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<blockquote data-quote="ProBusiness" data-source="post: 990905" data-attributes="member: 6145"><p>TRAP GUN - a true trap gun is built to place the shot 6" (or so) high at 36 yards. This is because the bird is climbing when you shoot at it. On a trap gun, you can see the bird above the barrel as you shoot at it.</p><p></p><p>SHOOTING TRAP WITH A "FIELD" GUN - a field gun is not set up to shoot high unless it has been altered. So, if you are shooting trap and see the bird above your barrel when you shoot, by the time the shot gets to the spot where the bird was, the bird has climbed/risen enough that your shot will be placed below the bird. With a field gun shooting trap - you cover up the bird (don't see it) as you shoot and place your shot higher. </p><p></p><p>SKEET - has established leads for each bird at each station. The lead is duplicated each time. </p><p></p><p>All other types of shooting, hunting, birds thrown by hand, birds thrown by a personal thrower, you have to learn to calculate direction, speed, lead for each and every bird. Different each time. </p><p></p><p>I can teach you how to do this.</p><p></p><p>By the way, you can shoot trap and or skeet with a "field gun", you just have to learn how. </p><p></p><p>Also, myself personally, when get a gun fitted to me, and i am hitting with it. I hang onto it.</p><p></p><p>Some guns have to be fitted to you. If they are not, you can be aiming what you think is correctly, and be 1/2 of a pattern off at 30 yards. This means that if your choke and gun are producing a 30" pattern at 30 yards, you are only using 15" of it. That is not much. Think about it. This can cause you to miss a lot.</p><p></p><p>Also, there are different ways to shoot: pass through, pull away, substained lead. It is good to know what these are and how to use them. By gaining this info you have a lot more tools to use.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="ProBusiness, post: 990905, member: 6145"] TRAP GUN - a true trap gun is built to place the shot 6" (or so) high at 36 yards. This is because the bird is climbing when you shoot at it. On a trap gun, you can see the bird above the barrel as you shoot at it. SHOOTING TRAP WITH A "FIELD" GUN - a field gun is not set up to shoot high unless it has been altered. So, if you are shooting trap and see the bird above your barrel when you shoot, by the time the shot gets to the spot where the bird was, the bird has climbed/risen enough that your shot will be placed below the bird. With a field gun shooting trap - you cover up the bird (don't see it) as you shoot and place your shot higher. SKEET - has established leads for each bird at each station. The lead is duplicated each time. All other types of shooting, hunting, birds thrown by hand, birds thrown by a personal thrower, you have to learn to calculate direction, speed, lead for each and every bird. Different each time. I can teach you how to do this. By the way, you can shoot trap and or skeet with a "field gun", you just have to learn how. Also, myself personally, when get a gun fitted to me, and i am hitting with it. I hang onto it. Some guns have to be fitted to you. If they are not, you can be aiming what you think is correctly, and be 1/2 of a pattern off at 30 yards. This means that if your choke and gun are producing a 30" pattern at 30 yards, you are only using 15" of it. That is not much. Think about it. This can cause you to miss a lot. Also, there are different ways to shoot: pass through, pull away, substained lead. It is good to know what these are and how to use them. By gaining this info you have a lot more tools to use. [/QUOTE]
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