6pt-sika
posted this
15 December 2013
I first shot skeet with a Browning B-SS sidelock 12 gauge and that thing would rock you with standard skeet loads . I graduated to a Browning Citori 4 barrel set and in a year or two went to a Remington 3200 with Purbaugh subgauge tubes . After another year or so I went to a Krieghoff K-32 with Kolar subgauge tubes I bought new from John Allem in Zionsville PA .
After geting the K-32 I swapped stocks a couple times until I got a very nice monte carlo Bavarian Grade K-80 wood set . With that stock set and the addition of two trap barrels I shot everything with that K-32 . By everything I mean competitive NSSA skeet and competitive ATA trap as well as some NSCA events to boot .
That K-32 with the K-80 stock was my ticket . Shooting that gun in that configuration I was able to reach AAA in all 4 skeet gauges as well as AA at 16 Trap and 25 yards at handicap before I stopped shooting .
Over the course of time I was able to shoot O/U's , SxS's , pump's and auto's equally well at both games .
One of my proudest memories was when I was out shooting for the heck of it one day . We shot a round of skeet first and I was using a field grade Winchester Model 12 16 gauge that had a 28” barrel with a solid rib . I shot 25 straight on the skeet field then my friend wanted to shoot a round of trap . I shot 25 straight on that one as well . I might add when we shot the round of skeet I put 25 black clouds in the sky . After we were done my friend asked to look at my Model 12 . After looking it over he asked me if I knew the gun was choked FULL and I said yes I did , hence the 25 black balls when I shot the skeet targets .
My point being after a person has shot enough targets and as long as the gun semi fits you the action doesn't really make alot of difference .
Usually when I go to a dove shoot I take one side by side and one over and under . And over the course of getting my 15 birds I'll shoot them both .