Team Kolar Prostaff / Trap

Carl Chadwell

“Win good, lose better.”

Equipment:

  • Kolar Max TA High Unsingle Combo
  • 34″ Unsingle
  • 32″ Over Under
  • Grip Plus Stock – Sai Chiang, Founder
  • L & M Lenses – Tom Morgan
  • Silent Treatment – Jerry Bryant
  • Currently No Ammo Sponsorship

Trapshooting Accomplishments:

  • ATA All-American Team 18 times, Captain twice
    (have made Teams each of the last six Decades: 70s, 80s, 90s, 00s, 10s & 20s)
  • All-State Team 37 times (including Captain 13 times: 11x’s Michigan,  1x Ohio, 1x Florida)
  • Ohio Trapshooting Hall of Fame – 2007
  • Michigan Trapshooting Hall of Fame – 1992
  • Honor Squad Trap Team Captain – 1977
  • Trap & Field All-Around Average Award Winner
  • Lake Orion High School Wall of Excellence – 2024
  • Won over 50 awards at World Championships
  • Grand American World Doubles Champion – 1998
  • Won countless awards at State, Zone, and Satellite Grand Tournaments.
  • Grand Slam on 9/3/1995 with 100×100 from 27 yards, to become 173rd in ATA and 13th Ohio Resident.
  • AA-27-AA (35+ years)
  • AAA-27-AAA (10+ years)
  • Made 27 yard line on July 11, 1980 and have been there ever since without ever being offered a reduction.
  • 600+ honorary punches
  • 25+ 200×200 Singles
  • 20+ 100×100 Doubles
  • 2 100×100 Handicap from 27-Yard Line
  • The “Million Target” Father-Son Milestone (2025): In a rare family achievement, Carl and his father, Norris “Chad” Chadwell, reached a combined total of 1,000,000 registered targets on December 14, 2025, at the Silver Dollar Gun Club in Odessa, Florida.
  • 500,000 Individual Targets (2024): On March 24, 2024, Carl broke his 500,000th individual registered target at the Florida State Shoot. Remarkably, this occurred exactly 50 years to the day after he broke his first registered targets in 1974.
  • Earlier in their Trapshooting journey, Norris and Carl were the first father-son in ATA History with 100,000 registered singles and 100,000 registered handicap each.

Major Recent Accomplishments with a Kolar shotgun:

  • 2026 All-American Trapshooting Captain, Sub-Veteran First Team, for 2025 shooting performance.
  • Earned Captain of 2026 Florida All-State Trapshooting Team in first year of Residency.
  • Won High-Overall honors at seven (7) of the eight (8) All-American Point Shoots attended in 2025.
  • 2025 All-American Trapshooting Captain, Sub-Veteran First Team, for 2024 shooting performance.
  • Earned Captain of 2025 Michigan All-State Trapshooting Team for 10th time in the last 11 years (didn’t shoot minimum target requirements in 2019).
  • Won High-Overall Awards at all Twelve (12) All-American Point Shoots attended in 2024.

    For details on personalized trapshooting lessons contact:
    Carl @ (614) 352-6490 or Cnchadwell@aol.com 
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