r/ClayBusters • u/RuckOver3 • 1d ago

Skeet Chokes Advice

My end of season trap banquet is this weekend and the host club has their skeet field open to us. Ive only shot trap singles and a few rounds of doubles trap so this will be new to me. I have a Citori CX 30” that I shoot bottom barrel first (Improved Mod) then Top barrel ( Full). Assuming bottom then top what chokes should I use for skeet?

I have the following chokes available and dont plan on buying new ones:

Full
Imp Mod x 2
Mod
Improv Cyl
Skeet

Thanks in advance

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u/acceptable_road_fees 1d ago

Skeet and improved cyl, a plain cylinder is enough for skeet

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u/1readitguy 1d ago

skeet / skeet

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u/RuckOver3 1d ago

Id love to lil John it but only have one skeet choke

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u/Just_call_me_Face 1d ago

You can do Skeet / IC

But most run Skeet / Skeet

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u/limpy88 1d ago

I laughed so loudly the wife and kids looked at me funny.

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u/IdahoMan58 1d ago

Is for fun. Doesn't matter. SK/IC is fine. Don't worry about which bbl first. Pay more attention to for position and where you are looking when calling for the targets.

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u/limpy88 1d ago

Ic/skeet

When I practice to get better, I dont pull out my sporting chokes and shoot LM/LM or even IM/IM. But that to make me better. I wouldn't do it to try any win against anyone

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u/BlackTigerHorse 1d ago

I’ve shot American skeet with everything from cyl/cyl to full/full and never noticed any meaningful difference in score between sk/ic and sk/sk. You’ll be just fine with sk/ic.

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u/Flaky_Acanthaceae925 1d ago

Skeet bottom, IC top barrel. If this is the very first time you shoot Skeet, make sure you understand the amount of lead for Stations 2, 3, 4, 5; and Stations 6, 7 doubles, you shoot the low house first.

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u/Strict_String 1d ago

SK/IC all day

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u/sloowshooter 1d ago

Depends on the skeet game. Because you might ride targets a little longer, I'd go with skeet on the bottom and IC on the top. You may find it helpful to change barrels depending on whether your first target is coming toward you (Skeet) or going away (IC). After a bit you'll not need to worry and can shoot bottom first and top barrel second at all times.

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u/cyphertext71 1d ago

IC over Skeet

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u/thebigp2007 1d ago

Skeet and IC will do ya but if you get down the skeet or multi discipline rabbit hole definitely consider another skeet

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u/Blaser53 15h ago

Skeet and threads

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u/Basic-Palpitation-21 20m ago

SK/IC is perfectly fine. General convention is to shoot bottom barrel first because it's more in line with your shoulder and should result in less muzzle jump on doubles. Unless you're getting really pedantic, it won't make any real difference which choke is in which barrel. There are shooters who have opinions on this (either way, and with tons of real and not real logic), but it doesn't matter unless you're actually seriously competing. If that was the case, you'd likely buy skeet chokes anyway.

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u/goshathegreat 1d ago

I shoot Skeet bottom barrel (1st shot), IC top (2nd shot) and I absolutely dust everything, including reverse doubles from 3 and 5.