differences have evolved over the years between english and NSSA Skeet.

Apart from differences in the shooting sequence, which are explained below, the main attraction for many of NSSA skeet is that it is a multi-gauge sport, offering competition not just for 12-gauge guns but also for the small gauges, 20,28 and .410. This adds to the challenge — a 100 straight with the .410 in particular being a worthy achievement. There are also Doubles competitions.

The familiar semicircular field is used for NSSA skeet, with the most obvious difference being the addition of an extra shooting station

(Station 8) at the centre of the base chord. Standard targets are used with the traps set such that they fly 60 yards in still air, with the targets from both high and low house passing through a hoop at the crossing point. Boundary markers 44 yards from each trap house mark the limits within which the targets must be shot.

Shooting in squads, each round consists of 25 targets in the following sequence:

STATION 1 — two singles, double

STATION 2 — two singles, double

STATIONS 3,4,5 — two singles

STATIONS 6,7 — as 1 above

STATION 8 — two singles

This totals 24 targets. The 25th is either a repeat of the first target to be missed in the round or, if none has been missed, is a repeat of the Station

8 low house. It is the use of Station 8 that separates NSSA and English NSSA, these two targets having been replaced in the domestic version with the double on Station 4. For safety reasons the whole squad first shoots the high house single and then turns round to shoot the low house.