Shooting by yourself.

[SoR]

Skeet will sort hold point concentration and lead out

 

[Beechin]

Ok cheers guys think my local ground has a skeet range so I'll get on there

 

[westley]

The BIG thing to remember with a right to left and presuming you are right handed, is FOOT POSITION. Your feet need to be pointing towards the point where you intend to kill the target. Any further left and you would run out of swing and drop your right shoulder. So on the skeet layout from peg 4 position, your feet should be pointing just to right of the centre of the layout. Start at peg 2 and shoot all left to right targets, then move to 3 and so on. If you are struggling, go back 1 peg or halfway between the 2 pegs, only moving on when you can fix the sight picture in your head. Do not be tempted to look at the trap house, come out by about 3 metres as your look for target point.

 

[dbob]

Occasionally shoot solo at Sporting Targets as they have claymate. I still need to work out how to get it to fire out two on report, seems to work randomly when I try and I end up shooting one and then pressing again for the second. I don't mind shooting alone, but find that not having that break when you would normally be watching your pal shoot can be a bit tiring.

 

[Finners]

Just my view, but I think shooting on your own can cause too many problems for a beginner (you are a beginner I take it?) OK so you'll learn to hit the targets at Kibworth, until they change them of course. And the advice about using the skeet range is good. But personally I think you need to know why your missing, not just learn how to hit specific targets.

I really am no expert or anything, but I just can't help thinking you'll be better off getting a lesson or two, ensure your eye dominance, basic set up etc is all OK and then get on with practicing what you've learnt on your own if you want too.

 

[Wonko the Sane]

I have one of these for skeet.  It can be set up for use on anything I think.  Not sure how compatible it would be with your systems.  Works great for me cuz no one hears me ranting when I'm by myself down at the skeet fields

http://www.claydelay.com/

 

[Dskize]

I shoot on my own all the time and prefer it for training ,I'm the one just behind the ground owner first thing in the morning so I get the range to myself, I can practise addressing the stand, foot position , pre shot routine. call and shoot . step back from the stand and go through the whole process again , and again, and again............etc

That would drive your shooting partner nuts.

 

[Beechin]

That would drive my shooting partners mad when I go shooting there is between 2-6 of use that go so sometime practise can be hard with so many people.