| cottontop |
03-07-2013 02:45 AM |
skeet
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Originally Posted by John_Deer
(Post 1166624)
I don't know anyone that has a gift for shooting skeet that sees a pump as a handicap. Most people hunt with pumps in this area, even though they have nice guns for hunting. Almost every time one goes hunting in this area they end up beating briers and other impenetrable brush down with the butt of their gun. Knowing this is going to happen not many people take their nice shotguns hunting. In turn, everyone shoots a few rounds of skeet or sporting clays with their hunting shotgun. I see a lot of perfect rounds shot with a pump.
For competition skeet shooting the double barrel rules. Having 2 chokes is an advantage that should not be ignored.
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Years ago, the Model 12 (Winchester pump) was seen in lots of skeet events. There was even a skeet grade Model 12. Now, however, a pump gun is rarely seen in competative skeet. The long barreled over/under now rules the skeet field. In skeet shooting, two chokes are not an advantage. Even the most competative skeet shooter puts the same wide open skeet choke, around .003 points constriction, in each barrel, and uses high antimony #9 or #8 1/2 shot, depending on the gauge.
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