A practice or competition event includes shooting two rounds of 25 targets each, totaling 50 targets. The targets are launched from 5 to 8 throwers positioned randomly in a field.
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Ammunition Recommendation
Ammunition specifications must meet the use requirements of the shooting range.
Typical ammunition used for 5-stand shooting:
Gauge Shot Shot Size
20 7/8 oz. #8
5-Stand Field
In a 5-stand field, target throwers are strategically positioned across a large area. The five stations, arranged in a row, are each partially enclosed by a cage that restricts the shooting angles at the targets. Athletes can see the targets from every station while shooting. After completing a station, all athletes rotate clockwise to the next one.
Targets At Each Station
At each of the five stations, five targets are launched. Shooters have two attempts to hit a target, which will be marked as DEAD if hit by either shot. Once all targets have been launched for the whole squad, each shooter will proceed to a different station by:
Verifying the shotgun is unloaded.
With the chamber open and the shotgun pointed in a safe direction, rotate in a clockwise manner to the next station.
Station one will move to station two, two to three, three to four, four to five, and five to one.
Station five will rotate to their right moving away from the station four athlete who is moving to station five and continue to walk behind the other athletes to station one.
Await the “START” command from the scorekeeper.
The squad leader is the first to shoot in each round.
Repeat process until all shooters have each shot 25 targets.
Each station has a menu card notifying the athlete where each target is being thrown. Targets are thrown from a pre-determined sequence with a variety of flight angles and consistent speed settings. Targets may be thrown from left to right, right to left, fading away, incoming, rabbit (along the ground), vertically, and from a tower or elevated platform.
Generally, the first target thrown from each station is a single target followed up with either a report pair or true pair to round out that station. A report pair is defined as a single target thrown followed by another single target thrown upon the completion of the athletes first shot. A true pair is defined as two individual targets being thrown at the same time by multiple throwers. No athlete will move to the next station until the last target in a round is completed.
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