The disciplines clay pigeon shooting

If you’re new to clay pigeon shooting, you may have trouble understanding the differences in the disciplines. Many times I heard different versions of bench shooting people called simply “the monastery”. However, the skit, or Skeet, it is only one of the disciplines of shotgun shooting. The main three types: a ramp, or trench stand; Skeet, or Skeet, and sporting. Each of them has several options, but in this article we give their General description:

Trap, trench stand

At American trench stand shooting five shooting stations arranged in a semicircle at a distance of 14.5 meters from the trench. The trench is partially “bunker” is a machine that produces the target size of 4 ¼ inches at an angle and at a speed of about 67.5 km/h. Target run in different directions, simulating the hunting of birds.

The arrow will shoot single or doubles, each with five targets on their station. The arrows then move on to another station, and so on until 25 shots.

Skeet, Skeet stand

In contrast to the trench, on a round stand are different side of the target. Shooting like trench stand, but has eight shooting stations and two cars. Seven stations are located in a semicircle between the two machines, and the eighth right in the middle between them.

“High end” machine is installed on the left about 3 feet above the ground and launches the targets with a slight elevation towards the center of the range. “Low” the machine is right at the height of 1.06 m above the ground and launches the target with a much larger angle to the center of the shooting range.

Teams of up to five shooters will shoot from each station. Each will perform 17 single shots and eight doubles. Shooting is performed in the following sequence:

• Station 1 and 2: a Single target with “high” machines; single target with low cars; a pair of the “high” and “low” machines;
• Stations 3, 4 and 5: Single target with “high” machines; single target with low cars;
• Stations 6 and 7: Single target with “high” machines; single target with low cars; a pair of the “low” and “high” machines;
• Station 8: a Single target with “high” machines; single target with low cars.

If the shooter misses, then immediately performs a second shot, this is called “replay”. When the shooter performs the round without a miss, the last or 25th target is low target from station 8.

Sporting

Sporting is often called “Golf with a shotgun” and it most closely mimics the hunt.
The sporting targets are launched at different angles, from different distances and at different speeds. Also used targets of different sizes, simulating different types of game, from doves to ducks, and even rabbits.
In addition to the number and type of targets. This means that every shooting range is unique, which is one of the distinctive sides sporting. In this discipline the arrows are in teams of two to six people and during the match change 10-15 stations.