trap vs skeet scores

[fgr39]

just got back from the range and have a question that I thought was odd.

I shot two rounds of trap and then two rounds of skeet and my scores were better shooting skeet. Seems to me that it should be the other way. I grew up hunting with a shotgun but before today I had only shot trap once and never shot skeet. My scores in trap were 16 and 17 and skeet were 20 and 21.
Is this normal or am I just weird?

 

[Dave McCracken]

Skeet guns are usually setup for shooting flat, while trap guns are set to shoot high. My guess is yours shoots flat OR you're better at crossing shots than quartering ones.

 

[fgr39]

ok, thank you for your reply but let see if I have this right.
by flat do you mean pattern centered at point of aim when patterning? and by high do you mean the pattern is centered high of poa? By the way I was using my 1187 that I have had for 15 years, I love that gun. also it was wobble trap.

 

[kudu]

Big difference between wobble trap and standard trap. I consider trap a bit easier than skeet back to about 21-22 yards. I have only shot 2 or 3 25straights back at the 27yard line. I prefer a gun set up about 80/20 pattern for trap.

Skeet is a repetition game, but you have to concentrate on each and every bird to repeat. When you let up a bird sneaks by. Once I shot registered skeet quite a while ago and was a AA shooter, but the best long run I had was 199 straight. For skeet I like a gun set up about 65/35 so I can seee the targets above the barrel. Very few of my guns will be below 60/40, just in the way I set up on them.

 

[Camjr]

A lot of people forget that lead is important in shots that aren't crossing shots (i.e. trap). They tend to cover the target and fire. It's easy to visualize lead on crossing shots. Some beginners actually have an easier time on stations 3,4, and 5 on the skeet range than 1 and 7 (not many, but some)

 

[Dave McCracken]

Yup. A 50/50 pattern has half the pellets striking above Point Of Aim and half below. 60/40 has 60% at POA.

I shoot wobble frequently using a trap gun. Works for me. I do need to get a hair under those low shots.

 

[dave3006]

I shot trap for the first time yesterday. My score was 15. I shot skeet too, my score was 19.

I did a couple rounds of skeet before the trap. I think I did poor at trap because I skeet allows you more slop in your alignment to the clay. I got used to being approximately on target. With trap, I noticed I had to take the time to be dead on. Then, the targets broke.

 

[Dave McCracken]

Trap is the most precise of the clay sports, Dave, especially handicap. Not that skeet lets one get away with much.