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Blaser New Models & Engravings

Blaser’s new F16 Pro designed by Cory Kruse has landed at Mid-Valley Clays’ Pro Shop. We even have one available in our rental fleet. Come try before you buy.

Some details:

  • Adjusted pitch angle ready for competition
  • Added weight in stock and barrels, perfectly balanced
  • RHINO ported barrel
  • Custom G1 RHINO ported competition chokes
  • KICK-EEZ butt pad
  • Each purchase donates to Warrior Health

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Krieghoff Factory Service @ Fall Classic Tournament

To all Krieghoff shooters on the west coast – for the first time, Krieghoff will provide on-site factory service during our Fall Classic Tournament on September 9-11, 2022. If you’ve been putting off your annual service, now is the time to schedule it. Time slots will only be available during one of those three days and can be scheduled on the Krieghoff web site using this link –>>

You must state the event in the ‘message box’ in order to get on the schedule.

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Target-Setting Class for Sporting Clays

Mid-Valley Clays & Shooting School
Target Setting 101
2022

6181 Concomly Rd NE, Gervais, OR 97026

Tuesday May 17th will be working on Sporting Clays target setting from 8:30 am – 6 pm

8:30 Class room

  • Introduce Students
    • Why are you taking this class?
    • What are you looking to get out of this class?
  • What makes a good target and why?
    • Rules to live by in setting targets
    • Which colors to use and why?
    • Type and size different targets
    • Using the line of the target (what is the line of a target)
    • Using terrain 

9:30 break

  • How to entertain the shooters not punish them
    • What is an easy target to you? Why?
    • Mix up the presentations, not all quartering away 
    • What is your “go-to target?” What does that mean?
    • Punish? what does that mean?  
    • How do you know when the sets are good?
  • Which traps and targets to use and why
    • What should a modern trap be able to do?
    • Why use different size targets?

10:30 Break

  • Shoot Some of Mid-Valley shooting targets
    • Why are they challenging? Speed? Distance? Edgy? Color? Sight? 
    • What Targets do you have trouble with?
    • What targets do you love to shoot? 
    • What have you noticed that is hard for other shooters? 
  • How to set club/soft and challenging world-class targets 
    • Spring soft?
    • Trap targets?
    • Incoming?
    • What makes the target a challenging world-class target? Distance? Speed?
    • What is a club-fundraiser target?
  • How make a menu 
    • True pair
    • Report pair
    • Following pair
    • Good menu can make up for iffy target’
    • Bad menu can mess up good targets 

12 noon lunch (included with class)

1:00 pm 

  • You will set 2-5 (if time permits) sporting stands with 2 traps per stand
    • Each student will have? stands to set for Boy Scout shoot
    • Each student should have helper to move traps (I hope) 

3:30 pm

  • We will shoot most stands and discuss what was good and why
    • Was it fun?
    • Was it all different? Thinking outside the box?
    • Challenge the shooter? But not too much?
    • Could you see the target & did you have time to shoot it?

5:30 pm

  • 10) Review Objectives and Outcomes
    • What is expected of you if you set targets at big event
    • Did you get what you wanted from the class?
    • What could have made the class better?
    • Write a review of the class

Thank you for participating in this target setting class!