Shell Smarts

There are two types of gauge that are used for Trap Shooting and they are 12 gauge and 20 gauge. They have different size shells and different colors to tell them apart more easily. 20 gauge shells are ALWAYS YELLOW. 12 gauge shells come in a variety of colors but mainly BLUE, RED, and GREEN.

12 Gauge 

                                       

20 Gauge 

Rule #3

Handling the shotgun is very important. To tell other people non-verbally that your gun is unloaded; for a semi-automatic the barrel should be pointing towards the sky and the chamber should be open and visible.

A break action should always be unloaded, and should be broke open. This shows others that your gun is safe and unloaded.

Rule #2

Ear protection is extremely important. The fire from the guns is very loud. Therefore, ear protection is needed. Here are the different types of ear protection.

Ear Muffs

Foam Ear Plugs

You can squish these to fit into your ear, and when they are in, the foam expands to fit perfectly into the ear canal.

 Custom Ear Plugs

These ear plugs are made specifically for the person who is going to be wearing them. They are custom made, you can pick from an assortment of colors for your ear plugs to be custom made.

Rule #1

You MUST wear eye protection!

The purpose of eye protection is that pieces of the target tend to fly back from the wind, and from the sun. The color of lenses also illuminate the target. If it is cloudy or darker outside one would wear a lighter shade of lenses, such as yellow. If it sunny and bright outside one would wear darker lens, such as purple, or maybe even orange or magenta. The color of the lens depends completely on a persons preference. 

Rules of the Range

Before you can break clays you have to know the safety rules of the range.

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