Trap vs. Skeet?????
In my last post titled "Beretta O/U vs. Franchi O/U vs. Browning O/U" I recieved some very useful information. One of the things I was told is that trap guns and skeet guns are different. Can any one tell me how so, and the difference between trap and skeet shooting in general.
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It looks to me that the best thing you could do is read books on shootimg or visit an active range.The questions you ask are in the basic fundamentals of the sport and really not for this forum. If your dad or other adult lacks information,you might make good use of a library near your home.
As for the question asked here,TRAP is a game where five stations are set up behind a trap house and all birds are thrown from in front of the shooters.It has an active thrower in that the birds are thrown in a slightly different directions each time.Skeet,on the other hand is set up with the birds coming from a high house from the left and a low house from the right.You start with the bird from the high house flying from directly over your head going away.then a low bird toward you slightly to your left.Then a pair, one from each house. Not a game for the faint of heart.Both game are supposed to sharpen your field shooting.This is merely an introduction to each game and not complete.
Both are a challange and heaps of fun.You owe it to yourself to seek a trap and skeet club and at least watch the shooters.They are the best in shotgun shooting.I do well at Trap but am too old for Skeet.My reactions are too slow.
The basic difference between Skeet and Trap guns are that Skeet is a short range game that requires an open choke,[less constriction of the barrel so to spread the shot in a larger pattern]than Trap.Trap shooting is from further distance so the choke is tighter to lessen the spread of shot to maintain denser pattern at longer yardage targets as geese and ducks and running pheasants and turkeys.Normally the Trap guns have higher combs to build in a lead so your shot will not have to cover the bird on it's rise.On a field shotgun,if you would tape on two nickles to the top of your action and look over them to line up your shot you would have what the Trap gun stocks are built like."DOUBLE NICKLE LEAD".I hope you can understand this.Good Luck.
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Another difference is that in trap, the guns typically have longer 30" or longer barrels and some are mono-barreled as you are usually shooting at one bird at a time. Trap shot size is usually 7 1/2 as the range can be from 16 to 35 (if I remember correctly) yds from the house. In skeet, as at some stations you are shooting at two birds simultaneously you need a shotgun capable of shooting two shots. The typical barrel lengths are 26 - 28 in. Shot size is usually closer to 9 as you are right on some of the birds at some stations. 0 -
I shoot a lot of both trap and skeet, but as preparation for hunting trips, not for competition.
If you are shooting competition, then by all means use a gun set up for the type of shooting you are doing, trap, skeet, sporting clays etc.
I shoot these disciplines with the guns I hunt with, not with some specialty gun because Iam preparing for hunting.
I have seldom seen a dove, duck or goose hunter out in the field with one of the bells and whistle models set up for competition.
Trap is fun, but skeet and sporting clays are probably the best for preparing for wing shooting.0
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