Leading in skeet. What a difference.

[Questor]

After using a heavier gun than my field gun I was missing most of my crossing shots in skeet. Yesterday I just shot crossing shots with the field gun to master the lead. It seems the lead I need for that gun is much greater than the lead for the longer barreled target gun. It's really amazing. I thought I must be shooting ahead of the clays with the field gun because it's so light and whippy compared to the target gun. Not true. The target gun's momentum does make the need for lead with it seem shorter.

Perceived lead at the time the shell fires is about 3 feet for the field gun and about a foot for the target gun.

[Yankee1]

Hi
  Are the barrel lengths the same?  If not. That could account for different lead images.  The heavier gun has more momentum and will follow through smoother.
Once I mount the gun I swing from the waist and if I am not on target I speed up the swing. 
                                   Yankee1

[dukkillr]

My experience has been that it's extremely uncommon for someone to be in front of the crossing skeet shots.