Durable clay birds?

[hogdogs]

Is there such a thing as a heavy duty clay?
I miss too much for them to break on the soft ground. If I could recover my misses I would shoot more.
As a 4-6 year old, my folks would take us to various relatives who still farmed. The kids and women would pick taters etc. and the men would hang out drinkin' beer and shooting "?skeet?". They would send us kids out 'tween rounds to collect the unbroken birds for re-throwing. Now my birds bust on the softest of weeds, fluffy sugar sand, it don't matter they break...:mad:
Brent

[oneounceload]

Don't miss!....There are some that are a little harder. IIRC, those are the more expensive biodegradable ones. BTW, clay targets can be lethal for hogs

[dalecooper51]

I swear that the ones my club uses are rubber or something. They take a load of shot and keep on flying.

:rolleyes:

[peetzakilla]

I think you're going the wrong way on this.... what you need are ones so weak that any shot within 2 feet will break them. 2 birds with one stone: You look like a great shot and you don't have to hunt for them!

[oneounceload]

You could always get the Helice, or ZZ birds - they're reusable, but the launch equipment and initial price might shock you!.. :D

[zippy13]

It is rumored, the NSSA complained to the target manufacturer that there was too much shrinkage (targets broken by the machines), so harder targets were provided for the 1986 World Championships. That year, shrinkage was significantly reduced and Alan Clark won the High-Overall (HOA) with a 547x550, the lowest winning score in 30+ years. And, his High-All Around (HOA + Doubles) winning score of 647x650 was down 2 targets from his 1985 winning score.

Not exactly Durable, but those targets were harder than usual. If you look at the NSSA rules, you'll see that there are very few target requirements. From the 2009 Skeet rules, here's the total specification for targets...
A. TARGETS
Standard targets of good quality measuring no more than
four and five-sixteenth (4-5/16) inches in diameter nor more
than one and one-eighth (1-1/8) inches in height shall be
used.
Curious, eh?

[Old Guard Dog]

Moisture makes them softer. If they sit around too long in a damp cellar or garage, they will bust easier. Usually the gun club's are fresh.

[jheitertusa]

The gun club I am member of has trap shoots every thurs. Unbroken trap clays are all over the place out there. I suspect they don't break as easy as the larger clays, but I'll try to determine the brand next time I go out there.

[hogdogs]

Thanks for checking when you go...
The ones I buy are the cheap "white flyer" biodegradable from walmart or my gun shop as they both sell the same birds.
Brent

[oneounceload]

The gun club I am member of has trap shoots every thurs. Unbroken trap clays are all over the place out there. I suspect they don't break as easy as the larger clays, but I'll try to determine the brand next time I go out there.


???? Trap targets are the same size - there aren't any larger....now there ARE some sporting targets that are smaller - like midis, and minis. Then there are thinner ones like rabbits and battues