ips does skeet

[ips]

ps

on two occasions I shot a pair with one shot, I think I should get a brucey bonus for that ?

 

[westley]

 

shot four rounds of skeet today last line a 23 the first three hovering 20s so not too bad. I felt that by the fourth line I had worked out a strategy re hold points etc. Enjoying skeet a lot.

Ah, yes, there is life after Trap. Now about these 2 with 1 pairs. Of course you do realise that it would be 'pair again' and is probably due to too tight a choke in that game gun. Can I offer a couple of solutions here ? The first is to contact Chris Potter and have the thin walled Briley chokes retro fitted to your existing gun. Now good as that is, I think a more simple solution to the problem could be to re-visit that well known gun shop and purchase one of the Remington 1100 guns for under £400. These guns, as you well know, were produced in America specifically for Trap and SKEET and as such are the perfect tool for the job. (and there ain't many of them around !).  With the right choice of cartridges (perhaps you could ask on here ?) and a skeet bored gun, I can sense entry for the British open skeet thingy this year, heading your way. So, as you retire for the evening, having checked that it is NOT April 1st., something for you to ponder on over that single malt ?  As they say, "You know it makes sense".

 

[Wonko the Sane]

Remington 1100 gun owners are instantly recognizable by the extensive parts kit they carry with them constantly and their incredible prowess at disassembling and cleaning their guns.  Guess why that is?  Over the years I've had the opportunity(?) to shoot about every auto in general use and the only one I saw as anything like a competition gun was the Beretta.  And I don't have one of those either.

If you get an 1100 you'll regret it and I'll say I told you so at every opportunity

JMO of course and YMMV but I doubt it

 

[ips]

yes pair again but I feel robbed, if you tried to hit a pair with one shot you probably couldn't so I demand a rule change ?

 

[Les53]

yes pair again but I feel robbed, if you tried to hit a pair with one shot you probably couldn't so I demand a rule change ?

Here we go....ips does rule changes.....?

 

[chippy]

You need to come to lakenheath on a Wednesday night and shoot skeet under floodlights.

 

[westley]

You need to come to lakenheath on a Wednesday night and shoot skeet under floodlights.

At the moment we could shoot skeet under floods, not sure about the light bit though !

Remington 1100 gun owners are instantly recognizable by the extensive parts kit they carry with them constantly and their incredible prowess at disassembling and cleaning their guns.  Guess why that is?  Over the years I've had the opportunity(?) to shoot about every auto in general use and the only one I saw as anything like a competition gun was the Beretta.  And I don't have one of those either.

If you get an 1100 you'll regret it and I'll say I told you so at every opportunity

JMO of course and YMMV but I doubt it

That is cos it takes a Brit to shoot them well, we clean and care for them you see. The only one that I shot in America kept jamming, it belonged to an American friend. When we got home I stripped the thing to clean it, what a mess, a mixture of rust and carbon. He admitted that he had never taken it apart in the ELEVEN years he had owned it, although he had shoved a rod and brush in from the muzzle on the odd occasion. He had only shot Trap, thus loading 1 cartridge, so it was not a problem !  After I had finished with it it was spotless and without damage, probably needs doing again now. There's a good excuse for a hol....sorry, VACATION !

 

[ips]

the one I find most difficult is low 6 it took me a while to work out a hold / focus point but as I said in improvement topic I used my misses to positive effect by learning what does not work. Eventually I worked it out. High 1 was also problematic at first but played about until that was sorted. Seems to me that hold point is critical at this game.

 

[DavidJ]

Took your lead and had a couple of rounds today at Bywell. Shooting with a couple of good shots so I tried a bit harder than I had in the past and only dropped 1 first round.  I got a bit of coaching 2nd round, feet position and setup to ensure I didn't run out of swing on the pair's and advised that if you keep your gun moving there's only two positions that need lead! I'm not sure I see it that way though.

I missed low 6 on my first round. Pickup was way to close to the trap house so I ended up slashing way through it.

 

[ips]

well done mate, this diversity thing is contagious then ? I don't understand that about two stations really ?

anyway me and me Bessie mate are thoroughly enjoying playing around with stuff but I have to say I prefer skeet to esp. I am at bywel for eo dtl staying on ground till Monday then a weeks hol on the coast. If you get chance come up you can take me through my paces with eze ?

 

[chippy]

Took your lead and had a couple of rounds today at Bywell. Shooting with a couple of good shots so I tried a bit harder than I had in the past and only dropped 1 first round.  I got a bit of coaching 2nd round, feet position and setup to ensure I didn't run out of swing on the pair's and advised that if you keep your gun moving there's only two positions that need lead! I'm not sure I see it that way though.

I missed low 6 on my first round. Pickup was way to close to the trap house so I ended up slashing way through it.

Only two that need lead?  I see lead on every skeet target except high 1 and low 7.

 

[DavidJ]

He said that he shot at the clay with a moving gun on all stands apart from the two closest to the centre, three and four I think. It works well form him as he's regularly at the top of the leader board.

I still don't really understand the full format or rules. All I know is if I straight what presented that's 24 shots with the remaining cartridge shot at a clay although I'm not sure which one? I must read and digest the rules form page 7-13 of the CPSA Handbook.

 

[ips]

still don't get it, how can you shoot from the centre stations without moving gun as surely there crossers?

the way I understand it is if your straight you nominate your last target. I haven't got to that yet ?

 

[DavidJ]

Only two that need lead?  I see lead on every skeet target except high 1 and low 7.

I see it on all apart form the two going away targets, the one at the beginning and the one at the end of the round. It's not always a lot and I think it is very easy to get to far through. His advice was taken on-board. 2nd round I setup totally wrong for the first pair and missed the low house as my body was closed to it and I couldn't rotate enough to keep my swing going. I was by now, after a good first round over thinking it.

 

[ips]

maybe he didn't explain what he meant correctly

 

[DavidJ]

still don't get it, how can you shoot from the centre stations without moving gun as surely there crossers?

the way I understand it is if your straight you nominate your last target. I haven't got to that yet ?

Your probably right and I think I've maybe conveyed it wrong or not understood it correctly. What I think he was trying to get across was he doesn't see lead on stands 2 and 6. 

Reading the rules now, you can nominate low or high house on the last stand. I was kicking myself for missing the low house on 6. I'll be trying it again now.

 

[ips]

ha you got skeet disease like me mate, tis strangely addictive is it not ?

 

[DavidJ]

It's OK, I much prefer shooting Sport Trap, probably more that Sporting at the moment. I've still never shot Trap though.... 

 

[chippy]

ha you got skeet disease like me mate, tis strangely addictive is it not ?

It certainly is I shoot it every Wednesday night.  I will never be any good at it but I enjoy shooting it.

 

[Skeetfreak]

What I think he was trying to get across was he doesn't see lead on stands 2 and 6.

In reality the method you use to shoot them will dictate what you see. This is one of the reasons why randomly listening to someone telling you a lead picture for any given target without seeing the style of your shooting can lead to disaster.

A swing through shooter on these two particular targets will see next to no lead as gun speed will dictate they need to pull the trigger as you touch the front of the targets. However a maintained lead shooter will see more lead due to not needing as much gun speed as the target never gets to / passes the gun. For instance i see about 12" of lead on these targets as a maintained lead shooter.

imagine if your a shoot swing through shooter and you put the lead picture as advised by a maintained lead shooter - you would be miles in front and vice versa the other way round.