Grand Forks herald. [volume] (Grand Forks, N.D.) 1916-1955, 1920-03-24
DOUBLE TARGET
SHOOTS URGED
BY TRAP FANS
BY PETER p. CARNEY
Editor National Sports Syndicate

If the state associations adopt the
suggestion offered tby the American
~Trapshooting association and include a
doubles 1.-TWO targets thrown at the
same time) champion at SO pairs in
each of the state championship COM
petitions the clay target sport will be
much more interesting for the spec
tators and contestants in 1920 than
ever before. 4
Doubles target shooting is the real
sport of trapshooting. Scattergun en-
thusiasts assert that the real test Of
ability in the breaking of inanimate
targets is in the shooting of doubles.
There are many shooters who are ex-
cellent shots with the single barrel gun
but with the pump or the double bar
rel they do not figure. Doubles tar
get shooting is interesting to the spec,
tator because of the rapidity with
which the shooter must fire in order
to get both targets. They like that
"bang-bang"a noise. "
This vas proven when the Win
chester shooting team toured the cast
ern and southern states last fall. The
thousands of spectators in the various
cities silently admired the. wonder
single target shooting of the'tean1, but
it was at the doubles target shooting
that they applauded. The. average
American likes to see. fast work-and
that is just what one sees in the
shooting at doubles.
At Rockford, Ill. on October 9 last
the Winchester team broke 81 out of
so pairs. two members of the team
breaking all ten pairs and the, other
get in ten pairs. This is a worlds
record. There has been little or no
doubles shooting in recent years and
the trip of the Winchester team re-
vived the sport. At the Grand Amer
lean Handicap each year there is a
national championship at doubles tar
gets-but seldom during the year do
the shooters get a chance to shoot at
doubles on a program. e
The writer brought out these facts
last fall NJ the "A. T. A. took cog
nizance of them and has asked the
state associations to encourage this
branch of the sport. If each state
association puts on a doubles cham
pionship it means about 48 doubles
events during the season. If the state
associations put on doubles events it
is mere than likely that many clubs
through the country will. put such
events on club programs and if this
comes to pass it will be the best thing
that eel happened for trapshooting.
Doubles target shooting perhaps
more nearly than any other style OF
trapshooting approaches conditions
that prevail when shooting at gang
in the field, such as quail. grouse,
prairie chicken. etc. To make asgopd
score on game birds, one has to &C
curately and quickly align one's CUR
and pull the trigger. The slower shot
is always handicapped and more a
ticularly SO when shooting at double
targets. because a Regulation tar
get" !. e., a target thrown about 50
yards according to rule, gets away
from the gunner more quickly thar
any bird that flies. 1t is true that il
slows up towards the end Of it's flight
but 1t is then too far from the mar
with the gun for him to count safely
on the pattern made by his load o!
shot scoring a break for him. A SLOW
shot must expect many a second tar.
get Of his double to be scored lost
to him. Ther efore. the accuracy 9,
aim Of two shooters being equal, tht
quicker shot has an advantage ove1
his slower contestant.