I think Amateurhunter is refering to shooting clays from a manual puller, not actual Trap Shooting.

I'm pretty amazed to find 2 others on this board that have a Citori Lightning Sporting Clays. I have one that I shoot for Trap & Sporting Clays with 28" barrels and hi-post rib. Very nice gun.

Sporting Clays is a great shotgun sport. You can shoot 50 or 100 at the 3 or 4 courses I frequent. There are any number of combinations at each station. We have singles, true pairs (2 at a time), report pairs (second is thrown after first shot) and following pairs. (The trapper throws the second at will) One course also has timed pairs, which are "driven pheasants" that come high over your head towards you. The trapper throws 3 true pairs, but you only call pull once. It's a neat stand.

As far as shells go, make sure your looking at the single boxes also. I've found that the "promo" boxes of 100 are pretty dirty and inconsistent. For economy shells, I've been using Remington Game Loads. They go on sale for less than $3/box early in the hunting season, and then creep their way up to $4/box towards the end. They are far from a premium shell, but I like them better than the promos. I lucked out and found the area wholesaler, and can get Rio's for under $4/box by the case.