As a skeet shooter for many years, I don't buy the theory that many of the 100 straights are the result of one pellet hits. I had the opportunity to watch the late Wayne Mayes shoot many times between when I started shooting registered skeet in 1975 and 2005. During those years, Wayne maintained a 99+% average in the 12 gauge, shooting at 79,500 targets, and when he hit a target,there were no large pieces, only a cloud of black dust. Wayne broke 100 .410 bore targets 200 times over his career. Good scores have everything to do with the skill of the shooter and almost nothing to do with the random chance of a single pellet breaking a target. Shooters of world championship class often shoot tighter chokes than normal skeet chokes, and depend on their ability to center the target in the pattern for their averages.
