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2. Clay pigeon shooting - Wikipedia

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   Small pile of clays next to some 20 gauge cartridges. Clay pigeon shooting, also known as clay target shooting, is a shooting sport involving shooting at special flying targets known as "clay pigeons" or "clay targets" with a shotgun. Despite their name, the targets are usually inverted saucers made of pulverized limestone mixed with pitch and ...

3. Skeet shooting - Wikipedia

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   Skeet shooting is a recreational and competitive activity whose participants use shotguns to attempt to break clay targets which two fixed stations mechanically fling into the air at high speed and at a variety of angles. [1] Skeet is one of the three major disciplines of competitive clay shooting—alongside trap shooting and sporting clays.

4. Sporting clays - Wikipedia

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   Sporting Clays was originally used with live pigeons in the early 1900s, until they started using clay targets. When clay target began being used the sport became more popular. Rather than using standard distances, target angles and sizes, sporting clay courses are designed to simulate the hunting of ducks, pheasants, and even rabbits.

5. With clay target league to begin, top shooters, coach explain ...

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   Skeet: Shooting two 25-target rounds for a total of 50 targets from eight different stations on a skeet field. Sporting clays: Shooting a total of 50 targets from six to 12 different stations on a ...

6. Compak Sporting - Wikipedia

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   Description. Compak Sporting is a "compacted" form of sporting clays, which is a shotgun sport usually spread over 12 to 36 stations (shooting areas) occupying around 200 acres (0.81 km 2), presenting 2 or 3 different clay targets at each. One shooter will shoot the targets, followed by the next and so on.

7. Trap shooting - Wikipedia

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   Trap shooting is one of the three major disciplines of competitive clay pigeon shooting.The other disciplines are skeet shooting and sporting clays. [1] [2]Trap shooting is distinguished by the targets being launched from a single "house" or machine, generally away from the shooter, compared with skeet shooting where targets are launched from two "houses" crossing in front of the shooter.