[furt]

Hey..I'm new to this site !
Looking for info. on the differences between Skeet, Trap, and Sporting Clays over/under shotguns.
I am a little new to shooting, and have tried all 3 types of above targets, and would maybe like to do some bird hunting down the road.
Someone told me I wouldn't like tring to soot Sporting Clays with a Trap gun, and I didn't know there was a difference.
Any help?
Furt

 

[Guest]

it is the stock comb which regulates your point of impact.
for the most part you will need a seperate trap gun if you pursue trap seriously on the weekends.
skeet and sporting guns are interchangeable because of comb height geared towards lowgun style.
my suggestion: a sporting clays gun w/30" bbls. will take you thru it all short of the grand american.
incidently,wenigs gunstocks has the "all american" style buttstock which has a parralel comb w/1.375x1.375""dropx2.5"? to a monte carlo which cancels out my theory :lol:
an o/u trapgun with choke tubes and maybe adjustable comb may serve all three also,but not as easily as the sporting gun.
i have seen more and more trapstyle butts on k80/k32 at the nssa tournaments lately,maybe its a new phenominon??

 

[nick]

I'm relatively new to shooting (with a shotgun) also, and I have plenty of fun shooting trap with my winchester SX2 field model. From what I've seen, unless you're seriously competing, a field gun seems like it should be fine for trap, skeet, sporting clays, and hunting, and is usually cheaper than the sporting models of the same gun.

 

[Guest]

:?: :?: :?: i wnat to know the diff between clays,trap,skeet
sporting clays you move to diff stations right???????

 

[Guest]

:?: :?: :?: i wnat to know the diff between clays,trap,skeet
sporting clays you move to diff stations right???????

 

[Kavall]

These are all generalizations but....

Sporting guns are balanced and shoot where you point them
Skeet guns are more barrel heavy and shoot where you point them
Trap guns tend to be even more barrel heavy and shoot high. In trap you shoot targets on the rise. To do this without covering the bird with the barrels you need a gun to shoot high

The reason shooting sporting with a trap gun is difficult is because to shoot a dropping target you need to aim way under the bird because the gun naturally shoots high. The heavier barrels make your swing smooth, but slow, and with fast moving close targets slow is no always the best.

http://www.remington.com/whatsnew/trap/TRAP.htm
http://www.remington.com/whatsnew/skeet/skeet.htm

Sporting clays evolved from live bird hunting and simulated live bird hunting. You get targets thrown to simulate live birds. Different sized clay targets and different directions are used. Birds are thrown up in the air, rolled on the ground, or thrown so that they dive. You will see two birds at once, a single bird, a bird following another bird, or a bird that has another released when the person shoots.