That's tough to answer. I've been shooting for 6 years so I'm quite used to sporting clays. I've owned this 'sim' for a week! BUT............... I can state 100% the physics are unbelievably close to real life! It's hard to see how it won't improve your real world shooting. Believe me when I say, watching on youtube is NOTHING compared to using the VR headset in real life. First time I used the VR I literally stated WOW!!!!!!! So here's how I am using this sim to improve my shooting weaknesses: I have shot 90% using swing through method. it's how I shoot naturally. There are many instances where its NOT the 'best' method to use. You can practice in real life which costs ££ and time. Using this sim its allowing me to practice different methods at 'no' shell and clay costs. Due to the analysis you get with this sim, i.e where you missed hit etc, also the trace of where your gun moved, plus the repeatability of each shot in real time without distractions, you are able to understand where you’re going wrong and practice to correct. Today... i set up two crossing launchers left to right, one about 25 yards out medium launch speed, then one about 35 yards out, faster launch speed. I shot 25 using swing through, then another 25 using pull away, then another 25 using maintained. Its giving me the ability to repeat the exact same shot, learn, apply changes and review. Briliant tool! I’ve tended to shoot gun up all the time too, I wanted to be able to shoot gun down, mount in front of the target, stabilise the lead picture and shoot. With swing through, its very difficult to get the exact same sight picture, lead, trigger pull timing which leads to the inevitable miss and you’re not really sure why?? By setting up this medium distance, slow moving crosser and mounting in front of it from gun down you can practice your mount and repeat the exact same sight picture and outcome every time. So... has it improved my shooting? its too early to say, Do I think? it will give me the ability to practice and practice and improve? 100% YES! You scan shoot online vs a friend or have a shoot at one place and compete with mates. Its all good! Is it cheap? no. without a proper gun stock its inaccurate and not repeatable. With a gun stock its as close as you can get to real shooting. Mine is the MegaVR Duck Hunter with the extra add on weight packs so I can finely turn the gun to match my gun in real life, that is REALLY worth getting I'd consider it a 100% MUST HAVE. I tend to over lead 1/4 ing shots, so I'm going to set up a quartering away, left to right and right to left and practice practice with out the shell or clay costs. So... use this extremely accurate sim to set up any problem targets you have and practice. Use it to shoot gun down. Oh... and there's a ton of shooting styles and courses to use, plus of course the ability to set up anything you want in the 5 stand shooting option. Yes, I do 100% believe i will be able to use this sim to work on my weaknesses and improve them. HTH!!

@@martynf65uk wow! Thank you for the very detailed response! I was not expecting that mate! I just started in November before winter set in in the midwestern United States. I’ve been able to get out a few times and found your channel because of the shotcam. For the money I think this might be a better purchase because I could “shoot” much more frequently. Not having a VR and needing a stock platform I’d need about 700usd it appears. My only reservation, besides the cash outlay, is being cross dominate I am curious how that works with vr. I’ve never used VR and cross dominate is challenging enough in reality. Hahahaha Thanks again!

@@freedom2ignite You are very welcome! I am really pleased to help you out in any way 🙂. Ok , I understand what you're thinking now and your reservations. So in terms of 'free' shooting time, esp. as its your winter, then this sim is a 100% win win situation. Its SO close to real shooting, it is going to shorten your learning times to hitting some good percentages of clays, no question about that. I suppose you could balance how many clays and cartridges can you buy for $700 US vs how many you can shoot no matter the weather or time of day on a sim like this. Once the $700 clays are shot n real life, you cannot review or go again. On those grounds, esp. as just starting out in shooting, the sim is the way to go. Now for the cross dominance. I am not an expert, i am right handed and right dominant, lucky i guess. I do suffer with left dominance taking over IF the stock is too low, I can suddenly go from perfect sight picture to just seeing down the left side of the barrels only!! I worked out the problem when I bought a gun with a Monte Carlo stock and adjustable top rib. With this gun I was able to raise the comb to get my head above the stock a fair bit and adjust the rib to match my eye height, this solved my eye dominance issue. You have teh very same level of adjustments on the VR stock that you can buy, so you can adjust in any direction, this adjustment might be the way to help you. One BIG plus point of the VR clay shooter is its got a pattern plate program. Three pattern plates set at about 16, 25 and 40 yards from memory, so you could adjust your stock, then shoot the pattern plates, keep on repeating this until your pattern hits the board correctly in the right place. That might be the answer.... Or... join the Facebook Clay Hunt VR group, or the American equivalent and ask if anyone is local ish to you so you could try theirs to see how your dominance effects it or not? HTH :-) Martyn

@@martynf65uk Martyn, again mate, so much value in your reply! I’ve taken some lessons but I’m learning so much from you. I am thankful for your time and the fact I came across your channel. You have given me some rear reasons to chance all this! I didn’t know about the pattern board but like the idea of playing with that and the stock to possibly see what adjustments I need to get my real one to fit better. Thank you again for your time and channel! I am fortunate to have come across it. Might be a bit of a shock to the wallet now but will hopefully be kind in the long run. Sean

@@martynf65ukMartyn Thank you again for your time. I picked up a quest 3 and a used real stock should be in my hands tomorrow. Even without the stock the game is fun, but i see how it can be helpful with the stock.