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This Month In Clay Target Nation

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The September issue of Clay Target Nation is packed full of tips and advice to help you improve your shooting as well as coverage of sporting clays’ two biggest international events: the World English and the World FITASC.

In our Training Tips, John Shima reminds you that the target isn’t your enemy — in fact, it gives you all the information you need in order to break it. Meanwhile, Clayton Rue compares sporting clays success with weight loss. Just as you can’t lose 50 pounds until you’ve first lost 5 pounds, you can’t win major championships without hitting some smaller milestones along the way.

In event coverage, LeeAnn Magro brings you coverage of the Elite Classic, while U.K.-based shooter Don Brunt offers all the details on how the U.S. Sporting Clays Team performed on the world stage at the World English Sporting Championships and the World FITASC. We also have a photo essay from SCTP Nationals.

In features, Stuart Brown has advice on making a recovery shot, Victoria Stellato offers drills and tips for improving your follow-through, and a team of NSCA Instructors lays out a lesson-by-lesson plan for getting novice shooters started down the road to success. We’ve also got a story covering the history of shotgun barrels, and vision specialist Ed Lyons weighs in on what shooters need to understand about contacts, glasses and vision-correction surgery.

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K-80 Raffle Winner Announced

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On Friday, October 28, during the Top Gun Shoot-Out at the National Sporting Clays Championship, a drawing was held for the winner of the Krieghoff K-80 raffle. Congratulations to Bill Wilford of Musella, Georgia, who was drawn as the winner of the gun, and he will have his choice of a K-80 Pro Sporter, Sporter, or Parcours model with gold standard engraving and color case-hardened finish. The retail value of the shotgun is $23,090.

A total of 460 tickets were sold. Proceeds from the raffle help to fund the USA Sporting Clays Team as well as the NSSA and NSCA All-American Teams.

Thank you to Krieghoff for the generous donation and to all those who purchased tickets.

Win a Krieghoff K-80!

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krieghoff masters k-80 raffle ticketIf you’re headed to the duPont/Krieghoff – Krieghoff – White Flyer Masters this spring — and even if you’re not — you don’t want to miss your chance to participate in a special raffle sponsored by Forest City Gun Club.

The Masters, held April 28 – May 1, 2022, at Forest City in Savannah, Georgia, is always a highlight of the skeet season for many shooters. The winner of this raffle will have their choice of a standard-grade K-80 with a maximum value of $12,895 (see gun details in the graphic).

Three hundred tickets are available, and each ticket costs $100. The winner will be drawn at the 2022 duPont/Krieghoff – Krieghoff – White Flyer Masters.

You do not have to attend the Masters in order to purchase a ticket, and you do not have to be present to win. To purchase tickets, call Forest City Gun Club at (912) 354-0210 or call the NSSA at (210) 688-3371 ext. 962.

2021 World Shoot Photo Gallery

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Whether you missed the World Skeet Championships this year and want to get a peek at the action, or you were there and are hoping to relive the memories, please enjoy this selection of photos from the 2021 World Shoot.

Click on a photo to enlarge.

Photos by Lefty Ray Chapa and Josh Poole

 

Houston Deshotels Wins HOA at 2021 World Skeet Championships

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2021 World Skeet Championships HOA winners, left to right: Steven Wood, third; Houston Deshotels, champion; and Taylor Nicosia, runner-up

The NSSA congratulates Houston Deshotels, who won both HOA and HAA at the 2021 World Skeet Championships, held October 4-8 at the National Shooting Complex in San Antonio.

Deshotels was perfect going into Friday’s .410 bore event, where he dropped only one target to finish the World Skeet Championships with a score of 449. Taylor Nicosia, who had dropped a target earlier in the week in the 28-gauge event, shot 100 straight in the .410 to tie Deshotels at 449 for HOA. Deshotels was the victor in the shoot-off, giving him his first HOA World Skeet Championship. He was also Triple-Sub Champion. Nicosia finished as HOA runner-up and Lady Champion. She also won Lady Champion in the Wayne Mayes Championship event, Lady runner-up in the 20-gauge and the .410, and Lady third in the 28-gauge and doubles.

Steven Wood, Cooper Oliver and Dessislav Ivanov battled it out in a shoot-off of 447s for the third spot on the HOA podium; Ivanov went out first and finished AAA1. Oliver went out next, finishing AA1, which left Wood as HOA third. Other class winners were Katie Hunt, A1; Tim Robinson, B1; Katie Lackey, C1; Michael Rykaczewski Sr., D1; and Steve Scales, E1. Katherine Adams was Lady runner-up, and Lauren Burge was Lady third.

With a score of 549, Deshotels was also HAA Champion, with Nicosia runner-up (547) and Ivanov third (546).

Also winning World Championships were Josh Poole, doubles and .410 bore; Robert Hicklin, 12-gauge; Michael Schmidt, 20-gauge; and Ryan Smithart, 28-gauge.

The previous weekend, at the Mini World, HOA winners included Alessandro Vitale, champion; Mike Woolard, runner-up; and Riley Chaddock, third. Vitale was also HAA Champion. Taylor Nicosia won doubles, Edward Smith won the 12-gauge, Michael Rykaczewski Jr. won the 20-gauge, and Josh Poole won the .410 bore. Wayne Mayes Championship winners were Ivanov, champion; Paul Newman, runner-up; and Nicosia, third.

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