Trap Talk From The Back Fence

Ron Bliss from El Reno, Oklahoma joins Rick and Zach. Ron has been shooting since 1976, has shot more than 427,000 registered targets, and is the vet world singles and doubles champion. This year he won the Kinsley Doubles Marathon, taking out his traveling buddy Pat Stacy. Ron keeps the game simple. See it, read it, then move the gun, and if you get that out of order it's a lost target. He talks about the switch Harlan says flips when you cross the 27-yard line, his student Shelby's "break...

Part 2 of the Listener Extravaganza, our listener Q&A special. Jon reads more of the questions you sent in on Facebook and by email, and Rick and Zach answer them. Brenden Mowen starts it off: is there really a quality difference between a Browning and a premium gun? Zach puts a Rolex next to a Seiko and says the biggest difference is the trigger, the same pull weight every time. Rick will hit 500,000 registered targets this year, about 300,000 of them with a K80. For him the difference...

This one's a listener Q&A special. You sent your questions in on Facebook, and Jon reads them to Rick and Zach in Part 1 of the Listener Extravaganza. Rick catches up on a couple of weeks on the road. In West Texas he took a scimitar oryx at about 200 yards with one shot, and Joe Charnigo broke four clay targets in a row with a 9 mm pistol. At Sporting Clays Nationals, his 12th, Rick started with a 46 out of 75 on the orange and finished with a 70 on the red. Then the first two question...

Trapshooting tips for the new target year. Rick and Zach reset for next season: practice with a purpose, planning your shoots, getting your gun set up right and setting goals that stack. No guest this week, just hosts Richard Marshall Jr. and Zach Nannini on getting more out of next season than you got out of the last one. They start with the reset. Rick on not dwelling on a bad season, and Zach on how putting the shotgun down for three or four months can fix problems like moving on the cal...

From stepping away from competitive trapshooting to becoming a Southwestern Grand Handicap Champion and earning his first ATA Open All-American Team selection, Samuel "Sam" Leiendecker has a story built on determination, perseverance, and a genuine love for the sport. In Episode 194 of Trap Talk, hosts Richard Marshall Jr. and Zach Nannini sit down with Sam to talk about his journey from growing up in Arizona to shooting collegiate national championships at Lindenwood University, serving as a...