Got hooked on skeet, looking for tips

[dpop24]

Shot my first rounds of skeet the other day and got hooked. It was at my local club and the place was deserted so it was just me and my brother, so we didn't have any kind of instruction besides having previously watching some videos on YouTube.

Surprisingly, I did pretty well shooting rounds of 14,15,18,19,15. I shocked myself but I know I'm shooting the doubles "wrong". Everything I've read and watched says to shoot the clay going away from you first and the one coming at you second. But the times I tried it that way, I felt like I had way more gun swing and I missed a lot more clays. When I shot them "backwards", I can get on the one coming in right around the hoop which sets me up for the one going away with very minimal swing. I had LOTS more double hits this way but don't want to limit potential improvement by starting with bad habits.

Does it really matter? Anyone else shoot 'em backwards?

And yes, I do plan on seeking some instruction but I will probably not shoot competitively. I just like making orange dust. Gun is an old Japanese made Winchester 101 with skeet/skeet Briley chokes.

[anti]

I don't think anybody shoots them backwards lol.

Just keep practicing and soon enough you'll nail them.

[Thefeeder]

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Pretty good scores for a first timer...congrats

You made a discovery which is important....you found what works and can repeat it by using a consitant hold point and break point. Very good stuff.
Did ya do it backwards? yep. Offically it would be scored miss, miss.

But if it was Sporting Clays....hit, hit, since in SC its your choice how you shoot doubles

Also be aware that there are bounduries in Skeet and they are the inside line of the houses.....anything shot past the front of house is "formally" a miss. Learn to start the gun (hold point)where you can break the outgoing clay before or at the center stake, then the second shot will be just to the right or left and not way left or right.

Hope that was some help

[G-Man WC]

You'll want to start reloading for sure if you get into that game!
Unless of course your independently wealthy.
Good luck with the new hobby.
-g

[Thefeeder]

You'll want to start reloading for sure if you get into that game!
Unless of course your independently wealthy.
Good luck with the new hobby.
-g

Nevative....you only save about a buck per box relaoding 12 or 20ga...reloading componets are not cheep anymore and powder, where do you get powder? Wally has shells for 5.50 a box...same as reloading price.

Shooting has never been a cheep sport...well cheeper than racing

[Tekkno]

Walmart has 19.xx for 100 rounds birdshot. I dont think reloading can be alot cheaper than this price!

[Latt]

The 100 rounds of birdshot for $19 at Wal-Mart was a rollback special that ended last week, now it's $27

[hattles]

A great place to get tips on skeet is the Shotgunworld.com website. I'm not knocking this website but there are many more knowledgeable clay shooters there than here. You'll find more tactical/defense shotgun info here.


Shotgunworld forum

http://www.shotgunworld.com/bbs/index.php?sid=d6e1ca2470482ca64d5b729743dd8a20

Skeet shooters - shotgunworld

http://www.shotgunworld.com/bbs/viewforum.php?f=94

[ceh383]

If you are close enough to either, check out the NorCal or SoCal Skeet Clinics....

http://www.calguns.net/calgunforum/showthread.php?t=405000

http://www.calguns.net/calgunforum/showthread.php?t=751207

[Bill Steele]

Wow, I agree with every post above, perhaps except the reloading saving you a lot of money one. I generally do save a buck or two a box, but for me, it is more about loading 3/4oz for skeet that keeps me pulling the handle.

On the other hand, fast shotgun powders have been as rare as hens teeth lately, so don't bother thinking about reloading until you start seeing sales for #8 jugs of Extra Lite...

[Arrieta578]

I shoot 'em backwards on occasion for fun. We do all kinds of other crazy stuff to change the game such as shooting all doubles, delayed and random pulls, mixing up the high house and the low house, starting inside the box, gun down, and stepping into your shooting position --all in the effort to become better wingshooters in the field. Having said that, shooting skeet regulation style is awesome and most the guys that run straight 100s still shoot better than I do in the field.

In the beginning, take it slow and have fun with it. See if you can find yourself a copy of the "The Clay Target Handbook" by Jerry Meyer. It will teach you about the fundamentals such as stance, break points, shooting methods, timing, etc...

As for reloading... the real advantage is not the cost but getting the custom low pressure/low recoil loads someone might want for specialized break-open guns. My Benelli M2 will digest wally-world cheapies all day long, but I don't run those through my 6lb. side by side unless I am looking for a world of headaches.

[famebyassociatn]

The 100 rounds of birdshot for $19 at Wal-Mart was a rollback special that ended last week, now it's $27

Bummer. I only bought 3 boxes. I should have gotten more.

Skeet is a lot of fun.

[003]

Save your pennies, next will be a must have high end overunder shotgun. Then of course you will "need" another in .20ga.

[scottkrough]

DPOP,
Go to one of the Skeet clinics and learn the game of "Skeet" it is cheap and worth every penny. Then you should look up Todd Bender on Youtube. Plenty of good info there.
Then read this and it will all make sense to you.

https://www.bristolshooting.org/training/BenderCheatSheet.pdf

BTW where is the local club?

[dpop24]

Well, guess I didn't do as well as I thought considering my doubles that I shot in the wrong order would have been counted as misses!

Local club is Sac Valley but I'm all the way in Grass Valley so making a Bay Area clinic would be tough to pull off but I may need to figure out how to make that happen.

Thanks for all the advice. I'm going to work my way through Bender's youtube vids and see about picking up the Clay Target Handbook. I've been shooting trap and getting pretty decent, usually shoot in the 20's at 16 yards with the occasional 25. It's a lot of fun but skeet really got my blood pumping.