MacDill AFB Skeet Range
If you want to go out shooting on the weekend, then try out the MacDill AFB Skeet Range on Rattlesnake Road. Don’t worry if you don’t have your own shotgun, you can rent a 12 or a 20 gauge over and under shotgun! You can also buy shells, but you can get a better price on shells by buying some at the local Wal-Mart. Bring eye protection or you can borrow some from the counter. Hearing protection is available at the counter. You can also borrow a ammo pouch free of charge. There are two firing points that are available with automated launchers. Skeet shooting is one of the three major types of competitive shotgun shooting at targets along with trap shooting and sporting clays. There are 8 shooting stations arranged in a semi-circle between two skeet houses. The house on the left is the high house and the house on the right is the low house. A round of skeet consists of 25 targets - 17 are shot as singles and 8 as doubles. The first miss is repeated immediately and is called an option. If no targets are missed during the round, the last or 25th target is shot at the last station, low house 8. The hard thing about skeeting shooting is knowing the aim point and how much to lead the piegon. Do a little research online before you go out, hitting the piegon makes skeet shooting very enjoyable!
