I have recently become very interested in Trap Shooting as well. I use a Verona 12ga. and so far have been shooting either 7 1/2 or 8's . Is that the correct Load? Also what Choke is recommended. Is it possible to have TOO BIG a pattern for trap shooting? I'm currently using the biggest choke I own, but am not hitting a lot of birds. Up close, from our own little thrower I hit 7 out of 10, but at the gun club where the thrower is already 16 yards away I hit only about 25% (11 out of 50). Is my pattern spreading out so fast that it goes "around" the bird rather than hitting it?