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08-27-2023, 08:45 PM
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Didnt skeet not even become a thing until the early 1930’s? So it makes sense that they would not be many configured that way much before that timeframe.
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From Wiki: The game was introduced in the February 1926 issues of National Sportsman and Hunting and Fishing magazines, and a prize of 100 dollars was offered to anyone who could come up with a name for the new sport. The winning entry was "skeet", chosen by Gertrude Hurlbutt.[4] The word allegedly derived from the Norwegian word for "shoot" (skyte). The first National Skeet Championship took place in 1926.[2] Shortly thereafter, the National Skeet Shooting Association formed.
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08-27-2023, 09:35 PM
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The first National Skeet Championship took place in 1926.[2] Shortly thereafter, the National Skeet Shooting Association formed.
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And William Harnden Foster took first place with a perfect 25/25.
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