Skeet vs field gun

[burrhead]

At least in the case of O/Us, what is the difference between skeet and field guns?

 

[Dave McC]

By and large, weight.....

Except for certain high volume shooting sports like Dove and Brit style driven Pheasant, most field guns get carried much more than shot. Clay game guns, t'other way around.

IMO, field guns for upland stuff should run 7 lbs or less. My trap gun runs a bit more than 8, and that's light for a trap gun. Skeet guns run to long bbls these days, and except for the SXS fans, tend to run close to 7 3/4 lbs up.

Both skeet and field guns should shoot flat,and are stocked(Theoretically) to do so. Trap guns shoot high.

 

[PJR]

As Dave pointed out weight is the most important difference but there can be others. Field guns, for example, often have automatic safeties while target guns do not. Browning Citori skeet guns have slightly higher ribs than their field counterparts. Skeet guns are more frequently ported and may come in 2-3/4" chambers while field guns are generally unported and come in 3".

In a fixed choke gun, skeet guns are more open choked while a field gun will generally be tighter and may have different constrictions between the two barrels. If the gun has choke tubes, manufacturers usually supply Improved Cylinder, Modified and Full for field guns. For a skeet gun you are more likely to have more open tubes provided and certainly nothing tighter than modified.