SXS Coach shot gun for skeet shooting?

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Hello all,
Please excuse my ignorance as I am not a shotgun owner but have been a rifleman for years. Lately I have had the itch to try skeet/clay shooting but I find myself drawn to the Coach style SXS 12ga shotguns. Would this be bad choice for skeet/clay shooting because of the shortened length. Do I need to find one with a certain type choke for clay and skeet.

Side question. Could I shoot slugs out of the SXS. I mean, do I need a different choke or no choke as opposed to skeet.
Could a SXS do both Skeet and Slugs?

Thanks for your time and patience.
 
The short barrels will be a handicap if you want to hit anything at clays. If you just want to have fun and don't mind missing a few, then go for it. Open chokes are generally preferred.

 
I have shot skeet with several coach guns over the years, it is lots of fun if you have several guys trying the same shotgun.

We even shot one of those crazy pump action SxS guns ( Keltec I think?)
I have a friend who shoots partridge on the iing regularly with his coach gun as well.

Cat
 
If you are trying to shoot good scores, the short barrels will be a handicap. Recoil can also be stiffer because of the lighter weight, and if you are going to shoot four or five rounds of skeet, it can get unpleasant.
 
Fun? Absolutely. However, the short barrels will make swinging smoothly through a target much more difficult. Up until this year, I've always a had a shorter shotgun for upland hunting, Benelli Nova 24" barrel, Winchester Defender, SXS's with 26" barrels, never shot a straight with any of them. They all fit well, were deadly in the woods, but I had a habit of stopping the gun while shooting skeet with them. The muzzle blast from the Defender tended to ruffle a few feathers as well.
 
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Fun for you and will generally be tolerated at most clubs if you are having a bit of fun occasionally. If you are going to shoot skeet with people who are serious shooters, the noise and muzzle blast becomes obnoxious and annoying pretty fast. Not trying to be a fun killing fudd, just making you aware.
An analogy would be, you can golf with a hockey stick. It would be funny to do it but if you were put in a foursome with serious golfers....
 
The precieved lead is larger with shorter barrels so most tend to suffer on the score board. Learn to shoot short barreled guns and scores will be the same. Skeet is shot with more open chokes. Slugs are fine but you may find the regulation could be off. Sometimes by a great amount sometimes theyre close enough to hunt big game to 50 yards.
It takes more control to keep the gun moving to follow thru the target with a lighter gun but i have some long barreled sxs guns that weight the same or less then most coach guns on the market. The weight balance is generally weighted toward the buttstock which changes how a gun swings greatly. I find if i use my trigger hand to help swing and point instead of my support hand coach guns and short barreled pumps become alot more lively and fast.
Im not a pro shooter but ive broke enough 25 straights to know short barrels can be used to good effect
 
dilly said:
Fun for you and will generally be tolerated at most clubs if you are having a bit of fun occasionally. If you are going to shoot skeet with people who are serious shooters, the noise and muzzle blast becomes obnoxious and annoying pretty fast. Not trying to be a fun killing fudd, just making you aware.
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I remember when Cutts Compensators were popular on Skeet ranges. You wanna talk muzzle blast .... ?
 
The light barrels and muzzle blast will definitely be detrimental to decent scores at skeet and will piss off the others on your squad unless all shooting similar cannons. Also, some shooting ranges will not permit short barrel guns like that and "tacticals" on the clay target ranges so better ask first.
 
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