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Down-the-line (DTL) clay pigeon shooting is a variation of trap shooting which is very popular in Australia, New Zealand, South Africa, Zimbabwe, Canada, France, the United Kingdom, and Ireland. Its origins stem from live pigeon shooting as well as the very beginnings of the clay target sort.
In 2010 Richard and Tanya opened Owls Lodge Shooting School [11] near Barton Stacey. The ground contains Sporting, Olympic trap, Double trap, Olympic skeet, Universal trench and Down-The-Line layouts. In 2011, Faulds won individual silver and team gold in the double trap at the European Shooting Championships in Serbia. [12]
Ball, who has previously competed at the highest level, now participates in Down-The-Line tournaments across the UK. He now specializes in instructing individuals interested in clay pigeon shooting. Most of the best trap shooters in the United Kingdom utilize him. Ball has collaborated with Andy Waddington, the son of sports shooter David ...
Trap shooting is one of the three major disciplines of competitive clay pigeon shooting.The other disciplines are skeet shooting and sporting clays. [1] [2]Trap shooting is distinguished by the targets being launched from a single "house" or machine, generally away from the shooter, compared with skeet shooting where targets are launched from two "houses" crossing in front of the shooter.
As well as the rifle ranges, there are two clay target shooting complexes; The National Clay Shooting Centre, which caters for trap disciplines such as skeet and down-the-line, and Bisley Shooting Ground, which caters for sporting clays, or simulated game shooting. [7]
In Pennsylvania, where gun clubs have hosted pigeon shoots since before the Civil War, live pigeon shooting is specifically exempt from animal cruelty laws. [43] [1] [54] [55] A 2014 bill for banning pigeon shooting [56] was opposed by the National Rifle Association of America. Legislators were apparently convinced and let the bill expire. [57]
After a fatal shooting at a school in small-town Georgia, districts nationwide were inundated with threats. Superintendents have gotten used to it. How shootings upend US schools – even where ...
The Fédération Internationale de Tir aux Armes Sportives de Chasse (FITASC) Compak Sporting is a type of shotgun sport shooting similar to sporting clays, trap and skeet. Other shotgun sports with (at least partial) international recognition include Sporting Clays, Down-The-Line/ATA and Five stand.