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iTrapshooter.com: How were you able to keep your focus clear?
Brad: The first one that I was ever on was the hardest because I was the number five man. It was at the Indiana State shoot, we broke a 998. It was Bobby Little, Frank Little, Joe Powell, myself and John Moster going to the last trap, on the singles, we’ve all ran 75 straight, my gun broke on the first shot and I had to shoot the last 25 by myself on the practice trap. That was the most nerve wracking because the other guys all went out and broke it so now it was up to me, I had to break 25 to break a 500 and to break a 998 which would be the record at the time.
That was probably as nervous as I’d ever been shooting, we did it at the old Indiana Gun Club and in Indiana they had two practice traps that faced south. The permanent traps faced north. On the backside of the parking lot they had two practice traps, I had to go down and shoot on the practice trap and it was never set too well. I shot by myself, I think it was 1981 or 82.
iTrapshooter.com: That was a lot of pressure.
Brad: It was. That was the most nerve wracking thing I’d ever done. I’ve killed 25 pigeons that are worth 25 grand and handicap targets but you know when you’re shooting a 500, you’re not just doing it for yourself you’re doing it for somebody else.
Now, I’ve been on 493 squads where I’ve broke a 93 and everybody else broke a 100 but nobody knows that because if you’re going to miss one you better miss a bunch.
iTrapshooter.com: What can you recommend to other shooters if it’s their first 100 or their on a five hundred squad?
Brad: The first one’s always the hardest. My first 100 straight that I ever broke in singles, there could have been naked women walking across the trap in front of me, I wouldn’t have seen them I was so psyched on clay targets, the first year I shot trap in 1974. That’s all I could think about and after you’ve done it, it gets easier, but the only thing I could tell people is to enjoy it while you’re doing it.
It’s why you’re out there, to have fun, if you don’t get that feeling in your stomach or like your stomach feels like its tightening up in knots, it’s not why you want to be there. When I lose that feeling, that’s the only reason I don’t shoot competitive much any-
get that same thrill that I used to get. Does that make sense to you?
“…on the practice trap…I had to break
25 to break a 500.”
Hall of Fame Brad Dysinger
An iTrapshooter.com interview
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Brad Dysinger
Trapshooting Hall of Fame
Ohio State Trapshooting Hall of Fame
18 Time All-
2
Times Captain Industry Team
Grand American Notables
1976 High Over-
(lost shoot-
1978
Clay Target Champion
1987 Clay Target Runner-
1988 High Over All 986 x 1000
1988
All-
1989 Clay Target Champion
1989 Budweiser
(Preliminary) Handicap
Champion
1989 High Over All Runner-
7 Consecutive 200 x 200 at Grand
Over Three Years
14
Trophies in One year at Grand
as Industry Shooter
1990 100 Straight from 27
State Championships
Singles, Doubles, Handicap and All-
Championships in both
Ohio and Maryland
1975 Ohio State Handicap Champion from 27 (the largest handicap
won by a 27-
the time -
August 28, 1977 Broke 100 straight
from
27 to give Grand Slam (17th person)
Won over 1000 trophies at trap shoots in 38
States and Provinces
Won Flyer Shoots in Illinois, Texas, Indiana, Kentucky, Ohio,
Pennsylvania, Florida
Other
Ohio State Association Director 2006 to present -
