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Down the Line (DTL) – is the most popular shotgun shooting sport; in Down the Line, you shoot clay targets thrown from a single trap machine that’s situated in the “trap house” in front of the shooters.
There are five positions on the trap layout itself laid out in an arc behind the trap house.
When a round of trap is shot, shooters are usually formed into squads of up to a maximum of six shooters. Each shooter takes five shots from each of the five positions on the field in succession (moving left to right after each individual shot), for a total of 25 targets.
Variations available within the DTL discipline include:-
- Single Barrel – only one cartridge can be loaded per target;
- Double Rise – two targets are released simultaneously, one angled left, one right.
- Continental – similar to standard DTL but targets are thrown at various heights and angles;
- Handicap – shooters are moved further back from the trap to a maximum 25 metres according to their ACTA metreage.
Skeet – A round of skeet consists of 25 targets shot on a semi-circular layout with two trap houses, the left being the high house, the right the low house.
There are 8 shooting stations. One shot only may be fired at each target. Squads consist of 5 shooters, each takes his turn to shoot from a position known as a pad. These are numbered from 1 to 8. From each of these stations a single target is released from each house on the call of “pull”. The shooter may have his gun on or off his shoulder as he chooses. After the competitor has shot his two single targets from stations 1,2, 6 and 7, he remains on the pad and shoots a “double”, ie two targets are released simultaneously, one from each house, one shot is fired at each target.
If at any time during a round a competitor misses a target he then reloads one cartridge and repeats the first target that he has missed; however, if he gets to station 8 and has broken all of the 24 previous targets, he then repeats his last target to complete the 25 target round.
Olympic Trap (Trench) – As the name suggests, Olympic Trap is an Olympic shooting discipline governed by the International Shooting Sport Federation (ISSF).
Similar to DTL, Olympic Trap is shot using a ‘shoot and move’ method – the competitor moves to their right after taking their turn. The competitor on lane 1 will call “Pull” for a target and attempt to shoot it. A maximum of 6 shooters per squad take part one after another. They all then circulate around to the next shooting position and continue until five targets have been scored at across the five lanes (shooting positions). The individual has 12 seconds from the time the previous competitor completes their shot to take their own shot.
When a competitor calls for a target it will be released immediately from one of a group of three traps directly in front of the competitor’s stand. The competitors do not know which trap will be triggered. To ensure fairness, each Olympic Trap layout is based on a ‘scheme’ that is controlled by a computer. This means that, although the sequence of the targets will be different for each competitor, they will all receive the same targets by the end of the round. Two left targets, one straight away, and right targets from each station.
Each round of Olympic Trap consists of 25 single targets with two shots allowed at the target. Scoring is based on a single point being awarded for each hit, regardless of whether it was the first or second shot.