DarthRevan
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Is it blasphemy (difficult) to shoot trap or skeet with an 18" barreled shotgun?
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Does the choke make a difference?
There's no problem with it. It's easy to shoot well with a pump gun, or a cylinder bored 18" gun.
The advantage of the O/Us and the higher end clays guns is consistency. You will find it a lot harder when you're shooting full tournaments. Last weekend I hit 386/400 birds in a skeet tournament which was weaker than I'm capable of, but even that score would be difficult if you were using guns not adapted for the sport (especially since you'd have to switch the entire gun for the 20ga, 28ga, and .410 events).
For regular old recreational shooting, shoot whatever you want.
Is it blasphemy (difficult) to shoot trap or skeet with an 18" barreled shotgun?
Shot trap with a guy a few times that uses a saiga! He hits a couple.....every now and then.......but he has fun!We were goofing around a while back and my son had his 18" slug barrel with rifle sights.
He got 4 out of 5 .
Shoot what you got and have fun.
I shoot a winchester sxp pump action with a 28" barrel and shoot 22-24's. You don't necessarily need a trap gun to shoot well.
I've watched my friend break clays with a pistol grip pump one-handed on station 7 I also once shot a round with a guy who shot from the hip on station 8.Years ago my brother was asked to leave when he pulled out his pistol grip pump shotty.
In the GLTL there was a very young man shooting his camo turkey gun from the Lowell club that was very good.
Bring a side-by-side coach gun, and listen for the pucker(akin to wet balloons rubbing together).
As long as the barrell is over 18" I believe... Mike?