raistrick Posted April 4, 2009 Report Share Posted April 4, 2009 Hi Guys, I spent 50 carts yesterday doing some olympic skeet for the first time, and got everything but stands 4, 6 and 8 on any round. I did another 25 on station 4 and think it will come with practice. I'm quite unused to hitting low house first in a double. But station 8 has me lost! Does anyone have ant tips on where to hit this or how to learn to shoot it consistently gun down? Cheers! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
poontang Posted April 4, 2009 Report Share Posted April 4, 2009 Station 8 is a tough one and really is quite instinctive. Try standing further back from the stand and gradually move towards it when you start hitting the bird consistently. You could also try shooting it gun up and gradually drop the gun. Take it slowly. Also try it at ESK speed and see how you get on, then move onto OSK speed. There are a few things you can try, but plan each shot, don't just bang away a box of shells and think it's enough. Aproach each shot as a 'new' shot. Get your feet/stance/mind right before calling for the bird. It's easy to forget and before you know it you've done a box of shells and got nowhere. Practice EVERY station the same way. Personally i wouldn't worry too much about shooting rounds and checking scores. Practice stations rather than rounds, mix it up a bit, and make sure you practice the stands you're comfortable on too. Hope this of some help. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Peter De La Mare Posted April 4, 2009 Report Share Posted April 4, 2009 Your hold point is critical for this, as I discovered the only time I tried it. Muzzles I found needed to be halfway between trap house and the kill point, then you have to trust your mount and gun speed to be able to shoot at it. Mount onto the bird then pull the trigger, the gun speed should to the rest. Obviously you'll be standing right at the very end of the stand for this, and the idea above to try it further away and work your way in is a good one. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
raistrick Posted April 4, 2009 Author Report Share Posted April 4, 2009 Cheers, I think I'll try the first one. I've got the stances nailed down as per todd bender's diagram... and I wasn't checking scores so much as counting misses on stands so I can come back and have a practice on a particular stand... may have been over-thinking them though. I tend to find stands 2,3 and 5 are just easy points. I used to find 4 easy gun down High, Low, Double (high)... but this Double (low) is irritating me, I think I know what I'm doing wrong though... my left hand is used to pushing onto the first bird and I think I'm a bit slow pulling it on the first shot so much that by the time I've hit it its late and I've missed the high As I said, first time on OSK and thought it would be cool to get an idea of where the weaknesses are with a couple of rounds then i can build up. I plan to do practice on 8 and 4 now then do a round each week. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
poontang Posted April 4, 2009 Report Share Posted April 4, 2009 Cheers, I think I'll try the first one. I've got the stances nailed down as per todd bender's diagram... and I wasn't checking scores so much as counting misses on stands so I can come back and have a practice on a particular stand... may have been over-thinking them though. I tend to find stands 2,3 and 5 are just easy points. I used to find 4 easy gun down High, Low, Double (high)... but this Double (low) is irritating me, I think I know what I'm doing wrong though... my left hand is used to pushing onto the first bird and I think I'm a bit slow pulling it on the first shot so much that by the time I've hit it its late and I've missed the high As I said, first time on OSK and thought it would be cool to get an idea of where the weaknesses are with a couple of rounds then i can build up. I plan to do practice on 8 and 4 now then do a round each week. No disrespect, but Todd Bender has been shooting for years and shot tens of thousands of rounds. By all means use his diagrams as a starting point, but remember to adjust things to suit YOU. You may well need to adjust your hold points/kill points to give you more time to acquire the clay, until you build up your speed. This could be why you're having trouble with the low/high pair. Try holding out further for the low house so you don't 'chase' the shot, you should still have plenty of time for the high bird. Bender may well shoot that bird halfway to the centre peg. You don't have to, give yourself a bit more time. The birds should cross over the centre peg, so if you kill the low at that point you should have time on the high bird. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BlaserF3 Posted April 4, 2009 Report Share Posted April 4, 2009 If you can get hold of a book with the title of "Clay Target Shooting" by Paul Bentley, there is a fair bit in it about ISU Skeet because he shot for England. http://www.amazon.co.uk/Clay-Target-Shooti...5181&sr=1-4 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
paulos Posted April 5, 2009 Report Share Posted April 5, 2009 No disrespect, but Todd Bender has been shooting for years and shot tens of thousands of rounds. By all means use his diagrams as a starting point, but remember to adjust things to suit YOU. You may well need to adjust your hold points/kill points to give you more time to acquire the clay, until you build up your speed. This could be why you're having trouble with the low/high pair. Try holding out further for the low house so you don't 'chase' the shot, you should still have plenty of time for the high bird. Bender may well shoot that bird halfway to the centre peg. You don't have to, give yourself a bit more time. The birds should cross over the centre peg, so if you kill the low at that point you should have time on the high bird. If you go to any of the big skeet shoots you will see quite a few using the "Crouching Tiger, Hidden Todd Bender" technique and some will be using it very effectively. The vast majority however will be using a more relaxed technique and will be taking their time. Those who succeed using the former are probably doing so more as a result of shed loads of practice and 10,000's of shells rather than through technical superiority. My two-penneth. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DaveH Posted April 6, 2009 Report Share Posted April 6, 2009 Dust shot in a spreader cartridge . Seriously, does anybody know whether factory loaded spreader cartridges are available in size 9 shot? I'm pretty sure that spreaders are legal in NSSA (and English, as long as they're factory loaded I presume?). I'd be in for a few hundred for NSSA if anybody knows a source. Cheers Dave Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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