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An international discipline that incorporates fifteen machines. Targets have a minimum height of 1.5 meters and a maximum height of 3.5 meters as measured 10 meters in front of the bunker.  Targets are thrown up to 110 mph depending on the target height to get the 76 m +/-1 m meter distance required. The maximum target angle is 45 degrees.  There are nine set programs for the fifteen traps that are used in all countries of the world. A squad of six shooters take turns shooting from five stations. Shooters move to the next station after each target in a shoot-and-move rotation.  The shooting stations are located in a straight line. On the call “pull” (phono-pull release system is utilized to insure equitable target releases), a clay is thrown from one of three fixed traps directly in front of each of five shooters. Two shots may be used for each target with no penalty in scoring. Each shooter gets two lefts, two rights, and one straightaway target from each station (Presentations sequence computer controlled).  Shot charge is restricted to 24 Grams (approx. 7/8 oz.) using any safe powder charge (plated shot is allowed). The Olympic target is made harder, so to handle the higher target speed. The target is of different size than the standard American trap target. Olympic Bunker Doubles Two targets are launched simultaneously from two traps of station three’s set of three fixed traps. As in Olympic singles, squads of six shooters shoot in rotation from five stations, shooting a round of 20 or 25 pairs (40 or 50 targets). Scoring is one point per target hit.
* Watch American Corey Cogdell win the bronze medal in the 2008 Olympic women's trap final.
Posted By: Joe Potosky
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