theshootist Posted February 17, 2017 Report Share Posted February 17, 2017 Hello All, Most of my clay shooting is on sporting clays but a couple of the grounds I shoot have skeet ranges. They are often free so I've started shooting the skeet once I've finished the sporting. I'm really enjoying it and would like to take it more seriously. I'm just using my 30" over and under sporting clay gun (B325). Looking at older "skeet" guns they are usually very open choked 26" barrels, but looking at clips of competitive skeet on the web today barrels seem to have got longer. Does anyone still shoot a gun set up specifically for skeet? If so are you using much shorter barrels than are generally popular today? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
welshwarrior Posted February 17, 2017 Report Share Posted February 17, 2017 Couple of good friends shoot skeet most Olympic at high levels and therefore have guns set up for skeet. 30" skeet chokes comb marginally higher than their sporting/game guns but both happily shoot sporting with their skeet guns as well Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Danger-Mouse Posted February 17, 2017 Report Share Posted February 17, 2017 When I first shot skeet it was with a 26" barrelled gun (although not a skeet gun) and I found it very difficult. As soon as I switched to a longer, 32" barrelled gun my scores went up by a huge margin. Funnily enough though, before I had my own gun I used to borrow a mate's 26" barrelled skeet gun to shoot sporting with and I did pretty well with it. I don't think barrel length really matters that much. Or rather I should say, it matters, but only to the individual. Just because short barrels were once popular it doesn't mean you have to use them. Just shoot open chokes, either skeet&skeet or skeet&1/4. You could also consider using a specific cartridge for skeet. I really like 28gm of No.9. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ehb102 Posted February 17, 2017 Report Share Posted February 17, 2017 I took advice on this last year when I was unhappy with my Sporter. Great skeet shooters use 30" Sporters these days, so get the Sporter sorted No reason you shouldn't have a skeet gun for fun if you want one of course. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mr.C Posted February 17, 2017 Report Share Posted February 17, 2017 30" high rib sporter with Cyl and Skt. Been considering trying a slab of 9's, which do you use Danger Mouse? In fact the question should be more like, can I get 9's in fibre as that's all I can use at my local? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Scully Posted February 17, 2017 Report Share Posted February 17, 2017 Found a gorgeous 101 some years ago in Barnard Castle choked at skeet and skeet, so passed it up. Often wonder if I did the right thing when I learned that a 101 owned by a bloke I know whom shot a lot of game, was choked at skeet and skeet. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
theshootist Posted February 17, 2017 Author Report Share Posted February 17, 2017 Interesting thanks everyone. I saw a BRNO gun on one of the sites recently which had two sets of barrels, a longer sporting set and a shorter ported skeet set. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gordon R Posted February 17, 2017 Report Share Posted February 17, 2017 The BRNO is a solid piece of kit, but the muzzle blast is off-putting if you are stood near. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TIGHTCHOKE Posted February 17, 2017 Report Share Posted February 17, 2017 The BRNO is a solid piece of kit, but the muzzle blast is off-putting if you are stood near. The one I had was a 302 and the muzzle breaks were copied from a howitzer! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gordon R Posted February 17, 2017 Report Share Posted February 17, 2017 That is indeed my very own BRNO. I recognise that duvet from one of our spare rooms. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Scully Posted February 17, 2017 Report Share Posted February 17, 2017 The one I had was a 302 and the muzzle breaks were copied from a howitzer! Seriously considered one of these with the ported barrels for bolting bunnies after handling one after meeting a bloke in Malmo one day who owned one. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TIGHTCHOKE Posted February 17, 2017 Report Share Posted February 17, 2017 (edited) That is indeed my very own BRNO. I recognise that duvet from one of our spare rooms. It's all on the internet! Edited February 17, 2017 by TIGHTCHOKE Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
theshootist Posted February 17, 2017 Author Report Share Posted February 17, 2017 The one I had was a 302 and the muzzle breaks were copied from a howitzer! That's the one! Looks like an awesome bit of kit. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Danger-Mouse Posted February 17, 2017 Report Share Posted February 17, 2017 30" high rib sporter with Cyl and Skt. Been considering trying a slab of 9's, which do you use Danger Mouse? In fact the question should be more like, can I get 9's in fibre as that's all I can use at my local? The last batch I used were Blue Diamond, in fibre. A nice cartridge, a little more expensive than my usual sporting loads but not hideously so. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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