Skeet Shooting
Skeet shooting is one of the major disciplines of clay pigeon shooting. Participants attempt to break clay disks flung into the air using shot guns. There are variations of skeet shooting, one of the most popular is the Olympic skeet.
The general principles include the clay discs being around 109.54 mm in diameter, and 25.88 mm thick, and these should fly a distance of 62 yards. The firearm uses is usually high quality, like a double-barrelled over and under shotgun with 26 to 30-inch barrels, and should have very open chokes. Some participants also use a sporting gun or a trap gun.
The participant must shoot from seven positions on a semicircle, the eight position is halfway between station 1 and station 7. The targets are launched by a device called the trap. The traps are able to launch the targets at around 15 feet above ground, and around 18 feet outside of station 8.
Olympic shootersOther Clay Target Shooting Disciplines
- Clay pigeon shooting — the umbrella term for shooting sports involving clay targets - the shooters try to shoot flying targets like clay pigeons
- Trap Shooting — one of the variants of shotgun shooting at clay targets
- Sporting Clays — the objective is to shoot a flying target.
Related Sports
- Metallic Silhouette Shooting — players compete to test their skills by shooting at silhouette metal targets.
- Hunting — an activity that involves tracking and killing animals with various weapons (not a sport?).
Related Pages
- About Shooting Sports — about the many sports which involve shooting at targets using guns like pistols and rifles.
- Redneck Skeet — a fun shooting sport in which beer cans are used as targets (from Unusal Sports)
- Complete list of sports
- The Encyclopedia of Sports
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