espron Posted January 16, 2011 Report Share Posted January 16, 2011 Skeet layout was dead today so thought I would have a look on for my first time, it's true that some people just make it look easy. Needles to say I was glad to hit a few before I walked off with my tail between my legs with an Olympic score of 10/25 :( Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
berties Posted January 16, 2011 Report Share Posted January 16, 2011 It's close and fast and not so easy as it looks,have shot a few rounds lately ,it's good fun if shot in groups Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
poorwullie Posted January 16, 2011 Report Share Posted January 16, 2011 Stick with it, ask some of the lads who "make it look easy" for a few tips. Sharpens up your shooting no end. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
paulos Posted January 16, 2011 Report Share Posted January 16, 2011 Skeet is great fun All the cool kids shoot skeet Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
poorwullie Posted January 16, 2011 Report Share Posted January 16, 2011 Skeet is great fun All the cool kids shoot skeet And me lol. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
espron Posted January 16, 2011 Author Report Share Posted January 16, 2011 Have done most of the layouts now had a go at DTL lastweek just need to choose what I'm guna shoot and join a club me thinks Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
snozzer Posted January 17, 2011 Report Share Posted January 17, 2011 Skeet is probably the best discipline for a pigeon shooter to practise on :good: Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SquaddieGunner Posted January 17, 2011 Report Share Posted January 17, 2011 I Love Skeet! I would have more luck throwing cartridges by hand rather than actually firing them though! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kermit the frog Posted January 17, 2011 Report Share Posted January 17, 2011 Skeet is a discipline, good for learning hold positions and where to kill the target, might be worth getting a lesson, or at least 'good' advise, as it will improve the rest of your shooting no end, kermit, ex skeet shooter Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
GregR Posted January 17, 2011 Report Share Posted January 17, 2011 And If you're not used to skeet, attempting Olympic is going in at the deep end! Try good old English to get your eye in Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
clayman Posted January 18, 2011 Report Share Posted January 18, 2011 ESK and OSK as as different as Chalk and Cheese. put a good OSK shooter on English, and watch them miss in front!! The techniques used in OSK are fundamentally different and dont cross the platform well to the lazier ESK So, unless you are a good allrounder and want to master both, it better to decide which is your preference and stick with it. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bunnykiller Posted January 18, 2011 Report Share Posted January 18, 2011 Is there any diffrence between the two? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
fuzrat Posted January 18, 2011 Report Share Posted January 18, 2011 biggest differences are OSK is shot gun down, clays are a whole lot faster and there is a random delay of up to 3 seconds from your "pull" call Fuzrat Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
clayman Posted January 18, 2011 Report Share Posted January 18, 2011 English Skeet is a discipline where when you get any good at it, the aim is to achieve straights and its not too difficult to achieve. All the methods of shooting can be applied, pull away, swing thru, ambush, maintained lead, indeed, as there are just 14 target presentations you can use different methods on different stations. Most good quality shooters shoot this gun up, but gun down to any degree is allowed, and the slower ESK target can be shot anywhere on the flight line till it hits the ground. The concept of OSK is to introduce additional things that make it much harder. You are forced to start gundown, have a variable release delay on the targets coming against the call, and have to be shot before a marker on the layout, and the exit speed of the targets is much faster from the traps. There is also stn 8, a very close target where the pattern size is small and time to take it before centre tiny. There is no time for correction, either its right and scored, or gone and lost - fast and very exact - requiring concentration and control. Even international champions work hard for straights and an OSK straight is not an expected outcome even for the best. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
KenG Posted January 18, 2011 Report Share Posted January 18, 2011 (edited) Well said Clayman.. One thing I would dispute though, when you said you can shoot ESK targets anywhere before they hit the ground. The targets must not pass the skeet houses before being shot, or they should be scored as lost. A mate of mine shoots the targets around 3 feet after the skeet houses thinking he's clever, none of them should really count. Edited January 18, 2011 by KenG Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
clayman Posted January 18, 2011 Report Share Posted January 18, 2011 No, the marker rule on ESK went years ago, only OSK retains it. OSK has linesmen to check the target is shot before it passes the line out to the marker which is str out from the house edge, but in ESK if its in flight its a legitimate kill. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
KenG Posted January 18, 2011 Report Share Posted January 18, 2011 Blimey, and I thought I knew all the rules.. I wonder if it's different between England and Wales, because we still use the rule Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
clayman Posted January 18, 2011 Report Share Posted January 18, 2011 Well, you shoot National Skeet - but your rule book should have been updated in line with the English CPSA rule book - as far as I know the NI; Scottish, IoM, Welsh CTSA's all adopt and use the ( Eng) CPSA rules - some-one correct me if thats not true - and the markers went in the CPSA rule book at last 10 years ago. Interestingly, the diagram of the layout still retained the markers long after the rules changed - it was only about 2005 the schematic was finally changed, so its true some people still thought the rule applied even when it was long gone. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
paulos Posted January 18, 2011 Report Share Posted January 18, 2011 Well, you shoot National Skeet - but your rule book should have been updated in line with the English CPSA rule book - as far as I know the NI; Scottish, IoM, Welsh CTSA's all adopt and use the ( Eng) CPSA rules - some-one correct me if thats not true - and the markers went in the CPSA rule book at last 10 years ago. Interestingly, the diagram of the layout still retained the markers long after the rules changed - it was only about 2005 the schematic was finally changed, so its true some people still thought the rule applied even when it was long gone. They all use the "ICTSC" rule book now so it should be universal for all of them. ICTSC Rule Book Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Fatcatsplat Posted January 18, 2011 Report Share Posted January 18, 2011 Skeet is probably the best discipline for a pigeon shooter to practise on :good: Seconded - Dull as dishwater to shoot skeet, but decoying does get much sharper Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
beretta Posted January 18, 2011 Report Share Posted January 18, 2011 as ken says as far as i was aware Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
clayman Posted January 18, 2011 Report Share Posted January 18, 2011 Yep, that seems right ICTSC is the Association of UK Clay Target Associations - and they all agree to use the rules published by the CPSA as the common format for the discipline rules - just checked the rules through and as I thought no mention any more in the rules or diagram of a marker before which the ESK target must be shot - this is only now to be found in the ISSF OS rules. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
paulos Posted January 18, 2011 Report Share Posted January 18, 2011 After the curious decision by the CPSA Board to abandon the use of referees at Home Internationals, Wales/Scotland/NI/Ireland team members had better familiarise themselves with these correct rules as they will be marking it themselves this year. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest cookoff013 Posted January 19, 2011 Report Share Posted January 19, 2011 skeet is great fun. it does take practice. the guys who make it look good know what they are doing. for the fact the 2 targets never change, it is one fun game ! i use a supernova and some steel 7.5s. i started just practicing on the first station. one clay. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RC45 Posted January 19, 2011 Report Share Posted January 19, 2011 I like Skeet, I have good days and bad days! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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