MEC makes good trap machines. Most Skeet, Trap, and Sport Clays clubs use Promatic or LaPorte. Promatic makes a couple of models for the individual shooter, and LaPortes may also. Both brands are excellent and have excellent support.
https://www.promaticus.com/https://www.laporte.biz/en/Something to think about - if you are in Texas, make a trip down to the National Sporting Clays Championship in San Antonio October 21-29. There will be approximately 2500 shooters there and around 100 vendors. MEC, Promatic, and LaPorte representatives will be there. You can check them out and probably get a good deal on one. The best time to go is probably 26th-28th when most of the vendors are there. I do know that they set up hundreds of new clay throwers for the tournament, then sell them off afterwards. I know the owner of Reunion Ranch in Georgetown, and he bought several LaPorte throwers afterwards to replace some worn out Champion throwers. The LaPorte throwers were a significant upgrade to the Champion and can throw a target 100+ yards.
If you live on a farm, ranch, or have a large property where you throw your own targets......and have deep pockets, you might consider a claybot machine. With this device, you mount your clay thrower to it, then use the remote controls to drive it into the field, tilt it to throw the type of target presentation you want, and shoot! Some of the Claybots have large flotation tires where you can drive them over a swamp or pond. I have a friend that is a serious sporting clay shooter and bought a couple for his ranch.
https://www.renairshotgunsports.com/Anyway, good luck!
