Shotgun Sports USA

On this episode we talk to Mike Luongo and Joe Scull about target difficulty at tournaments.  We are going to find out how these guys feel about setting targets for big tournaments verses setting targets for local fun shoots and how to determine how difficult they should be.  Should they get easier or Should they stay the same....Plus alot more.

Will Fennell and Neil Chadwick have been around this sport for a long time. They have seen it evolve into what it is today, but there are some things that we need to work on in their opinions to make it the best it can be. We discuss topics like. Target setting, rule changes that will be enforced in 23, rule changes that they would like to see enforced. We talk about how clubs could possibly better turnouts for tournaments and much more.

Neil Chadwick, shoot chairman for the 2022 National Championship talks about how the event ran and how the super squad turned out in his opinion.  We also discuss some stats that will blow your mind coming from the largest national event in history.  Also, what's in store for 2023.  What changes they will make and what to look forward to.

Jonny Carter is one of the guys behind the large YouTube channel, TGS Outdoors.  His videos focus on anything to do with guns and mainly shotguns.  His unique way of capturing the moment, producing the videos and telling the stories is what has captured over 100k subscribers and earning the channel a Silver Creator Award.  Jonny talks about his ideas for videos, how to grab the attention of people not in the sport through YouTube, what it takes to produce high quality content and how the team travels the world to get the shot.  This is a different, yet really informative episode not only on how to video clay shooting, but how american sporting clays appeals to people from all over the world.

Jonathan is a shooter that resides in Florida.  He has been around the sport for a while now and has worked his way to the top of leaderboards at most of the tournaments he attends.  Jonathan earned his way onto the 2022 Super Squad at nationals in San Antonio Texas and shot with the lead squad on the last day.  He finshed the main event at nationals at M10 and the K Cup at M9.  He practices alot, coaches for himself and Woolley Shooting Clinics, where he works.

The National Championship in san Antonio Texas is over and I have the 3x National Champion and Hall of Fame inductee, Zachary Kienbaum, the Sub-Junior Champion, Connor Daniel and the Ladies Runner up, Desirae Edmunds, all on with me this week.  We cover the tournament and thoughts, the Super Squad and why it should be implemented every year, the attendance and everything in between.

Michael Hampton Jr. is the NSCA Executive director.  This is the first time in 4 years of podcasting that I have had him on my show.  We talk about a lot of the things that you often hear mentioned online or at the gun club.  First off, the upcoming National Championship and the new super squad format, how the NSCA could look into starting a pro class based off of similar criteria that was used to select the super squad, what we need to do to start sub junior team USA, how to improve the Championship Tour and much more.

Neil Chadwick, one of the lead guys at The National Championship, talks about the upcoming event, the changes, the super squad, how the targets will be different this year from previous years, cheating, protests, the hall of fame and a lot more.

Zach, Desirae and Chris all stopped by to talk about the upcoming 2022 Nationals and their thoughts on the super squad.  Chris Claxton is a film director/producer from California and owns Chris Claxton Films.  Chris has some of the most viewed sporting clays videos on YouTube with some nearly reaching 1.5M views.  He has also produced instructional videos for Gebben Miles and Anthony Matarese Jr. Chris, Zach and Anthony Matarese Jr. have been in the works on a new instructional series that will be coming out very soon featuring Zach Kienbaum.  The thought, the people and the process in making one of these videos may blow your mind.  We cover it all in this episode.

Raymond is a very intersting guy that has been around the sport for a long time.  He creates shooting games that bring excitement and fun to tournaments all around the country.  He talks about how and why these were created and why it is important to have these sort of events at tournaments.  His goes into his plans for the future and even talks about something new that will be coming out sooner than later.