Skeet woes..

[Fuzrat]

HMMM interesting point, it does actually state in the rules that; LOADING OF CARTRIDGES 5.07 During the shooting of singles it is compulsory to load two cartridges. Refer to rule 5.68 also on this point. (rule 5.68 is a relaxation for disabled shooters)

 If for instance you miss H3, you should reload before shooting the repeat to ensure 2 shells are in the gun, one for the repeat and one for L3, however if you miss second bird of a pair you only load 1 for the repeat. 

Is the option classed as a single? if so 2 should be loaded, but for safety reasons (especially with autos) I would say only 1 should be loaded. Referee's??????? please step forward

 

[P1Fanatic]

That is one benefit of my sporterised 682 - no barrel selector = always shoots low barrel first.

If your option is low single (high on 7), part of the pair or spare on 7 for a straight then its load one. At least thats the way its been done on the registereds Ive shot. Only reason for two is because you know you have to take the 2nd single. But I agree upu would think the option would be specified in the rules.

 

[Angelfire]

Last time I shot skeet I used my trusty Black Widow, only shot 99. :haha:

Phil*

Runs for cover. :crazy:

 

[Fuzrat]

Bloody Tarpies ^^^^   :haha:

 

[blaser f3]

If its your option shot in theory you should only have one cart. left inyour pocket assuming like most you put 25 in one pocket and your 4/5 spares in your other pocket  ! not sure about the rules but would think it's a safety issue i,e you finish your round with your option (if your new to the game whay hay!! first straight or ton ) you could walk off the stand with gun still loaded !! I know a few guys who use a drop of clear nail varnish on their safety and barrel selectors to stop them being changed (you can remove the nail varnish with a drop of nail varnish remover without harming the gun )

P,S have done exactly the same with my option  at the british /english a few years back ,gun had been to gunsmith. Also had the same with the safety in another comp (first time to pull trigger after rushing to get gun back from gunsmith ) Also once again at brit/english a few years ago ,being nervous (first time on peg one ) was told (by son) to make sure i had a look at targets for everyone to see , called them off ,everyone happy ,closed gun called pull ................nothing happened ..............had'nt loaded gun !! 

 

[WezC]

Today went to a very very windy skeet and only shot 14 !!!!!

What confused the hell out of me was the black clays, they have always been orange before !

The dancing clays were a bloody pain too....

Wez

www.wezmoto.co.uk

 

[Macc Ladd]

I used to shoot one ground regularly, and there was 2 of the layouts that were a lot tougher to shoot when they went from orange to black. But it was only that they didn't show so well on the background. I had to really work the eyes, and gun hold point changed slightly. Some of these grounds change because black clays are cheaper.

 

[Macc Ladd]

sh*t did we go off the thread!!!!!! Naughty boy

 

[Fuzrat]

Depends on the background, Bisley and Nottingham use black but they have blue sky backgrounds, Northampton and Tadley use orange because they have a green bank and trees in the background. Cant say it bothers me too much black or orange as long as the clay colour is suitable for the background. It can be tricky on skeet 4 at Bisley as the low house on 4, 5 & 6 comes out of a gorse bush for the first 15 or so feet so the transition is a bit dodgy.

 

[Hawkeye]

As for target colour , rule say's they must be visible target's. 

 

[Ray]

So there I am on stand 7 on my way to my first 25 round of skeet ( I know it's not that big a deal for you seasoned shooters), all I have to do is shoot 5 more from possibly the easiest station.

Pullllll, $%^* missed the easy low bird !!!

Damn it.. why was I thinking so much about it ? What on earth was on my mind , then I go on to hit all four more  :suicide:

One damn miss  :banghead:

I once told someone I have never been the competitive type, but this skeet is ruling me at the moment...

Wez

If it's any consolation a shooter missed his option for 100 straight at the English open last weekend, shot it with full choke too quickly so the wad never opened

quickly enough and he missed for 99 :rabbi:

 

[Skeetfreak]

Wez,

Probably every skeet shooter has done it!!

Tell you couple of stories - England team Selection shoot (2004) procedure. A shooter did the first selection at Northampton shooting ground and broke a 196 over the 200 targets that weekend and went to the second Selection shoot at what was then Oxton Shooting School (now Nottingham Sporting Clays) and kept himself in the running for a team place with a 198.

So a total of 394 ex 400 - the result into a three man shoot off for the FINAL team place. Back then the format was you shot 2 rounds of 25 to try and break the deadlock before moving to sudden death pairs on four.

First round - all straight.

Second round - all the way round to station 7 and everyone assumes that "well its sudden death doubles then". NOPE........ one of the shooters breaks his four targets and calls for the "high bird" as the option it flies across the layout perfect and the shooter tried to MAKE SURE - result? - Missed!!!!!

The other two proceed to sudden death to decide the team place.

A good friend and skeet shooter sent the guy a text the next morning saying "I was sat at home this morning and guess what landed in my garden?- Your High 7"

Following year (2005) a new England Cap in the skeet team has been drawn in the first squad to go out in the Home International at South Wales 2000, It was obvious he was nervous but he held it together for the round. Stepping onto station 7 set up perfect and called for the low target "pull" - then stumbles forward as the gun had failed to go off. Looking down he knew what had happened........ in his nerves he had been flicking his safety but in error this time had left the gun in "safe" mode - result - target lost when shooting for England and he broke a 24 ex 25 on that very first round.

The skeet shooter in both instances was the same person - ME!!!!

Upon returning to shooting last year i met up with quite a few of the old faces and the comment from one of them...... "I'll never forget that text that XXXXXXX sent you about High 7" to much laughter by both me and him. The moral being here is that everyone has done it in a multitude of circumstances to miss out on championships etc etc...... but it is these things that make us as people and drive us onto better things.

Don't let it bother you but take the lesson and learn from it - I will never forget those misses - but they no longer phase me or affect me and i have missed every single target on a skeet field at some point so why should those be any different.

Never be afraid to miss....... shoot to break them and enjoy it.

 

[blaser f3]

If it's any consolation a shooter missed his option for 100 straight at the English open last weekend, shot it with full choke too quickly so the wad never opened

quickly enough and he missed for 99 :rabbi:

Was'nt the wad opening ................ he missed it !!        If my mind serves me right Darren Wood missed the last option  for 100 straight at the British last year at Nottingham , cant quite remember but i have a feeling it would have been the only straight or if not one of two ...............Thats the trouble trying to make sure !!

 

[Ray]

Was'nt the wad opening ................ he missed it !!        If my mind serves me right Darren Wood missed the last option  for 100 straight at the British last year at Nottingham , cant quite remember but i have a feeling it would have been the only straight or if not one of two ...............Thats the trouble trying to make sure !!

Yep he missed it, but Wad opening means pellets spreading does it not, no spread = Miss - There was only 100 straight last year.

 

[Darkside]

Yep he missed it, but Wad opening means pellets spreading does it not, no spread = Miss - There was only 100 straight last year.

...all Clever Mirage cartridges in the UK have 'cut wads'...never fail to open...

 

[Darkside]

...even the 24g Supertargets in 9's @£153/1000 have cut wads... http://www.continentalshooting.co.uk/shop/supplies/product_details.aspx?id=1187

Very smooth and lovely to shoot sheet with!!!

 

[WelshKen]

Ps, Just read on FB that welsh Ken had similar at the English open today. lent his gun to a squad mate to finish the round when the squad mates failed and the barrel selector must have got knocked during the handovers in the round and on his option "click" it was set top barrel first Looks like Ive started a worrying trend

 
 

Hopefully won't happen again..  :hunter:

 

[Fuzrat]

Was'nt the wad opening ................ he missed it !!        If my mind serves me right Darren Wood missed the last option  for 100 straight at the British last year at Nottingham , cant quite remember but i have a feeling it would have been the only straight or if not one of two ...............Thats the trouble trying to make sure !!

Reminds me of the film Top Gun "Jesus Christ, Ice.Take the shot" "It doesnt look good" Godammit it doesn't get to look any better"  thats what I keep telling Mrs Fuz when she rides L6 nearly to the distance marker  :laugh:

 

[blaser f3]

Yep he missed it, but Wad opening means pellets spreading does it not, no spread = Miss - There was only 100 straight last year.

Pointing the gun in the right direction = Hit regardless of wad ,  pointing the gun at the wrong place means with the help of spread/ pattern you might hit target , ie point gun in right direction means you dont have to rely on spread , thats why if you used full choke all the time you will improve your accuracy = improved shooting /kills