Just recently started shooting sleet. My shooting buddy wants to shoot in a local league. I'm currently using a semi auto shot gun and advice on an entry level over and under?
I was stationed out in Tucson, AZ back in the 1990's. We had a skeet range out at the end of a looooong road on Davis-Monthan AFB. I was out there every weekend shooting. Smoked many a retired General and Colonel shooting high dollar Kreighoffs and Perazzis ($10,000-$20,000 guns) using an 870 Express, rifle sighted 18" slug barrel choked IC. However, there was this one older retired MSgt who shot an old Parker SXS...that dude could shoot!
So, use what you got and get good with it!
Maybe I should get a new barrel? The barrel on my gun now only has the one fluorescent sight at the end of the barrel. I've head it's better to have two sights to line up with. Or does it ''REALLY'' matter?
The O/U will swing slower from side to side than a single barrel gun. Thats why the barrels are split/seperated on the High Dollar Guns. A Semi-Auto is a perfect Skeet Gun, you can concentrate on the Targets more.
Maybe I should get a new barrel? The barrel on my gun now only has the one fluorescent sight at the end of the barrel. I've head it's better to have two sights to line up with. Or does it ''REALLY'' matter?
Correct, O/U has twice the area to catch Air. I heard this from Ralph Braden, Pro at the Winchester Gun Club in Ft. Wayne. This was nearly 50 years ago. Ralph was an Encyclopedia of Trap/Skeet Shooting.For less wind resistance? 藍藍藍
Correct, O/U has twice the area to catch Air. I heard this from Ralph Braden, Pro at the Winchester Gun Club in Ft. Wayne. This was nearly 50 years ago. Ralph was an Encyclopedia of Trap/Skeet Shooting.
I must respectfully beg to differ with you and Mr. Braden re: wind resistance and over/under shotgun barrels. 50 years ago the predominant firearm for shooting skeet and trap was a 26” or 30” barreled Model 12. There are still people who can rack the slide proficiently on doubles skeet with a Model 12, but there are fewer and fewer of them all the time. If you’re suggesting a pump gun is the preferred shotgun of choice to shoot either competitive trap, skeet, or sporting clays for score I submit you are woefully incorrect. If your goal is having fun then shoot what you want. If your goal is shooting consistently good/great scores shoot an over and under.
Perhaps you should consider replacing Mr. Braden as your mentor and replace him with Todd Bender or any of the other top competitive shotgun shooters of today. As I said, shoot what you want. As for me, when I get serious I’ll shoot my tubed K80.