Olympic / International (ISSF) Shotgun
at
Skyline Gun Club

Shooting Schedule
At the present, the club does not have a fixed schedule for ISSF shooting activities. The skeet field has to be closed (for safety) when the sporting clays course is open , so the sporting clays schedule has to be worked around.

If you are interested in shooting ISSF Skeet or ISSF Automatic Trap, we will do it by appointment for now, on Saturday or Sunday mornings (8:00-9:30 AM, before sporting clays), or on Monday or Wednesday evenings (6 PM).

Contact Randy (e-mail intl@skylinegunclub.org or call 208-524-8910)

Mission Statement
Skyline Gun Club is committed to promotion of all shotgun sports, including advancement of the ISSF (Olympic and World Cup) Clay Target disciplines. The United States, with only a few exceptions in recent history, has been lagging behind the other large countries in the world in Olympic Shooting Sports. The one consistent shining star has been Kim Rhode, having medaled in the past 3 Olympiads in Women's Double Trap. However, she is retiring this year. Only with commitment and dedication at the local level can the US rejuvenate its history of shooting sports prowess, and rise to consistently challenge the current world leaders in ISSF Shotgun, notably Italy and Spain, with other European and Asian countries gaining ground each year.

Skyline Gun Club is taking up this challenge, and encourages anyone, regardless of age, to join us in practicing and competing in these challenging disciplines. Even if you have no aspirations to Olympic greatness, your enthusiasm and support will help build interest, especially among the younger shooters that certainly are the future of US greatness in Olympic competition. Those not personally interested in competiting can surely assist in introducing and encouraging the younger competitors to these great shotgun games, not to mention the additional skills you will develop that will enhance your other shotgun shooting interests.

Skyline Gun Club is especially interested in developing young shooters' interest in the Olympic Clay Target disciplines. There is great opportunity for young shooters who get a good start with proper training to advance through the Junior Olympic Program, beginning at the local level and progressing through development to the USA Shooting Teams, and on to World Cup and Olympic competition.

ISSF Skeet
Skyline Gun Club has an ISSF Regulation Skeet Field, using GMV 455 Superstar traps that throw excellent, consistent targets. Our field includes the specified warning lamps on the houses, an electronic delay timer, and the option of pullcord or wireless release. We hope to be adding a voice release system sometime during 2005.

ISSF Automatic Trap
The club currently has one trap capable of throwing ISSF regulation targets. There is no bunker at the present, so we make do by placing the trap in front of a standard ATA trap house. While the vertical target angles aren't precisely the same, and the visual appearance is somewhat different than a proper bunker with the roof flush with the ground, we make do and have a great time shooting these rocket-speed targets with 90 deg. left-right variation and a 5 to 30 deg. random elevation when released.