Olympic skeet and English skeet

[CEREALTHRILLER]

As title...is it just the speed?

[WGD]

From SCTA website:

 

National Skeet (SK);

In this discipline a standard round of 25 targets are shot from 7 stations in a semicircle.

At the ends of the semicircle are the High and Low trap houses from which targets are released on a fixed trajectory and within defined limits. A set combination of singles and doubles are shot from each station and scored on the basis of 1 point per target hit.

The gun position is optional (i.e. either pre-mounted or out of the shoulder (gun down) when the target is called) and the targets are released immediately upon the shooter's call.

Competitions consist of shooting 100 targets over 4 rounds.

 

Olympic Skeet (OS);

The targets travel at a considerably faster speed than National Skeet, and the release of the target can be delayed up to 3 seconds after calling and the gun-down position is compulsory. There is also an eighth shooting station, midway between the two houses.

 

[CEREALTHRILLER]

Thanks mate ...was back at Cluny with "The Boy" so I thought I would have a wee shot at it - quite challenging.

 

Also tried the 2 sporting layouts that we didn't shoot with Big Sam - the clays are much further away so again more of a challenge but I think they simulate shots you would be presented with while out rough shooting far better.

 

More realistic ranges

[clayman]

They are planets apart in difficulty.

 

English ( National) skeet essentially throws pretty lazy targets when you ask for them. 25 or even 100 straights are not impossible and many achieve them.

 

O/S has much faster target exit speeds, there is a random time delay before they come, you are forced to start with a low mount, and you cant dry mount on most targets. Plus you have stn 8 in the centre, a real reaction snap shot. All these things add a little further difficulty to the discipline, and result in a much harder version compared with Eng Skeet.

 

If you are in the 90 / 100s in English, you will probably find you do 70 / 100 first time out in OS.

 

Getting 100 str in OS is a real achievement, so hats off to the Shan Zang Chink girl who did 233 str at Barcelona Games in 2002 to win over the men. Incredible feat.

 

Clayman

Edited April 1, 2008 by clayman

[WGD]

Thanks mate ...was back at Cluny with "The Boy" so I thought I would have a wee shot at it - quite challenging.

 

Also tried the 2 sporting layouts that we didn't shoot with Big Sam - the clays are much further away so again more of a challenge but I think they simulate shots you would be presented with while out rough shooting far better.

 

More realistic ranges

 

Sporting's definitely the one I want to shoot well... it's just that I CAN'T!!!!

 

WGD

[Emmsy]

yes stick to sporting, there is nothing useful you will learn by shooting olympic skeet.

if you shot any animal at the sort of ranges skeet is shot you wouldnt want to eat it!

[Big_Sam]

Well I will have to bring along the 8 shot semi next time and show you how its done

[banger]

Hi

i,m an A class in sporting used to be AA years ago, olympic skeet in my opinion is the toughtest clay discipline to shoot well "over 23 -24 per round" i shot it after living in sweden for a while it was the only clay shooting i could get . initially i shot it ok but after a while it became harder, you can go out and shoot 47-48 out of 50 next round you could shoot 18 .I found and others too, the speed of targets is not so bad, the delay is not much a problem after a while its getting the gun from right down there to the shoulder. and be on the target

looking in the right or best place for the target is also very important,as well as having the barrels not to high or low, or near or close to the houses.

its tough to shoot well but when you do its very rewarding.

 

you very rearly see sporting shots shooting it reguarly,

 

not everyones cup of tea but if you want to test yourself have a go.

[Peter De La Mare]

From what I have seen of those who shoot for their county/country and my own experience, the technique used is unlike any other clay shooting discipline.

 

They don't track/maintain lead/overtake the clay, they simply know the exact point in the sky to shoot at when they see the clay leave the house/trap. Clays are broken way before they reach the centre pin. This method of course requires total dependancy on uniformity on speed and path, which OS pretty much guarantees.

 

This opinion is purely my own from my observations and may differ from everyone elses yadda yadda yadda.....