When shooting looping, crossing, dropping targets at 60-70 yards, very little luck is involved in hitting them. There's still enough pattern density that a skillfully placed shot will likely break the target. The combination of distance, changing line and speed require a high degree of skill and luck plays a minor role for the consistent shooter.
Anybody ever pattern a gun at 80 yds? As suggested, put a target for a bullseye on an 8-foot square backer and take a shot. Then you'll wonder how we could ever break a target over 70t yds. That pattern represents the absolute, ideal, best chance of breaking a vertical, full-face teal....the kind that used to be used for 80-100 yd long bird games. I'll wager that the novice who shoots 4 feet to either side of the bull stands as good a chance as the expert who centered it in the pattern....that's luck.
It takes skill to consistently break 8/10 tough targets. When the winning score is 3/10 I'm not convinced the best shooter present won.
