Skeet shooting?

[Noel]

[professionalcoyotehunter]

Skeet are low flying across the ground like quail and trap are in the air like dove. At my local range it is $6 per round of 25 clays.

[scott.cr]

At my local range (Burro Canyon Shooting Park) they charge $35 per hour to use their "sporting clays" range. That $35 gets you a box of 135 clays too. You bring your own shotgun and ammo.

I see a lot of people shooting $99 NEF single-shot guns there. Personally I usually use a Mossberg Silver Reserve (over-under, which was something around $399 at Big 5. It's tremendous fun, but one main reason why I've done mostly trap shooting lately is that pistol/rifle ammo is so hard to find!! But the 100-round pack of #7.5 and #8 shot is still only $22 at Wal Mart, and there's always plenty in stock.

[Tallship]

Actually, in skeet the birds are flying crosswise in front of you, while in trap the birds are flying away from you. The main difference, however, is that in skeet you know exactly where the birds are flying before you shoot, and in trap, you don't know which direction or what angle the birds are coming out of the house.

[professionalcoyotehunter]

That is also another difference. if you want to go sometime and are near me I will bring some shotguns out for you to try before you buy if you like.

[trickyvic]

I'm in Sac and reguarly shoot skeet with a friend at either Cordova or Yolo. PM me if you ever want to come out and join us.
Here's a good read on both trap and skeet.

http://iweb.tntech.edu/cpardue/skeet-trap.html

Around Sac skeet prices are as follows;
Cordova shooting center- $6.75 p/game + one time hazard fee of $3
Sac Valley- $6 not sure if they have a hazard fee
Yolo- $6 + $2 hazard fee

[Noel]

[gun toting monkeyboy]

I shot trap for several years in college (on my own, not with the school) using my dad's old SxS and a mossberg 500 with a 28" barrel and Modified choke tube. Both worked just fine. You don't need anything fancy for trap. Not at the begining levels. Pretty much anything with a decent choke will work. My personal recommendation would be to get one of the combo packages at big 5 or turners when they have them on sale. Something with a long barrel and a short extra barrel. You basically end up with one gun that can do 90%+ of all your shotgunning needs.

-Mb

[Joe22]

You can really take any shotgun out there... I've N\never actually went to the range tho.. Should setup a day for bunch of us to meet up and go to one range...

[trickyvic]

I shot trap for several years in college (on my own, not with the school) using my dad's old SxS and a mossberg 500 with a 28" barrel and Modified choke tube. Both worked just fine. You don't need anything fancy for trap. Not at the begining levels. Pretty much anything with a decent choke will work. My personal recommendation would be to get one of the combo packages at big 5 or turners when they have them on sale. Something with a long barrel and a short extra barrel. You basically end up with one gun that can do 90%+ of all your shotgunning needs.

-Mb

I highly recommend the Big 5 Mossberg combo, my bud started with one and it was a great gun. 100% flawless.

You can really take any shotgun out there... I've N\never actually went to the range tho.. Should setup a day for bunch of us to meet up and go to one range...

Count me in. I'll be at Yolo tomorrow morning to shoot skeet and maybe some rimfires, feel free to join us.

[Chk Chk Boom]

My "clay shooting" is sooo ghetto. We just go to the desert and use a hand launcher... Two mossy 500's, 2-3 boxes of clays, and 3-4 federal multi-packs from wally world and we have a blast! (no pun intended). With 4-5 people it's not bad at all. Ends up being 30 bucks or so each for a trip (including gas from OC to barstow area). Great fun for hours!

[gun toting monkeyboy]

I got my Mossberg 500 combo at Sports Authority long ago, and it is still going strong. Even after literally 10,000+ shells.

[916Bobby]

$9 for a 90 box of clays.
$22 for 100 rounds of sport loads.

If you buy your own (clays), where do you shoot it at?

[Chk Chk Boom]

What public lands do you guys usually go to for clay shoots?

Me and my buddy bought maps from BLM of the closest "rural" area (barstow area) and basically anywhere on there where it's BLM land and not a recreation area, you can shoot. The maps are really good investments if you're looking for somewhere public and want to make sure it's not private. Just my $.02

[AndrewMendez]

My "clay shooting" is sooo ghetto. We just go to the desert and use a hand launcher... Two mossy 500's, 2-3 boxes of clays, and 3-4 federal multi-packs from wally world and we have a blast! (no pun intended). With 4-5 people it's not bad at all. Ends up being 30 bucks or so each for a trip (including gas from OC to barstow area). Great fun for hours!

Thats the best way to do it!