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First-Timer’s Guide to the World Skeet Championships

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The World Skeet Championships are the premier annual event in American Skeet, and a trip to the World Shoot is a bucket-list item for almost everyone who participates in the sport. We want you to enjoy every minute of it and get the most from your trip to the National Shooting Complex, so we’ve prepared a guide answering many of the most commonly asked questions from first-timers at the World Shoot.

Among the topics covered are what to do first when you arrive at the National Shooting Complex, which options are a good idea for a first-timer, ammunition, gun storage, on-site transportation and parking, bringing family as spectators, when and where to practice, where to see scores, and much more. You can see the guide here.

Learn About 2024 World Shoot Changes

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Preparations are underway for the 2024 World Skeet Championships scheduled for September 27 – October 5. There are a few changes to this year’s events to be aware of, so please review these major changes to ensure you are in the know about this year’s event.

1. The Doubles event on Friday of the Mini starts at 12 p.m., and one rotation of 12-gauge will be shot on Friday before the Doubles shoot-offs.

2. The order of Mini World events will be Doubles, 12, 20, 28 and .410.

3. The Mini World 12-Gauge is the only event requiring scores of 100 to shoot a preliminary shoot-o round in the stadium field. This means the Mini 20-Gauge, as well as 12-Gauge East and West, will all be completely shot off in the evenings.

4. The first event of the World will be the Wayne Mayes Championship, which is returning to a separately shot event, followed by the Doubles Championship.

5. The Wayne Mayes event will be the only event shot off on Monday of the World, leaving the Doubles Championship to be shot off first on Tuesday, followed by the 12-Gauge East.

6. The 200-target 12-Gauge Championship will be shot off first on Wednesday, followed by the 12-Gauge West.

7. The World activities will be on the same days as in the past few years – mainly, the World Party is on Tuesday, and the Hall of Fame Banquet is on Thursday of the World.

8. For anyone still needing to pre-register, pay attention to the rotations as they have changes from previous years.

Ready to sign up? Go to our World Shoot page.

 

Changes Made in 2024 World Shoot Format

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The World Shoot format has been modified for 2024. The changes start with the schedule of the Mini World, which will have one rotation of 12-gauge on Friday. This will allow for an earlier finish on Sunday afternoon. The order of events shot has also changed for the four-guns to the standard 12, 20, 28 and .410.

For the Main, the Wayne Mayes event will return to a shot event with a box of each gauge shot. This will occur on Monday before the Doubles event starts.

The 12-Gauge Main has also changed to a 200-target format, with 100 shot on Tuesday and 100 shot on Wednesday. Adding the Wayne Mayes and the additional 12-gauge targets requires extending the event through Saturday, October 5, so be sure to accommodate that day in your travel plans.

A revised registration form reflecting these changes has been posted on our World Shoot page. Changes have been made to the rotation options for the Mini and the Main, so please pay careful attention to your selections. Note that the rotations for the Doubles and 4-guns of the Mini have been combined, so you will only make one choice for the Mini World. One major change is reflected in Rotation 1 of the Mini, which will shoot the 12-Gauge on Friday. If you do not wish to shoot doubles, please indicate such or use the individual event boxes to make your event selections. Similarly in the Main, the Wayne Mayes and Doubles rotations are combined. If you do not plan to shoot the Wayne Mayes Event and will only shoot the Main Doubles, you will need to select Rotation 3 or 4.

If you previously pre-registered, you will maintain your original position for rotation assignments. Stephanie Haga is in the process of contacting everyone who has already pre-registered to get their updated rotation preferences.

If you have preferred rotations, we urge you to submit your registration form as soon as possible, as rotations are assigned on a first-come, first-served basis. We strive to accommodate your first rotation preferences to the best of our ability, but you can improve your chances of receiving your preferred choices by submitting your registration form early. We look forward to hosting another successful World Skeet Championships again in 2024!
 

Updated Ammunition Policy for World Shoot

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The National Shooting Complex has updated its ammunition policy for the upcoming World Skeet Championships to address availability issues:

We have been working diligently with all of our ammunition sponsors to secure as much ammunition as possible for the World Skeet Championships. Despite our efforts to ensure that we have enough ammunition on hand, we unfortunately WILL NOT have enough on site for everyone to purchase for everything they are planning to participate in. We have a great deal of ammunition on hand, but knowing the demand will be higher this year, we want to ensure there isn’t a shortage.

Based on this information, we strongly advise bringing your own ammunition, especially sub-gauge loads, to the event. Bringing your own is the only way to guarantee you will have ammunition to shoot.

This does not mean you cannot attend if you cannot bring your own ammo. Our request for participants to bring ammunition is to ensure that EVERY shooter is able to shoot EVERY event they want.

Many shooters already possess or have local access to all the ammunition they need for the World Shoot and the rest of their shooting year, and many shooters drive to the National Shooting Complex, making it easy for them to bring ammunition with them. If that applies to you, we encourage you to consider bringing yours to allow those who do not have and cannot acquire it locally, international shooters who cannot bring or ship theirs, and those for whom shipping is cost-prohibitive to purchase what they need at the event.

Sub-gauge loads are our primary concern, especially 20-gauge. As a reminder, reloads are allowed for all events.

If you must purchase ammunition at the event, please be aware that you will only be allowed to purchase enough to cover your competition events. Verification of event entry will be required to purchase ammunition. No practice ammunition will be sold at the event.

For participants flying to the World Skeet Championships, we advise shipping your ammunition. UPS guidelines for shipping can be viewed at UPS Guidelines (Scroll down for Shipping Ammunition). Ammunition should be sent to the participant’s name and reference the event. The mailing address is 5931 Roft Road, San Antonio, TX 78253.

Again, we are not requiring every shooter to bring ammunition to the National Championship. If you are one of the fortunate shooters to have adequate supplies and a means of transporting it to the NSC, we are asking you to help us ensure that EVERY shooter has access to what they need.

We understand this is an inconvenience and apologize in advance.
 

Random Drawing Prize Winners at World Shoot

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We’re giving away tons of prizes this week at the 2020 World Skeet Championships, and for many of them, all you have to do is show up! We’ve been drawing daily for prize winners among our registered participants, so you may already be a winner. Click on the link below to check out our list of random drawing winners to date.

Random Drawing Winners

 

 

 

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