A friend of mine is coming into town at the end of July and he was interested in shooting a few clay pigeons. I did a little research and found a place near Adairsville, GA at Barnsely Gardens Resort that does Sporting Clays.

Just curious if anyone in our group has ever been there and shot any clays? If so, I was wondering what you thought of the place? Is it nice? Is it worth the money?

Thanks!

P.S.
If you have any recommendations for other places to shoot, I would appreciate hearing about them.

YYM, Trez003 is into it. Contact him. Haven't seen his post on the forums lately.

Another place is Tom Lowe Shooting Grounds, formerly Wolf Creek Olympic Shooting Range. They are off of Camp Creek Parkway between I-285 and Fulton Industrial Blvd.

http://www.gatrap.com/Clubs/Tom_Lowe_SG.htm
http://www.claytargetsonline.com/club.php/426

The Link Mtn-man gave to claytargetsonline is your best source. click on the listed ranges and it will tell you if it is open to non-members and offers trap,sporting clays or both.

I like to shoot sporting clays vs. trap

Barnsley Gardens is to expensive although it is a very scenic place. I don't like to pay more than about $35.00 per 100 clays and $6.00 per box of Shells

Went up to Barnsley Garden Resort today to check it out. In one word, AWESOME. It is a little on the expensive side though. I got lucky and was invited to tag along with a group of six guys shooting. I didn't shoot. I just watched, but I was impressed with the layout.

I've been out to Tom Lowe's before, but after seeing Barnsley Gardens it would be a bit of a let down. Plus, Tom Lowe's doesn't have Sporting Clays.

The real bummer is I can't use my own shotgun because they require steel shot and that would not be good for my Improved Cylinder. I guess it's time to buy a new shotgun.

you can also try callaway gardens. i didn't shoot the last time i was down there but i stopped by to talk to the guy and he was very nice.