If you're a practiced trap shooter, you may do suprisingly well from the 16 yd. line if you are fast enough. You're gonna have to break them as soon as they clear the traphouse. If you try to shoot past the 16, I feel you are going to be disappointed. That, however, was never the purpose in the design of that gun. It was made primarily for close-ranged work and from what I've read, was quite up to it's task. It was for the most part an "in-your-face" gun.