Trap

The shooter moves through five different stands along a shooting line at fifteen meters from where the clays exit. Each pull is for six shooters on the stand which means 5+1 of support.

From the moment the shooter braces the gun and takes aim, all the features of the shotgun come into play to guarantee an accurate target and a secure hold.

The shotgun is balanced to give a correct inertia of the shooter's movement and a correct distribution of the weights towards the muzzle.

The newest shooting discipline is also the one which has the largest number of amatuers.
It is characterised by the variety of clays used (2 with two couples for each stand) to simulate the flight and movements of the traditional shooter's prey. They usually use smooth bore shotguns and pellet ammunition.
Sporting models with 20, 28, and 410 gauges are available.


Sporting shotguns characteristics
The shotguns developed for this discipline are characterised by some aspects:

Mobilchoke®: The variety of the clays creates the need to change the choke.
Point of balance: The distribution of the shotgun's weights is studied to have an almost neutral balance around the hinge rivet. This is to join a proper swing with target acquisition which is variable from clay to clay.
Stocks with drops to help to focus with the rib: The drop of the stocks are those with a thin comb, traditionally used for hunting, and the pistol grip which helps target acquisition and drive the hand towards the trigger.
Longer barrels: The Sporting barrels start from a minimum of 28” (71 cm) in 12 gauge. Recently, as the game has increased in complexity and the clays move further distances, barrels have grown to 32” (81 cm) long.