An interesting thing happened

Today, I went to the trap range for some R&R. I took my Model 12 Win, with a 30 inch barrel, full choke, and simmons rib. When I got there I was told that the traps were broken. Rather than go home, I took an invitation to shoot a little skeet. When we were walking to the range, a guy asked me if my trap gun had interchangeable chokes. Well it didn't and I shot it anyway. I didn't take it very serious, and shot 3, scores of 19, which to my way of thinking wasn't too bad, as I normally shoot a skeet1 choke in my Rem 1100 for about a 23/24 average. Has anyone here ever shot skeet with a full choke shotgun? I found it to be very interesting and pretty good practice. What do you think?...........Kingpin

I shoot a lot of sporting clays, and practice some on trap and skeet fields beacuse they are close to me. I am very inconsistent at skeet, usually shooting 21-23 and it doesn't matter whether I use a full choke or a skeet choke. With the full, most of the breaks inkball, which is cool. I now shoot mod at all sporting targets. I gain more birds by turning off my brain than I lose due to having the wrong choke.
Chokes give you inches, you miss by feet.

Gary, I believe you are thinking of Tom Knapp, who shoots for Benelli. And yes he uses a pump with an extended tube.

The next question is: Who was the guy that shot someting like 1600 hand tossed 4x4 pine blocks in a row without a miss or malfuntion through a Remington Nylon 66 .22 auto? I can see a picture in my mind of him sitting on something like a large pick up load sized pile of blocks. RD

The next question is: Who was the guy that shot someting like 1600 hand tossed 4x4 pine blocks in a row without a miss or malfuntion through a Remington Nylon 66 .22 auto? I can see a picture in my mind of him sitting on something like a large pick up load sized pile of blocks. RD

The answer is Tom Fry, but it wasn't 1600, he actually shot at 100,000 of them hand thrown. It took him 6 days of shooting in Las Vegas, he had 6 rifles lined up on the table, guys keeping them loaded, and 6 other guys throwing until they got tired. During his breaks, he shot black birds on the wing. He shot all the skin off his trigger finger and kept it working by applying spray skin. I have the original article, from 1956 I believe. If I knew how to scan it and post it I would. His best run without a miss was 32,000 I think, and he drilled the 100,000th one dead center. There is even a picture of him sitting on the pile of 2" pine cubes. His cheek was raw after that. It was sponsored by Remington to promote their new model 66 and Tom Fry was one of their hired shooters of the time. I will dig out more specifics about it if anyone is interested. I know EXACTLY where the article is.

As far as the shotgunner is concerned, I saw him once, do that trick when I was a kid. I am racking my brain to remember his name. I even got his autograph, but God knows where it is now. I was 8 at the time.........................Kingpin