Lastly, if you happen to be one of those shooters fortunate enough to besponsored – is there enough room for your sponsor’s badge?

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Mark Harwood-Stone took a range of Skeet vests to a local club shoot to find out what shooters really look for and which vests were our readers’ choice What are the must-haves that create the best clay shooting vests? (Here’s our advice on what to wear clay shooting.) Just what are clay shooters searching for? For some of us it’s simply the fact it’s the same make as the shotgun we use, for others the look, the price or even that it can be worn away from the clay ground as a functional waistcoat or casual garment makes it attractive. Equally, there are summer-weight vests that are constructed predominantly from mesh, solid materials such as cotton or canvas, quilted or not, some with leather, suede or some other form of trim; those that can carry a few small accessories such as chokes, have loops to attach towels or headphones or come complete with the FITASC line just below the breast.A must is that the vest allows the wearer to cleanly mount their gun, won’t snag or ride up, be of a reasonably enough fit, doesn’t irritate and will last at least a couple of seasons. It was interesting to see that apart from the occasional shooter who found the price of certain vests slightly higher than they’d expected it still wouldn’t have put them off buying it.