Posted on 01/30/2013 2:17:00 PM PST by ColdOne
News of President Obama's apparently long-secret fondness for skeet shooting came as a surprise to those who say they have witnessed the president's "awkward" attempts at pinging the (clay) pigeons.
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"The only time he shot skeet was for President's Cup," said the source, referring to a shooting competition tradition involving the presidential Marine guards. "I was there. He stayed for about five minutes, and couldn't leave fast enough."
Skeet shooting "is very hard," said the source. "Especially for someone not used to guns ... He couldn't have been more uncomfortable."
(Excerpt) Read more at foxnews.com ...
I find skeet to be easier. The target always travels the same minus the wind.
You just need to perfect shooting at each station.
Trap, you never know what direction the target will fly.
He lied??!!! I’m shocked ... shocked, I say!!!!
:-)
Well-said!
**sigh** I SO miss the Dark Lord...
I don’t. I’m a country boy and shoot “live targets.” What is the difference between trap shooting and skeet shooting?
Skeet shooting involves multiple targets, generally released at either different heights or angles or both.
Standard trap shooting involves a single target, though it’s possible to shoot ‘doubles’, or shooting at two targets released simultaneously.
thanks Colonel
I got this from a website.
What is the difference between Trap and Skeet?
• While the clay targets move away from the shooter in trap events, these targets cross from left to right and right to left in skeet shooting.
• The distance of the target in trap thus increases if the shooter waits longer whereas the distance remains the same in skeet.
• The angle, speed and height of the targets remain same in skeet whereas, in trap, the shooter does not know from which direction the target will move out.
• The targets are crossing in skeet while they are outgoing in trap.
Read more: http://www.differencebetween.com/difference-between-trap-and-vs-skeet/#ixzz2Jc5g0ZIh
Pardons for not responding sooner...
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