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 is longevity, and the right gun comes down to your budget and how many targets you want to shoot. Marlin Stutzman asks why Rick shoots Fiocchi Shooting Dynamics 1165 8s instead of White Rhino. Rick likes it for singles and the first shot of doubles, and calls it the best singles shell out there.

Then seeing the target and moving the gun. George Lee asks if gun speed changes between singles and handicap. Rick says his doesn't: he matches the speed of the target. Dennis Quimper asks about swing through lead, and that turns into a talk about chronic gun stoppers. Rick's advice: stop overthinking it, because smooth is fast.

Clayton Gross loses the bird in the glare under the lights at the 27. Rick looks at the front edge and top edge of the target, Zach explains why the bead looks like a golf ball at night, and they compare the lenses they wear. Zac Brody asks what causes a flinch and what helps besides lighter loads or a release trigger. Curt Corey wants the best way to learn a double release trigger. Ron Seeley Jr. asks how many practice targets they shoot a year, and Zach passes on what Dave Kelly told him a practice trap is for.

Got a question for the guys? Send it to askus@traptalkpodcast.com. Missed Part 1? It's Special Episode 10.

Chapters
0:00 Intro
1:42 Premium guns and Rick's Fiocchi shells
23:17 Gun speed, lead and swing through
41:00 Night shooting, flinching, release triggers and practice

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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 questions: how many ways can you pronounce David Heeringa's name, and pineapple on pizza, yes or no? Rick says no. Zach says it's flatbread.

Erik Cobb kicks off the gun fit questions: where do you start on a new gun with an adjustable rib and comb? Rick gives his two ways to find point of impact, a patterning board with the gun locked in or straightaways from post 3, and says to tighten the choke up so you can see where the gun's shooting. Bryan Smith asks about stacked beads, and Zach explains stacked versus figure eight. DJ Button asks what you adjust when you set a gun up for handicap and then learn singles with it. Rick dials it in at the 27 first and likes a 70 to 80 percent point of impact.

Josh Vonsprecken asks about cheek slap. Rick says check the pitch first, with washers in the pad, and tells how he shot through cuts for 20 plus years until Jimmy at Wenig built him a stock that fit. Zach walks through the wall test for pitch. John Link is 6 foot 8 and asks if a custom stock would help. Rick says he definitely needs one. Terry Delanty asks where a gun's balance point should sit relative to the hinge pin.

They wrap up with Trap Talk's Wednesday Night Lights shoot at the 78th Nevada State Shoot: $20 to enter, a free custom towel, buckles for four yardage groups and three categories, and a shootoff for 10 ounces of silver from Ron Prescott of Mid State Precious Metals.

Got a question for the guys? Send it to askus@traptalkpodcast.com. Part 2 is out next Friday.

Chapters
0:00 Intro
1:44 Rick's hunt, Sporting Clays Nationals and gun setup
24:16 Stacked beads and setting up for handicap
39:54 Cheek slap, pitch and gun fit
58:52 Custom stocks, balance and Wednesday Night Lights

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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 call. From there it's practice with a purpose: set the trap on one angle until you feel good, then go back to oscillation so you don't pick up anticipation. And footwork in doubles, where Zach says the feet matter as much as almost anything.

Then the planning talk. Book your shoots, flights and hotels early, and squad with people who are committed to going. Rick's shameless plug: all the shoots are on the SOS Clays app. Plus getting your gun set up right, making small tweaks instead of big ones, and Rick's three kinds of goals: short term, long term for the year, and the bucket list.

The back half is goals that stack. Five straight, then 10, 15, 20 and 25, then four 25s together. Keep a journal, write your goals down, and when a shoot doesn't go your way, reflect on it instead of getting mad. You get out of it what you put in.

Chapters
0:00 Intro
1:28 The reset, practice, footwork and trip planning
24:35 Off-season prep, gun setup and goals
43:49 Journals, effort and what's next

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