clay pigeon
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They simply bought a gun and ammunition and showed up at the range or clay pigeon course to figure it out.
From Slate ● Apr. 22, 2023
I go clay pigeon shooting on a Saturday.
From Time ● Jan. 13, 2016
“My life changed on New Year’s Day 1953 when, aged 13, I took part in a local clay pigeon shooting competition”, Stewart wrote in his autobiography.
From The Guardian ● Dec. 11, 2015
The 45-year-old earned a bronze medal in the skeet clay pigeon shooting at London 2012 and won the famous Dakar Rally for a second time earlier this year.
From BBC ● Aug. 4, 2015
Raffles went and wound up the throwing apparatus, and set the clay pigeon on the rest.
From Acton's Feud A Public School Story by Frederick Swainson