Which is more difficult?

Actually I've simplified my current shooting projects. Sold off most of my specialty pistols (that one kind of hurt), just sold my last centerfire auto pistol, the C&R's are gone with exception of a single mauser that shoots to well to let go of. Now I pretty much stick to 22's. My range only goes out to 200 yrds so I only kept the 223 Contender for range. And then the shotgun club has skeet, trap and 5 stand but pretty much they stick to skeet on the weekdays when I can shoot. Speaking of managed a 24 today with my pig on a shovel. It's my 3rd but at least this one was because of a miss on low 7 instead of that infernal low 8. In my defense one of the guys said, "Are you going straight?" before that station and jinxed me.
 
Don't feel bad ....we all miss / well maybe not zippy ....but us mere mortals .../ for the 2nd week in a row, I missed a low 8 for a 50 straight ...
with my 20ga today ...( it is aggravating ...)

...but I've never shot a 25 straight with a .410 ..so zippy is right, the .410 bore is difficult !!
 
I figure a 25 isn't too far in the future now that I can hit that stupid low 8 about 30%. Would help if I had my chokes opened a bit and could use something other than these 3/4oz fluff shells.
 
Shot 5-stand today - (YEAH, a day pout of the house).......started with my typical 22, ran the next round for 25 straight - should have stopped there, but NOOOOOOOOOOOOO, I had to push my luck - next round, same targets - went from the penthouse to the outhouse and shot a 17........and the amazing thing was I was playing with chokes - first round was LM and M form sporting clays the other day; went to SK/M, then to IC/M - breaks were all the same

Targets here range from 10-50 yards.................
 
okie...,

find a buddy to help you on your hold points / and where you are looking on station 8 ....and groove yourself a little on station 8 ....and stations 7, 6, 5 and 4 .....and then put it together.

Sometimes we start on station 7 ...then move to 6 then to 5 and to 4 ...and skip stations 1, 2, 3 ....and finish up on 5,6,7, 8 ...get your hold points / foot position / follow thru down and all that ...

Its a good idea to shoot some doubles too ...from stations 3,4 and 5 - so when you get into a shoot-off you know what you're facing ...
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but a little one on one time at a couple of problem stations / will pay off.
 
I like both skeet and trap. I find skeet a little more challenging, especially doubles and the last stage with shotgun stock below belt. It's like quick draw at the O.K. Corral :D
 
For me, I think this is highly subjective. I do pretty well at skeet and I shoot a decent round of sporting clays. I just can't get trap dialed in. I think part of it is that as I have gotten older, I have gotten slower, so a lot of trap shots for me are long shots since I can't seem to jump on them very fast. Maybe if I had started this craziness when I was a good bit younger it would have been different.

Skeet is completely formulaic. There are 24 different shots, and they are always the same (well discounting wind). If you find the formula for all 24, you are done. That's why when I have difficulty with a station I will shoot 25 or 50 rounds at that station only. That seems to get me dialed in. It's also why watching a dvd like Todd Bender's can be a lot of help in skeet.

Honestly, I don't find Trap to be a lot of fun. Skeet and Sporting keep my fancy tickled. I haven't had an opportunity to do Fitasc or live birds.

My two cents.
 
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