Question on skeet - referees?

Borf · March 18, 2001, 10:00 PM

I always liked busting pigeons from a hand-thrower, then one of those pull-a-string hop out of the groud, spin and hit you in the ankle throwers, but have never shot at a club. I understand the difference between trap, skeet and sporting clays - though it took a while :-). While checking out the website of the venerable Nashville Gun Club, they have a drawing of their skeet field http://www.nashvillegunclub.com/Skeet/Default.htm
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I don't think I understand the referee locations. If you look at the diagram, there is a ref. position at the convergence of the pigeon's paths... in the middle of the field of fire. Does someone really sit out there? Is (s)he in a bunker of some sort? Somehow this causes my mind to belch and spin.

Thanks

Christopher II · March 18, 2001, 10:32 PM

Ah, I see the problem. The referee point you're talking about is only used when the shooters are on station 8, which is directly between the high and low houses, on the base chord.

Hope this helps.

Later,
Chris

March 18, 2001, 10:32 PM	#2
Christopher II Senior Member Join Date: November 22, 1999 Location: Germantown, MD Posts: 2,349	Ah, I see the problem. The referee point you're talking about is only used when the shooters are on station 8, which is directly between the high and low houses, on the base chord. Hope this helps. Later, Chris __________________ "There is no worse tyranny than to force a man to pay for what he does not want merely because you think it would be good for him." – Robert Heinlein "Contrary to popular belief, your vote does not matter, and you cannot make a difference." - Bob Murphy, "Picking Neither of Two Evils" My PGP Public Key

March 18, 2001, 10:00 PM	#1
Borf Senior Member Join Date: February 24, 2001 Location: Middle Tennessee Posts: 424	I always liked busting pigeons from a hand-thrower, then one of those pull-a-string hop out of the groud, spin and hit you in the ankle throwers, but have never shot at a club. I understand the difference between trap, skeet and sporting clays - though it took a while :-). While checking out the website of the venerable Nashville Gun Club, they have a drawing of their skeet field http://www.nashvillegunclub.com/Skeet/Default.htm . I don't think I understand the referee locations. If you look at the diagram, there is a ref. position at the convergence of the pigeon's paths... in the middle of the field of fire. Does someone really sit out there? Is (s)he in a bunker of some sort? Somehow this causes my mind to belch and spin. Thanks