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Hi there,

I'm looking to get into clay shooting. Only have done pistol so far and looking to get a Beretta for my birthday and start shooting in the spring. The only thing confusing me is what the difference is between trap/skeet/sporting clay? I know it might be a silly questions but don't they all involve shooting a clay? So how can it be different?

I appreciate your help. :)
 
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There are many differences from one to the other. The two main differences are target presentation and distance that the target is shot at. Buy your shotgun based on what will be your main game. Make sure your barrels have choke tubes and you can adapt to the other games with different chokes and ammunition.
 
Sporting Clays in my opinion is the hardest game of the 3,most good clay shooters 80plus scorers are also good trap and skeet shooters. I have shot clays with 100 straighters in Trap that can't break 50 in Clays. Trap is a easier game to start at then Skeet. One bird at a time. But once you learn both trap and skeet, skeet becames easier to shoot 25straights then trap, weird how that is. Whatever to shoot, guys will give you advice, listen to what they have to say but too much advice can make it harder to get into your own rhythm. When I get asked by new shooters at the range for advice, I usually tell them what my dad said to me when I was 8yrs old standing on the trap line waiting with my single shot Cooey 28 gauge , "Just pull the gun up, put the bead infront of the bird, and pull the the trigger" it worked for me.Good Luck and have fun. Sidexeach.
 
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Trap; you're targets are thrown away from the shooter. There are 5 stations, the stations are positioned at 16 & 27yrds behind the trap house on a semi circle. You shoot 5 targets from each station. Targets are thrown away from you, the elevation of the trap is fixed but the angle away from the house varies constantly. It is generally shot with Modified or tighter chokes. Skeet; has 8 stations from around in a semi-circle between two trap houses, the high one set 10' above the ground, the other, a low house set at 3' above the ground, both targets must pass through a 3' hoop, 15' above the ground set 66' perpendicular to station#4. It has 4 stations where 2 singles and then a double are shot, the remaining station targets are presented as 2 singles. The first miss is repeated to give you 25 targets to a round. It is generally shot with a repeater(usually a Semi) or a double gun(usually an O/U) with fixed skeet or Imp.Cyl. chokes all shots with be under 25yrds. Trap is easier to start off with as a rule as the leads are less noticeable to a beginner.
 
Trap and Skeet are repeatable games, the targets are the anywhere in the world.

Sporting Clays is designed to more closely simulate hunting, with multiple stations throwing drastically different targets. Think of it like golf, you go around the course, and no two courses are ever exactly the same.
 
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