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Nikon 600mm lens vs. shotgun: what’s better for shooting clay pigeons?

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The Nikon 600mm f/4 E FL ED VR is a great bird photographer’s lens (and a super-pricey one). But Kai Wong wanted to check whether it’s better for shooting birds than a shotgun. So, he teamed up with Paul John Bayfield and they created a shooting challenge. Paul used Nikon F5 and the 600mm lens, while Kai tried his shooting skills on the gun.

It took three rounds and some clay disks to shoot (figuratively and literally). And the question is – can the 600mm lens get more in-focus shots than the shotgun can hit?

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Shotgun Shells Now Being Marketed Specifically For Shooting Down Drones

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A company by the name of Snake River Shooting, based in Idaho, is now proudly offering ‘”Drone Munition,” a shotgun shell that’s being marketed as an effective solution to being spied on by drones–load the shell, shoot down the drone. Doesn’t get any more simple than that, right? (You know, except for the felony charges and possible fines and jail time you’ll be facing after you blast your first drone out of the sky.)[Read More…]

Homeowner Shoots Invading Drone Out of the Sky

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When Larry Breaux heard a drone flying over his California house he decided to grab his shotgun and shoot it out of the sky.

He failed to get a shot off at first and the drone tried to get away, but Breaux following it around the house and hit it with a single shot.

Claiming the drone was sent over his property in a deliberate act of harassment, suspicions have been raised that this might be a brilliant attempt to draw attention to Breaux’s failing Kickstarter campaign.

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