HOW SCORING IN CLAY TARGET SHOOTING COMPETITIONS WORKS
Like any other Olympic discipline, the scores in clay target shooting competitions are regulated by the corresponding international federation. When it comes to the Olympic disciplines of clay target shooting (Skeet, Trap and Double Trap), the ISSF (International Shooting Sport Federation) is responsible for setting the rules on scores and classification...
STEPS AND REGULATIONS FOR BUILDLING A CLAY TARGET SHOOTING RANGE
Like we’ve mentioned once or twice before on social media, if you’ve decided to build your own clay target shooting range, you’re probably more than aware of all the rules and regulations you’ll need to follow to get your range up and running at full capacity. To make things as easy...
HOW TO GET A TYPE E FIREARMS LICENCE FOR CLAY TARGET SHOOTING
Getting a type E firearms licence for clay target shooting is one of the first things on the to-do list of anyone interested in taking up this sport. Spanish legislation is very clear in this regard: “no one may use a gun without the corresponding licence”. However, to apply for a type...
CLAY TARGET SHOOTING: OLYMPIC AND SPORTING DISCIPLINES
Clay target shooting, as we know it today, involves several disciplines divided into SPORTING and OLYMPIC shooting. In our “History of Clay Target Shooting” we explained that, even though shooting sports can be traced back to 1871, when the National Rifle Association of the United States held the first major competitions,...
UNIVERSAL TRENCH: THE DISCIPLINE FOR THE MOST ADVENTUROUS CLAY TARGET SHOOTERS
If you’re new to the world of clay shooting, you might be feeling a bit overwhelmed and/or baffled by all the different modalities this sport offers so that you can start shooting today. Of all these modalities, today we want to go deeper into Universal Trench, a shooting discipline internationally regulated...
THE ECONOMY AND THE RISING COST OF CLAY TARGETS
March 2022 marks two years since governments asked practically every European citizen to lockdown in their homes. From then until now, we industrialists have been on a rollercoaster of emotions unlike anything we have experienced in the past few years. The government's recommendations in March 2020 that we should work from home...