 Shotgun is on the cards?

Out of interest does anyone use P/A for practical or are the all Semi Autos?

[BestDrugDoc]

Yes, the search is on.....but of course there is the small matter of getting a slot on the FAC- a few hoops to jump through I think, but in the immortal words of JC "how hard can it be?"

They use S/A's and Pump action. I am thinking at the moment - get a pump or S/A? At least they are in different classes so dont have to compete against each other. Pumps seem to be cheaper and more reliable - and there is that racking sound.... I was surprised by the amount of unreliability in the S/As there - ones that are supposed to be "the ones to have".

What do other people think?

[Catch]

Just been to my first Practical Shotgun competition at the Carlisle Small Arms Club.

Great fun and a warm welcome but a pity there are very few opportunities to do it up in the North East.

I was "slightly" hampered by having to use a S2 shotgun - but at least I wasnt last in ALL the stages!

There is something very satisfying about shooting reactive targets and making alot of noise.....

Highly recommended to everyone to try if you haven't yet.

Now, the tricky problem of choosing another gun..............

bigteeth

I was thinking of trying this when I get my SGC through as it does look fun. What shot size did you use if it was a S2?

Cheers,


C

[BestDrugDoc]

I borrowed a 12 b semi auto beretta.

I had some 70mm 28g 7.5 shells that seemed to do the job with no problem.

I had to beg some buck shot shells for one stage - I hadnt realised how big the shot were in these - would do alot of damage...

Looking forward to a S1 though.....

[Blackstuff]

Good to meet another FBer and to have another one doing PSG You shot the competition very well for a first time out, you certainly did the first stage a lot better than me, but my motto is Kill 'em all when it comes to penalty plates :lol:

Here's the stages (note the FB cap!!)



Overpaa - PSG is split into different divisions according to the action type of the gun, so there's Auto (semi-autos) and Manual (pumps, lever guns). Then each division is split into 3 different classes, depending on the level (if any) of modification to the gun, they're Standard (factory guns with only basic upgrades possible, e.g. non-optical/electronic sights, extended bolt releases etc), Modified (same as Standard but you can have things like ported barrels and you can start each stage with 14 cartridges in the gun), then Open (which is pretty much anything goes), box mag fed guns like the Saiga automatically get put in Open class.

From my experience pump-actions are just as unreliable as S/A's for PSG, infact i've seen more pumps jam up than S/A's, and if i'm being brutally honest 9 times out of 10 its the users fault, same with S/A's. However, the main difference is that, unless you practice practice practice jam drills with a S/A, pumps are generally much quicker to unjam.

Hope to see you there again next time :cheers:

[Fullbore]

I borrowed a 12 b semi auto beretta.

I had some 70mm 28g 7.5 shells that seemed to do the job with no problem.

I had to beg some buck shot shells for one stage - I hadnt realised how big the shot were in these - would do alot of damage...

Looking forward to a S1 though.....

I'm tempted to give this a go as there is a club not far from me.

Don't forget you will probably need to get 12g slug cartridges listed on your ammo on the FAC1 too.

I just need a lottery win now to do all the things I want at the moment

[Blackstuff]

I was thinking of trying this when I get my SGC through as it does look fun. What shot size did you use if it was a S2?

Cheers,


C

PSG uses the 3 main types of shotgun ammo, birdshot (usually #7.5 - #5), buckshot (99/100 its SG size) and slug. Only slug is required to be on FAC / S1 and the vast majority of stages are shot with birdshot so you're usually fine if you don't have an FAC.

[Christel]

Great stuff :shakeshout: :shakeshout:

[ovenpaa]

Hmm... someone rather close to me was watching that with the volume turned up.....