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[Garry L Gordon]

I know that most of you have seen this article and know of the origins of Skeet (check a recent thread with some really good information and pictures by Dean R.), but I thought I'd share it again.

Found this issue on a recent road trip (along with other Foster illustrated covers that I purchased). Was delighted to find the article about this "new" shotgun sport in it.

What would you have sent in for the name????

[Dean Romig]

Nice find Garry!!

I’d probably have submitted “Grousers”





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[Bill Murphy]

"LOST" "OPTION HIGH"

[Garry L Gordon]

Dean, Hmmm…might have been good back in the day. But it sounds too much like a group of old guys I used to hang out with.:rotf::rotf::rotf:

[Michael Moffa]

I would have called it "Damnit" or "Tarnation."

[Dave Noreen]

"LOST" "OPTION HIGH"

Sure hate to hear that at Station 1!! Makes for a long round.

[Garry L Gordon]

Here are a few more Foster covers. I really like his depiction of the stereotypical New Englander. Notice the Parker hammer gun and Super Fox.

[Drew Hause]

https://photos.smugmug.com/Trap-Skeet/Skeet/i-7fdRCW9/0/45469b37/XL/Figure%203%20-%20Resized-XL.jpg (https://drewhause.smugmug.com/Trap-Skeet/Skeet/i-7fdRCW9/A)

https://photos.smugmug.com/Trap-Skeet/Skeet/i-dtS5xZg/0/190123b8/XL/Figure%202b-XL.jpg (https://drewhause.smugmug.com/Trap-Skeet/Skeet/i-dtS5xZg/A)

"Lost" at High 8 for Dave ;)

https://photos.smugmug.com/Trap-Skeet/Skeet/i-VbVx4cz/0/d5922cf9/XL/Lost%20resized-XL.jpg (https://drewhause.smugmug.com/Trap-Skeet/Skeet/i-VbVx4cz/A)

[Garry L Gordon]

I have two of those, but not the March '33. The quest is on! Thanks for posting.

[Dean Romig]

When we would hold our annual vintage Skeet shoot at my club several years ago we woukd all dress like those Skeeters in Drew’s last picture and a few members would show up in their antique cars. Lots of good clean fun!!





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[Garry L Gordon]

When we would hold our annual vintage Skeet shoot at my club several years ago we woukd all dress like those Skeeters in Drew’s last picture and a few members would show up in their antique cars. Lots of good clean fun!!
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Got any photos?! It would have been great to re-create the cover art.

[Dean Romig]

Yes, I have 1 picture of us.





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[Garry L Gordon]

Yes, I have 1 picture of us.





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This would be a great spot to post it!

[James Brown]

Speaking of skeet, is there a difference between “410 short” and “410 2 1/2”?

[Drew Hause]

By the mid-1930s the .410 was being used in competition in two classes: “.410 Long” with 3/4 oz. and “.410 Short” with 3/8 oz. shot.

A sharply dressed squad of California skeeters in 1934

https://photos.smugmug.com/Trap-Skeet/Skeet/i-2rrwZ6J/0/7c096f41/M/1934%20Federal%20Santa%20Monica%20Skeet-M.jpg (https://drewhause.smugmug.com/Trap-Skeet/Skeet/i-2rrwZ6J/A)

[Dave Noreen]

By the mid-1930s the .410 was being used in competition in two classes: “.410 Long” with 3/4 oz. and “.410 Short” with 3/8 oz. shot.

About three years after the 1933 introduction of the .410-bore 3-inch with 3/4 ounce of shot, the 2 1/2 inch .410-bore shell got a boost from 3/8 ounce to the 1/2 ounce we know today.

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My 1934 Stoeger catalog shows the Western Super-X 2 1/2 inch .410-bore #9 (Skeet Load) with 1/2 ounce of shot. The Super-X 2 1/2 inch .410-bore loads with other shot sizes are shown as 3/8 ounce?!?

[Dave Noreen]

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[Drew Hause]

Pat Laursen with her aluminum Cutts equipped Model 12

https://photos.smugmug.com/Shooters/Ladies-/i-P5B4Z52/0/e617c6bb/M/Pat%20Laursen-M.jpg (https://drewhause.smugmug.com/Shooters/Ladies-/i-P5B4Z52/A)

Made the cover of Life Magazine!

High 8 broken, shell being ejected, and head well off the stock

https://photos.smugmug.com/Shooters/Ladies-/i-FrRMq7T/0/2d770092/L/Pat%20Laursen%20at%208-L.jpg (https://drewhause.smugmug.com/Shooters/Ladies-/i-FrRMq7T/A)

On Station 4 at the Pacific Gun Club

https://photos.smugmug.com/Shooters/Ladies-/i-vH55H2b/0/5217645b/M/Pacific%20Gun%20Club-M.jpg (https://drewhause.smugmug.com/Shooters/Ladies-/i-vH55H2b/A)

[Drew Hause]

Skeet and How to Shoot It, Bob Nichols, 1939
One O/U and (oh the shame) autoloaders with Cutts!

https://photos.smugmug.com/Trap-Skeet/Skeet/i-2NH3KXH/0/56a28ea1/L/Skeet%20and%20How%20to%20Shoot%20It%2C%20Bob%20Nic hols%2C%201939%20resized-L.jpg (https://drewhause.smugmug.com/Trap-Skeet/Skeet/i-2NH3KXH/A)

[Bill Murphy]

James, do you know who won the trophies you picture?

[Dave Noreen]

From 1933 The Du Pont Skeet Handbook, only vintage pictures I've found of a shooter with a Fox Skeeter --

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[James Brown]

James, do you know who won the trophies you picture?

Just checked to be sure but no name of who won on either. James

[Dave Noreen]

In partial answer to Bill's question, according to the Winchester Skeet Handbook, copyright 1934, both .410-bore events at the 1933 Great Eastern were won by Dr. R.G. Vance, Waban, Mass. with his Winchester Model 42. He also won the short in 1934.

[Dean Romig]

I finally found some pictures of one of our our vintage skeet shoots from the early 90’s but the group photo wasn’t among them.
I’ll have to go to the club house to photograph the one on the wall there.


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[Garry L Gordon]

I finally found some pictures of one of our our vintage skeet shoots from the early 90’s but the group photo wasn’t among them.
I’ll have to go to the club house to photograph the one on the wall there.


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Thanks, Dean!, and others who have posted old (and recreated) photos.

[Dean Romig]

There are some great old pictures in the old Skeet books like “Skeet and Trap Shooting by Dick Shaughnessy and Tap Goodenough and “Skeet, and how to shoot it” by Bob Nichols.
I think Nichols’ book is more informative, but that’s just me.

I have a hunch that Tap signed both his and Dick’s names as the handwriting is identical.


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[Dean Romig]

Dick Shaughnessy shoots a Parker SBT. Wish we knew the serial number ot the grade at least. Most likely a SC.


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[Dave Noreen]

Jimmy Robinson's 1942 book is another good source of vintage pictures.

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Looks to me like the good doctor is holding a Remington Model 32 here, not his Winchester Model 42.

[Dean Romig]

A few more pictures with captions from the two books I referenced earlier.


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[Dean Romig]

I went to the Skeet clubhouse yesterday and was able to snap this pic from the original on the wall. That’s my 12 gauge GH with 27” Damascus barrels and an aftermarket BTFE.
Sorry about the glare.


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[Garry L Gordon]

Now that's pretty darned cool!