Can I shoot skeet with an 18.5 inch barrel?

[tuolumnejim]

Safety is what the club I go to says. Their rule is nothing under 21 inches. Members told me (could be FUD but could be legit) that they've had issues with short barrels and shooters alongside taking a bunch of blast from guys with short barrels. Keeping out wannabe bangers and such probably does have something to do with it in some places.

Just for guys like that if I had the extra cash I'd get a nice Krieghoff shotgun and chop it to 18 inches.

[BigDogatPlay]

Just for guys like that if I had the extra cash I'd get a nice Krieghoff shotgun and chop it to 18 inches.

And they probably wouldn't let you shoot it. Not at the club I shoot at anyway.

My opinion, but the blast to the side thing rings kind of hollow considering how many shoot ported barrels, myself included.

[teflondog]

The RO at an outdoor range I visited told me that they don't allow short barrels on the trap lanes because they're "too loud", yet they allow them on the target lanes???

I've seen a lot youtube videos of people breaking multiple clays with an 18.5" barrel so it can be done. It just takes practice.

[Lancear15]

Can I shoot skeet with an 18.5 inch barrel?

I've shot my m3 with 18.5 straight bore on skeet, trap and sporting clay courses, no one cared, but it is a joke trying to hit anything but up close clays. I only did it to try it, then switched to an over-under.

Basically your answer is NO, absolutely not, huge waste of time...

[PEBKAC]

...actually you can, just make sure that barrel is threaded for chokes of some sort. Probably will swing weird but definitely possible.

[mif_slim]

Yes you can, but will you hit it? maybe not. I tried and anything past 15 or so yards the clay just glides off into the abyss laughing at you while it sores further and further.

I did how-ever hit 5 clays out of 20...I swicthed to my 11-87 and got a 18-20 so I say I do okay at clay shooting. still far away from good though and a world away from expert!

[Mug]

You might want to take a look at the IAC Hawk 982, it comes with a fixed Improved Cylinder barrel and nice Ghost Ring Sights (should help bust those clays!). It's a tank and it's dirt cheap.

Big 5 has them on sale all the time for $199 and they will honor the price after the sale if you ask. They also have coupons all the time and some have bought them recently for $179 with coupon.

http://www.iacshotguns.com/982pump.html

[BigDogatPlay]

Ghost ring sights for wing shooting are, most likely, not going to give great success. But that's just the way I see it.

YMMV.

And for whatever it's worth, we shot 16 yard trap using 18 inch barreled 870s as part of the shotgun familiarization in the academy. I broke 20 plus a couple of times, but I was shooting a lot of trap back then.

[acorn]

Yes you can but make sure you bust more clays than the guys with the nice guns so they can't make fun of you.

[Thefeeder]

We should have a shoot at Chabot Gun Club or somewhere and put the question up Myth Buster style

[HondaMasterTech]

I hit a clay with a single birdshot pellet. It put a tiny hole in the side but didn't break the clay.

I though that this was cool so I kept it. ( it didn't break when it hit the ground either )

After sitting on my toolbox at work for about a week, I came into work and found the center of it punched out and the debris sitting right underneath it. Like someone poked their finger through it.

After reviewing the video in the shop I found a detailer calmly walk up to it after texting on his iPhone and descretely punch his finger through the center and walk away.

I confronted the detailer and told him that the owner asked me to research the clay because there was something special about it and it was valuable. I told him the owner wanted to speak with him. The kid was shocked. I laughed inside.

I set the kid up by talking with the owners son ( sales manager ) and had the kid shakin in his boots for a while before breaking the truth.

I'm going to give the clay to him as a christmas present....

[HondaMasterTech]

... wrapped up in a nice box and bow.

[Mug]

Ghost ring sights for wing shooting are, most likely, not going to give great success. But that's just the way I see it.

YMMV..

Maybe or maybe not... but the IC barrel should help a bit.

[teflondog]

Ghost ring sights for wing shooting are, most likely, not going to give great success. But that's just the way I see it.

YMMV.

It's really hard with ghost ring sights. I can manage to hit the first clay. For doubles, it's nearly impossible.

[Chk Chk Boom]

Safety? Keep the goof ball gangster wannabe's out?

I'm just guessing.

The golf course that I play at won't let you play in jeans.

Lol!