just shoot me...but not in the face...

so, yesterday, i ventured off to shoot a gun for the very first time in my life...it was a nice shotgun as you can see...i guess i'm a true republican now...we (sans M of course) went to the national clay shooting centre which was about 30 miles outside of london...it was a really cool experience...we each had 25 clay pidgeons to knock down (they are actually pretty small - less than five inches in diameter)...the instructor behind me in the picture obviously taught us how to hold and aim the gun because if you didn't hold it nice and tight against your shoulder and your check, then it would definitely give you a nice slap due to the recoil and obviously how to load and unload it...then we basically shot at the clay pidgeons coming out at a couple of different angles...it was a really windy day actually and some drizzle at times, which made the shooting conditions tough...i would just yell "pull" and the clay pidgeon would fly out...but we each managed to shoot down at least half the 25...and we definitely got better as it went a long...in my last session, i hit 8 of 10 down...if you liked playing duck hunt as a kid, then you have to experience this...