What do you shoot Skeet with?

My word, I missed a good fight - because I was out shooting Skeet yesterday .....

For Skeet I shoot a Browning Citori O/U, XS Skeet model, 30" barrels - around 8 1/2 lbs - yesterday I happened to be shooting my 20ga version. I did manage one 50 straight yesteday / then a couple of 23's ...but I'll take a 98.

Anyone on my squad / with shells in the mag - let alone in the chamber, even if the gun is open - prior to stepping on the pad to shoot ......will be asked to unload the gun. If the shooter persists in doing that - he or she will be asked to leave the field.

A shotgun is considered loaded, when any portion of a shell ( fired or unfired for that matter ) touches any portion of the gun - and that can only happen on the station pad. A violation of any safety issue on a Trap or Skeet field will not be tolerated at any club I want to be around.

I could care less what gun you shoot / as long as you abide by the safety rules - and show courtesy to the other shooters.
 
BigJimP said:
My word, I missed a good fight - because I was out shooting Skeet yesterday .....

For Skeet I shoot a Browning Citori O/U, XS Skeet model, 30" barrels - around 8 1/2 lbs - yesterday I happened to be shooting my 20ga version. I did manage one 50 straight yesteday / then a couple of 23's ...but I'll take a 98.
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Glad to hear you were at the range yesterday, I thought you might be in your hibernation mode. Congratulations on your 20-ga scores. It seems your shoulder surgery is starting to paying off.
 
Thanks - hard to tell, shoulder is pretty sore today .... The biggest thing is my eyes were better yesterday than normal ...

But I went in the toilet when we shot Doubles at stations 3, 4, and 5 ...I think I only hit 18 out of 25 ....and Dave is still laughing ....
 
If your shoulder is sore BigJim, you could always get that 10# Kolar and shoot 5/8 oz. skeet loads in 20 with it. That will save your shoulder for sure!:D
 
I mis-spoke earlier - I shot a 96, not a 98 ( so much for that fancy Ivy League education ... I can't add obviously ) ...

Actually its not recoil that hurts / although the top of my bicep is not attached like before .... but its the gross weight of the gun, moving it out / up / then back into my shoulder that hurts ..... I need to keep lifting weights / get stronger - especially the lateral muscles accross the top of shoulder, neck and back ......

and lose 20 more lbs ( I'm on my way to a lean, mean, 275 lbs .....) or at least the mean part anyway ....
 
I don't really understand why one would question the rules of a trap/skeet range. The idea is pretty simple:

You make the rules in such a way that it seems ridiculously safe and no one gets shot. Seems like a fair tradeoff to me.

Of course, when I shoot out on open land (not at a range), I don't follow the exact same rules...but no one else is at risk either.

It only takes a split second to 'accidently' end someone's life.
 
Its the same guy....

The guy who tells us all how safe he is, is the same guy you read about in the evening news (back when regular people could buy a newspaper from the leftist CLOWNS who print them now...) (dont get me started) that shot himself in the stomach putting his gun in the case at the car.

"I'M SORRY" is a poor substitute for safety.
 
Browning Citori lightning
28" SK1 chokes

The load one at a time on station 8 is perfectly reasonable to me. They are concerned with people turning around to shoot the low house and turning around the wrong way sweeping the rest of the group with a loaded gun.

Some clubs make the whole group shoot the high on station 8 and then cycle them through the low house.
 
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If it is a safety rule for every one to follow then great, it awe-full hard to cure dead. But as the first guy implied not fun if they are only making one guy do something just because they don't like his gun.
 
I shoot skeet in the low 20's from the low mount with my bird gun, a 26" Browning Citori White Lightning 20 gauge, with a skeet tube in the lower and I/C in the upper. Not out for score, but to improve my mount, swing and lead for hunting. Most of my bird hunting is in the grouse woods, so I figure that skeet best approximates that environment for training purposes - without all the timber in the way. :)
 
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..

If anyone starts shooting at my hat, I'm gonna return fire.:rolleyes:
 
I don't really understand why one would question the rules of a trap/skeet range. The idea is pretty simple:

You make the rules in such a way that it seems ridiculously safe and no one gets shot. Seems like a fair tradeoff to me
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Except that there are so many video game commandoes who think that playing a game makes them experts on shooting and safety. They give the enemy the fodder they need to disparage us with their inane actions
 
I appreciate safety rules and being a very competitive person I follow all established rules either competitive or safety.

My op was a lighthearted jab at the elitist attitude of many of the trap shooters at my gun club "How Dare you show up at the trap range with that inferior gun" and it's not just me they also look down on the people shooting sporting clays. And would never be caught dead on the HI Power rifle range.
 
That's a different issue / none of the games have any room for eliteist attitudes ....but I know its out there.

But the same safety rules apply on sporting clays as well. You can't put a shell in a mag until you step into the cage. You can never put more than 2 shells in a gun at any one time ......but I presume you know that as well.

But if you follow those rules, I don't care what gun you shoot / or how well you do or don't shoot it / you'll be welcome on my squad.
 
There are many who may look at your HD gun with disdain at the trap/skeet/sporting club. I could care less, but when you state that flaunting the rules should be allowed because YOU think they're stupid - I draw the line. Safety is paramount, especially with certain games where there aren't safety cages limiting swing arcs. If you do not like those rules, you'll really hate the FITASC rules where they even regulate your clothing.............
 
First, I religiously follow the safety rules at each and every range I go to, and expect everyone to do the same.

That's even when I do not like said rules.

My home range has a silly rule about barrel length. One has to have at least 23" of barrel to shoot, though they do permit youth shooters to use youth models with shorter barrels while under supervision.

A couple favorites here are 870s with ribbed, 21" barrels. One each in 12 and 20. Both are bird guns, with the 12 being the notorious Frankenstein and the 20 gauge the former YE 870 I swapped a straight grip adult stock onto. Neither makes that trip to PGC. Darn it.

And skeet is great practice for bird hunting. Better than trap,though trap is far from useless. Both are better practice when shot low gun instead of premounted.

As for the OP's query, I shoot whatever I feel like shooting, pump, auto or O/U.

Didn't try the Saiga I had here to T&E, but that was that barrel length thing only.

As for pretentious, the good trap shooters aren't. I know a couple HOF members, fine folks indeed. The pretentious ones are wannabees who think they can buy expertise when they get an Alfermann,Ljutic, Seitz,etc.

Top shooting, regardless of event, requires a certain maturity of self that precludes pretension.

One has to master oneself before one can master the game.

And while some trap shooters do crochety very well, some are also among the friends I treasure the most.

Heck, I've been called a curmudgeon more than once myself....
 
A Remington 1100 is hardly a HD gun, In their sweet spot which is shooting real birds in the dove fields of Central Florida or the quail woods of Southern Georgia. Hunting ducks in Southern Arkansas or Turkeys in Northern Arkansas.
Which is were I have grown up shotgunning it is as fine a tool as any $3000
trap gun.
 
DanimalFL...

I started my trap shooting with a Remington1100 and no one looked down their nose at it. Before I shot it, I asked around and learned that it's considered rude and crude to shoot an non-Trap model auto-loader* without a shell catcher**. Perhaps it was the way you used your gun that had the old pharts out of sorts.

Like 1-oz, I consider myself more of a curmudgeon than a coot.

For those not versed in trap:
While shooting singles, the squad members are almost shoulder-to-shoulder. An auto-loader will eject hulls into your neighbor's space. It doesn't sound like much, but it's a real concentration breaker and it interrupts the squad's rhythm. Nobody has a good time when an unfettered auto it turned loose in a trap squad. If you show up with a regular auto, the rest of the squad may figure since you're gonna ruin their practice, they'll return the favor.

Some explanations...
*Trap model auto-loader.
Most shooters are aware of the outward appearance that distinguish trap models. The raised stock and long barrel with high rib are give aways. A trap model feature that's not so obvious is the modified ejector. A field model will toss the hulls well away from shooter, but a trap auto will drop the hulls at the shooters feet. With the R-1100 this is accomplished by an ejection attenuation pin in the Trap barrel's receiver tang.

**Shell catcher
For those without a special trap-style ejector, there's a little clip-on device that prevents ejection. They are available in plastic and steel. They're great for reloaders because the hull never hits the ground. Shell catchers are used in all of the shotgun sports -- the main problem is remembering to remove it when you shoot doubles. You don't really need a special clip, some shooters simply use a rubber band.

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A typical shell catcher clip.
 
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