[suncity JOE]

This is were you have to gather up the guns you use for the different disciplines for clays and head for the pattern board. Make the needed adjustments so that your patterns are somewhat consistent with each gun. Should solve your issues.

 

[skeet_man]

You're going to need to make your SC gun weigh, balance, and swing relatively close to your regular gun for any success. Weight is a little negotiable, balance and swing will be more important.

725s are quite light (sub 8lb), but pretty barrel heavy. About 60 nickels in the stock bolt hole balanced the one I had on the hinge and brought it to 8.5lb.

Your Krieghoff trap gun definitely weighs more than that, so you're probably going to have to add some more weight than that.

 

[dzeke]

I have a K-80 for trap , but with the way it’s set up I don’t think it’ll work very well for SC. I shoot low gun so I’d never be able to mount it quick enough for SC. I use a 725 sporting that has the same POI as the K-80 but it’s a completely different animal than the Krieghoff. I’m contemplating getting another K-80 for SC to try and keep things a little more consistent but I’m having a hard time justifying the price of the Krieghoff for the amount of SC that I shoot.

I'd still be curious how you would shoot sporting. with your K80. I agree the dynamics between a K80 and a 725 are significant. I shoot a K80 pro sporter, not quite as high of a rib as the trap model if that is what you have. I have it patterning about 60/40. Sporting is all I mainly shoot. Being really familiar with your gun you might be surprised how well you shoot it. Even if its really set up for trap. But I certainly am not one to talk someone out of a new gun!

 

[Brian in Idaho]

"So how do you guys jump back and forth from gun to gun and never miss a beat?"

I chose the Remington 1187 and 1100 as a basic platform. Trap, sporting clays, upland, turkey, deer, coyotes, etc. A big issue was different POA/POI for each. Solution was to go with raised comb stocks for all of them, including the 20ga guns. Except for the rifle sighted turkey barrels and slug barrels, it doesn't matter which gun I use. They all shoot to the same point. There are some weight differences. Obviously the 20ga gun weighs less than the field or trap guns. So I have to deliberately slow down with it for trap. But it's nice and lively for sporting clays and upland.

 

[KopeckyMD78]

I shoot with some guys that seem to be able to pick up any gun and do well with all of them. I’m not that fortunate. Last week I had a sporting clays event to go to so Friday night after shooting trap with my trap gun I shot a few rounds with my sporting clays gun to get the feel for it and I tanked. I was hitting 13’s and 14’s. The gun felt light and awkward but I did finally start to adjust. So Saturday when we were shooting sporting clays I did relatively well and missed high gun for the day by a couple targets. Fast forward to tonight, I shot my trap gun for the first time since shooting sporting clays and tanked the first round with a 17. By the second round I had the feel for the gun back and hit a 24. So how do you guys jump back and forth from gun to gun and never miss a beat? There’s one person I shoot with that will shoot his Krieghoff one round and his old model 12 the next and have the same score. How is this possible?

I sometimes shoot multiple guns in the same day. I know the feel of each gun and shoot them all regularly. Every once in awhile I shoit only my field guns. Since I don’t have a skeet field near me I am kind of forced to do this.

The one thing I do to make a smooth transfer is do a little dry firing to night before. Do you normal routine, mount the gun, find a point, do your call, and pretend a target is a n flight and pull the trigger. U do this maybe 10 times with each gun.

The day of shooting I make sure once I field to my post I do a couple quick mounts and make sure I am lined up for that first shot.

 

[austinguinn]

It’s more than just knowing where the point of impact is, but if I pick up someone else’s gun, I tend to just go back to basics. Stance, lean forward, head down, follow through. I’m just not smart enough to do all those things with my own gun🤣

 

[Jonny12ga]

I shoot an MX 2000 for sporting clays and a K 80 sporter with 20 gauge barrels for skeet.

It definitely takes a few shots to remember how to shoot it but generally, the fit and balance are all adjusted so that they’re relatively close even though there are different guns

 

[Curt1321]

Patterning the guns would be my first step. If the POI are about the same, its most likely a problem between your ears. If not, adjust the POI if possible and spend more time practicing with each gun before you need it to count.

 

[Codebrown]

You'd be able to pick up different guns and hit birds if you wanted to. Shoot more, with different guns.

 

[ronseeleyjr]

Just shoot. Have fun. You do you.

 

[FarmerMike80]

Shoot ALOT, patterning board is a nice shortcut, but to really become one with any gun there is no replacement really for just shooting.

 

[270WCF]

I have a couple of shooting buddies that seem to be able to pick up any shotgun and shoot it well also. I'm not so blessed. I shoot a single barrel trap gun that patterns 80/20 for me and for sporting clays and 5 stand i use an O/U with a 50/50 pattern. I began as a trap shooter and picked up SC years later. I have to consciously adjust my shooting when shooting SC, but not with trap. If I get a trap like target when shooting the O/U I mentally have to tell myself to pull the gun up to cover the target. It works but never feels as free and natural as when I shoot trap.