“Shooting Around the Clock” was designed by three dog kennel owners in Andover, Massachusetts, around 1920. I’m sure many of you know the story behind the origins of skeet. There was not a single 50–straight in the entire championship, and no one seemed to care! It was experiencing first–hand the game as it was played up until 1952 with gun designs common on skeet fields from the late ’30s until the rules were changed in 1952 that made the event so fun and special. 410 Class winner posted a 37x50, 28 gauge shot a 42x50, 20 gauge managed 46x50, and the 12–gauge champion shot 89x100. Looking back at the HAA Championship scores, I recall the. The event was sponsored by Galazan–Connecticut Shotgun Manufacturing Company. I had the pleasure of joining Hal and his team of Ohio Vintage Skeet shooters at the 9th World Championships held in Columbia, Missouri, in the spring of 2009, and the experience was truly gratifying. The beautiful Connecticut Shotgun Manufacturing Company RBLs were on display for all to admire. Proud hosts of the NSSA World Vintage Skeet Championships are the Buckeye Vintagers (left to right): Hal Hare, Mark Douglas and Bob Horn. The rules are really quite simple: Shoot a side–by–side or pump shotgun and use conventional “speed–up” skeet rules, with two exceptions - all shooters call for their targets with their shotgun in a low–gun position, and targets are released randomly up to three seconds after the shooter calls. Each year, the NSSA and Hal team up to run the World Vintage Skeet Championships. Hal is a consummate skeet competitor who was instrumental in resurrecting the original skeet rules as a sanctioned National Skeet Shooting Association (NSSA) event (visit his club’s website or contact him at 614–501–8535). And, thanks to the internet, I stumbled across Hal Hare’s Blog. So, I set about looking for a serious excuse to shoot my older American guns. I am also a competitor, and I don’t enjoy being humiliated shooting my 1904 Damascus Ithaca Double with 3½″ drop at heel along with a squad of skeet shooters who are crushing every target in sight.
And that, understandably, is most likely a target or field gun of modern persuasion.īeing a hopeless romantic, I’ve always looked for excuses to bring old guns out of the closet. But when they head for the gun club, most shooters - young and old alike - take along the guns they shoot best. Many younger shooters have vintage guns stashed away that have been passed along from one generation to the next. If they are my age (please, don’t ask), they learned to shoot with Dad or Granddad’s old shotgun.
Sk most clay target shooters if they have any old guns tucked away, and they are sure to answer in the affirmative. The beautiful 1910 Ithaca Flues 20 gauge in this photo belonged to the author’s grandfather and was restored by Doug Turnbull Restorations. For those who wish to try a taste of Vintage Skeet, an historic and truly American shooting game, consider shooting an old American classic with low–pressure paper shells from RST and a random, up to three–second delay with a Clay Delay Auto–puller.
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