Sporting Clays

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What is Sporting Clays?
With its roots coming from England, Sporting Clays is a shotgun shooting game in which clay targets are presented to the shooter in ways that mirror the flight pattern of game birds, or occasionally rabbits, in their natural habitats.

The shooting grounds are laid out in stations with each station representing one type of bird or a combination of birds. At each station, clay targets are thrown in pairs, five or so pairs to the station. A course consists of usually five to ten stations.

In many respects, Sporting Clays is played allot like golf.  And as in golf, the rules  become more specific as the level of competition increases. There are a few basic rules, however, that define the sport:

1. The shooter may start with a low gun or a pre-mounted gun when calling for the target.

2. Only two shells may be loaded.

3. If doubles are presented and both are broken with one shot, both are counted as kills.

4. Up to 3 malfunctions of the gun are allowed before the shooter “loses” birds

5. Chokes or guns may be changed between fields if desired.

Although the British Open, England's premier sporting clays competition, dates back to 1925, sporting clays has made its greatest gains in popularity in England within the last 20 years. Meanwhile it took a while for the sport to make it to America. In 1985, the Orvis Company hosted the first national sporting clays championship at its Houston facilities, for which the company established the Orvis Cup. Sporting clays had come to America and has flourished to the point where there are now well over 300,000 recreational Sporting Clays shooters in the U.S. alone.

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