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  • 25-03-2010 8:35pm
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    Teferi
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    Hey all,

    I went target and clay shooting with my college a few months ago and really enjoyed it. It was a place in Wexford we went to, can't remember the name.

    Anyway, I really enjoyed the clay shooting (I don't have the patience for target shooting) and have been a bit of a lurker here since,following a lot of threads with interest. It seems to be a pretty expensive sport to get into though and as I'm a poor college student I don't really have too much money to spend. Is there a cheapish way of getting involved as I really enjoyed it and have had a bit of an itch to start ever since?


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    poulo6.5
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    Teferi wrote: »
    Hey all,

    I went target and clay shooting with my college a few months ago and really enjoyed it. It was a place in Wexford we went to, can't remember the name.

    Anyway, I really enjoyed the clay shooting (I don't have the patience for target shooting) and have been a bit of a lurker here since,following a lot of threads with interest. It seems to be a pretty expensive sport to get into though and as I'm a poor college student I don't really have too much money to spend. Is there a cheapish way of getting involved as I really enjoyed it and have had a bit of an itch to start ever since?



    you can pick up a handy secondhand shotty for a couple of hundred euro.
    have a look around and you should find something handy,

    a box of clay's is around €15 for 500. and i think a case of shells is around €50 i'm not sure it's prob less. and a cheep clay trap new is €70.

    save your penny's and you will be sorted;)


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    patsat
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    or since your money is stretched u can buy a throwin arm for the clays. not sure of the exact price but they should be 20 euro or less.

    have you any friends/family interested in the sport?? because buying a box of clays and cartridges for a day of clay pidgeon becomes a lot cheaper when you buy as a group!

    Hope you get into the sport and best of luck!


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    elius
    Registered Users Posts: 1,204 ✭✭✭elius


    Teferi wrote: »
    Hey all,

    I went target and clay shooting with my college a few months ago and really enjoyed it. It was a place in Wexford we went to, can't remember the name.

    Anyway, I really enjoyed the clay shooting (I don't have the patience for target shooting) and have been a bit of a lurker here since,following a lot of threads with interest. It seems to be a pretty expensive sport to get into though and as I'm a poor college student I don't really have too much money to spend. Is there a cheapish way of getting involved as I really enjoyed it and have had a bit of an itch to start ever since?

    Is it just clays you interested in? Nothing better than walking through the field on a cold winters day. Sportdsden.ie have a couple of used shot guns in stock at quite an affordable price its not as expensive as you think.


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