Sustained lead is a very common skeet shooting approach, especially on the long crossing targets engaged from the center stations (3, 4, and 5).

Trap and skeet fields can be found at gun clubs all over the country. When it comes to trap vs skeet, both games are fun, and they make great target practice. For those who choose to shoot them ...

Targets offer crossing shots, overhead shots, as well as shots coming directly at you and going away. A round of skeet includes 17 single targets and four sets of doubles for a total of 25, and ...

Sporting clays and FITASC are some of the fastest-growing shotgun sports. So what are they, and how do they differ?

Clay targets are generally directed away from the shooter, who aims to hit each moving target. In skeet shooting, clay targets are launched from two "houses" in somewhat sideways paths.

After the invention of clay targets, Americans developed skeet shooting as a way to practice bird hunting by aiming at crossing targets.

Skeet shooting was designed for bird hunters, challenging sportsmen to shatter crossing targets. Sporting clays combines all of that, and adds special challenges.

More than a dozen years ago when I wanted to spend the warm months shooting at clay targets, there were no nearby clay target ranges open to the public. I spent years driving once and sometimes ...

There are targets that simulate a running rabbit, springing teal, quartering pheasant, overhead grouse, flushing quail and crossing pigeons. Some targets are 15 yards away and give little time to ...