What do you shoot Skeet with?

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brotus2

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I shoot with my 1936 Winchester Model 97. It's a beautiful old beater that I have shot probably 300 flights with. Have a drawer full of 25 patches but only three 50 patches. That next to the last bird is my bane.

Not to be snooty, but it sure is fun to go out with this old pump and my pockets loaded with number 9's and outshoot the guys with there $5,000.00 shotguns and a $1,000.00 worth of shooting clothes on.

They all want to see old "Winnie."
 
I guess I am different than some I shoot with family, friends, and my Nova pump, just got a sears Roebuck auto loader that I can't wait to sling some lead with though.
 
I'm an Outlaw too.

I often shoot trap with my Remington 1100 and it drives those crotchety old men with their fancy over/unders crazy. After each round I have to scurry around and pick up the shells that my autoloader threw all over the place.
And they make me load one shell at a time like them "for saftey reasons"
which is bull crap their just jealous I can shoot the whole round with out reloading.:rolleyes:
 
And they make me load one shell at a time like them "for saftey reasons"
which is bull crap their just jealous I can shoot the whole round with out reloading.
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uhhhhhhhhhhhhh,,,,hmmmmm it IS a safety reason, and why, in International shooting the Beretta UGB Excel came about.

The 1100 took over after the 870.they have been replaced by better guns. If you can't bide by the safety rules, then you don't need to be there - your backyard range will be fine
 
I dust of my Remington 870 Special Field, to have a go at the fields. One advantage of skeet shooting, "besides the obvious of not having to deal with registered TRAP shooters :D" is that no one has come up with a good way to cook those pesky orange disks. It means ALL trigger time, and NO extra work! Alas, if Quail were so easy.

Good Luck & Be Safe
 
When I do Skeet, it's with one of my old P-guns: a Mirage 28", a MX(SC)-3 28", or an MX-8 with 30" barrels all have Briley tube sets. There's also a R-1100-Trap with an extra Skeet barrel.

I stopped collecting 25 and 50-straight patches many years ago. I'm following NSSA Hall of Fame shooter Grey Silva's* method. At his home he had a display of 100-straight patches, each attached to a shot-up hat**. He'd used a felt marker to note the event, date and tournament on each patch.
*Grey Silva was the first veteran shooter (age 70+) to shoot a 100-straight in the .410-Bore event. And, he did it the weekend before his 80th birthday. When asked if he was going to do it again at the following weekend's match, he said he'd love to, but he had to look after his mother that weekend.

**For those unaware of the tradition: When a competitor shoots his first 100-straight in a tournament event, he tosses his hat in the air and rest of the squad shoot it full of holes. A raggedy hat is a badge of honor.​
 
Usually a Benelli Sport II, Often a Winchester 1300, Rarely my o/u(don't like it much, just like to take it out sometimes) Truth is, I don't shoot nearly as much skeet as sporting clays.
 
**For those unaware of the tradition: When a competitor shoots his first 100-straight in a tournament event, he tosses his hat in the air and rest of the squad shoot it full of holes. A raggedy hat is a badge of honor.
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Quite an honor to boot.......where I shoot 5-stand, if/when you get your first 25, they do the same thing....have to make sure you have an old hat for those just in case scenarios.................:D
 
First. I do follow their rules !

Second. I think I found one of those pretentious crotchedy old coots that the trap comunity is full of.

Third. It may be a safety rule but it is rediculous, the whole time i'm at a postition my gun is facing down range on safety until your call comes back around. How is it different from the pistol or rifle range OMG people are actually shooting next to you.
 
Ya not sure how it is any more unsafe to shoot next to a guy on a firing line while holding am auto loader vs. sitting in a blind with a guy who has an auto loader? Or as you point out in a shooting range where the guy next to you could be shooting who knows what.
 
DanimalFl said:
I'm an Outlaw too.
I often shoot trap with my Remington 1100 and it drives those crotchety old men with their fancy over/unders crazy. After each round I have to scurry around and pick up the shells that my autoloader threw all over the place.
And they make me load one shell at a time like them "for saftey reasons"
which is bull crap their just jealous I can shoot the whole round with out reloading.


oneounceload said:
And they make me load one shell at a time like them "for saftey reasons"
which is bull crap their just jealous I can shoot the whole round with out reloading.
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uhhhhhhhhhhhhh,,,,hmmmmm it IS a safety reason, and why, in International shooting the Beretta UGB Excel came about.

The 1100 took over after the 870.they have been replaced by better guns. If you can't bide by the safety rules, then you don't need to be there - your backyard range will be fine.
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First. I do follow their rules !

Second. I think I found one of those pretentious crotchedy old coots that the trap comunity is full of.

Third. It may be a safety rule but it is rediculous, the whole time i'm at a postition my gun is facing down range on safety until your call comes back around. How is it different from the pistol or rifle range OMG people are actually shooting next to you.
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I'm another one of those pretentious crotchety old coots who'd feel a lot safer if you stayed at home. Just because you lack the experience and/or intellect to understand the rules don't scoff them.
"How is it different from the pistol or rifle range OMG people are actually shooting next to you."​
In trap singles are you shooting shoulder to shoulder. In other events (like handicap trap) you're at different yardages. The "load one shell at a time, except for doubles" rule apples to all the shogun sports. The more uniform the rules are across the various sports, the safer we all are in the long run.
"First, I do follow their rules"​
Oh... really? This thread is What do you shoot Skeet with? and you're talking about shooting trap and annoying other shooters with your antics. You sound more like a troll than an outlaw.

Perhaps you could exhibit a little common courtesy and learn how to use a shell catcher before you shoot again with an auto-loader. You can save yourself the embarrassment of scurrying around harvesting your hulls.
 
DanimalFl

Origonaly I THOUGHT this was a fun little thread about hardware. Oh, how wrong i was.

Look, DanimalFL field games may not be your cup of tea. It's OK there are lots of folks who don't find pleasure in the field sports.

What you need to understand is that there is a DIFFERENCE between unorganized shooting activity (open range time) and organized shooting sport.

Bulls-eye postal matches, CMP hi-power matches, IPSC, NRA Action pistol and so on have specified, printed and reviewed rules of conduct for that activity.

Many folks who choose to attend my action pistol activity are shocked when I MAKE them read 8 pages of rules and responsibilities before I LET them attempt their first TYRO. Some don't come back, (too restrictive).

DanimalFL you wrote
I'm an Outlaw too.
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It's alright to be an outlaw on your own time, at your own range. Doing so during a organized shooting activity just makes you another butt-head that has to be dealt with.
Perhaps you should try to understand the game FIRST, before you try and stretch the rules.

Good Luck & PLEASE Be Safe
 
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Second. I think I found one of those pretentious crotchedy old coots that the trap comunity is full of.
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I prefer Curmudgeon to coot, and I really don't shoot trap - prefer sporting clays. The rules are there for a reason - safety of ALL in the area. If you're not willing to play the game with this in mind, then please don't - shoot in your yard where you can make the rules. It really IS that simple
 
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