Thread: Teach me about Skeet, Trap and Sporting guns, please.

Hi Jakewire, I will have a go. Understand there are nearly as many opinions in this game as you would get if you posted the question what is the best deer rifle.

I shoot A grade trap and C grade skeet. To enjoy a days competitive shooting "Which I can once a week" I could shoot Whitianga, Waihi, Te Aroha and Thames. A club shoot usually consists of a round of 25 skeet and three rounds of 25 down the line.

There are various disciplines in the down the line. Ball trap, points score, double rise and numerous others.

So what I am trying to say is that unless I go looking for skeet only events, like everybody else that shoots the club circuit, skeet would make up less than 25% of the birds on offer.

Some folk can afford to have a shotgun suitable for down the line use and a skeet gun. Most make do with a good trap gun and put up with it as a skeet gun. There is no reason you shouldn't bang away with your Browning for a year, I did. By then I really knew what gun I was looking for.

In no other shooting sport is gun fit so critical as clays. Get to the club coach for advice. Or go to a reputable gun shop who will fit a gun to you. Attend a couple the shoots in your local area, most people will give you there gun to try out. Keep your money in your pocket until you have tried as many guns as possible and have a quite wide view of the sport as a whole.

Sporting, Well that's another game altogether