Teaching children to shoot in Pakistan.

This is a picture of my gun rack. My brothers are keen to learn shooting. Currently, I don't have any gun with a smaller bore. Big bores are not comfortable for young shooters. I am looking for a smaller caliber such as .22 or .410 shotgun to introduce the sport to them. Ammunition and guns are always scarce in Pakistan. .410 has become a thing of past. The only option is a .22 rifle. Prices are sky rocketing these days. A good .22 rifle such as BRNO will cost around PKR 80,000 ($800).

Clays too hard to break

The recent clay shooting session ended into a little bit of forensics on my part. I secured an embarrasing 1/25. I only broke one clay in the air, rest were landing on the ground intact. I was using Shaheen #8 cartridges.
After I was finished, I examined the clays on the ground. What I observed was an astonishing as well as disappointing experience. There was nothing wrong with my mount, swing or lead - that was astonishing. The clays were stubornly stiff and thats why they didn’t break, that was disappointing. Almost all of them had pellet marks on them, but they didn’t break – that’s the forensics.
I picked up one clay bird and found it intact despite having ten pellet marks on it. Other clays had similar stories.
The clays I am using are made locally and have no plaster of paris in them. They are a little heavy, move fast but give a nice trajectory. They cost me Rs 7 ($0.09) a piece whereas the imported ones are around Rs 30 ($0.35) a clay.
Should I use heavier loads (short in number) for mid-air clay-busting?
PS: I am also planning to shoot the hard clays with 000 buckshot next time:)

Around ten pellets and still flying.

I counted five pellet marks on this clay bird.