need some shotgun advice

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hey guys,

i am looking to buy a shotgun for some recreational Sunday afternoon clay pigeon shooting. Nothing expensive or fancy, just for fun.

What can you recommend me? what do i use for shot? what kind of choke?

Thanks a lot!

If you have something that might interest me for sale, please don't hesitate to contact me..
 
Depends on your budget and how serious you want to get. If you,re gonna have a friend throw birds from a private field you can but a $250-300 Remington 1100 and it,ll last a life time, I have 3 of them. A 12 ga. a 20 ga. and a .410 I also shoot skeet at the club and I had the barrell threaded to accept chokes. A Mod. for shooting Trap and a skeet chock for,,,, you guessed it Skeet.
I alsot have an old Win. Mod. 12 pump for turkey shoots and an old Browning O/U 12 ga. that works great for trap as well Full/Mod chokes (fixed barrell)

If you plan to put 10,000 rds. through it in the next two years and want to compete you,ll be looking something alot newer and you,ll be spending $1500 and up. That'll get you something with all the toys and adjustable pieces. (not needed) I can still shoot a damn near perfect score with a $300 gun.

M.
 
Ice-Pick said:
I can still shoot a damn near perfect score with a $300 gun.
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I don't know about that. Have you ever came out of the rifle range on a sunday???

To the OP. I use pump guns for skeet. More like hunting practice for me. Look for a shotgun that has removable chokes, is in your price range, and most importantly look for a shotgun that fits you and that you feel comfortable handling. You should be able to pick it up, shoulder it and rest your cheekbone on the cheekpiece and see the sights without moving your face up and down. I suggest using 8 or 9 shot for skeet, and for trap or sporting clays 7.5 to 8.

You will be running straights before you know it
 
Yeah, yeah

Everyone loves a smart ass, rofl.

I need more skeet practice, pick a day and we,ll get together.
I'll bring all 3 of my cheapies, laff, you can pick which one i beat you with, rofl

M.

p.s.
with these old knees I can't run straight too well now.
 
Ice-Pick said:
Everyone loves a smart ass, rofl.

I need more skeet practice, pick a day and we,ll get together.
I'll bring all 3 of my cheapies, laff, you can pick which one i beat you with, rofl

M.

p.s.
with these old knees I can't run straight too well now.
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LOL. If I could get a wednesday afternoon off it would be nice. I will let you know.
 
If all you're shooting is lead, you can get a great bargain on some of the older auto loaders in 2-3/4". Fixed full chokes generally, but now it means that nobody wants to shoot steel through them, so they're a bargain. A Rem 1100 can be had for cheap if you look for one, and they're reliable, point well for most people, and are very soft shooting. What more could you ask for?
 
I got a nice used Browning Citori O/U 20 ga which I bought for $600.00 about 15 years ago. I've been looking for another, they're great for upland and also for sporting clays or trapshooting. But you'll pay a lot more for one these days, even used. It's probably not the best first gun to buy; for your needs I'd consider a mossberb pump. 20 ga is good for clay pigeons and it won't beat you up too much.
 
Bush_Dweller said:
I got a nice used Browning Citori O/U 20 ga which I bought for $600.00 about 15 years ago. I've been looking for another, they're great for upland and also for sporting clays or trapshooting. But you'll pay a lot more for one these days, even used. It's probably not the best first gun to buy; for your needs I'd consider a mossberb pump. 20 ga is good for clay pigeons and it won't beat you up too much.
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Does that mean you're selling the one you have?
 
I'm going through the same question myself right now.

The serious trap and skeet shooters will tell you that you need to buy a Browning or Berreta for well over $1000. And if you're going to shoot 3 or 4 CASES shells a month and be out there at least every other day I'd say they are right. Such a gun in that case would soon pay for itself in many ways.

But where does this leave the once a week for giggles shooter? Out in purchaser's hell I'd say. I'd say shoot what you got and wait for it to be an issue. I've got an 870 Express that I found a full length barrel for and I've got the full choce tube on order for next week's Wednesday night trap shoot. I plan on using this until I feel like it's holding me back. At the moment the gun itself is definetly NOT the issue. I've got a lot of my own skills and habits to work on before the gun will be the item holding me back.

Is this the right way to learn? I'd have to say no, but with cause. If I was looking to jump directly into full blown clay competition then it's a stupid way to proceed. I'd be far better off to buy a good, well respected clay gun and learn from the ground up with it. But I enjoy other things besides shooting as well as other shooting events. So shooting at clays will forever be a "once a week" sort of thing at best and I don't want to sink a big hunk of change into a gun that'll be used once a week at most when there's so many other guns to be bought and events to play in as well.

So for now I'll stick to my 870 and learn to use it and maybe even modify it a bit to make it better suited to this style of shooting. At some point once I know it's holding me back I'll look at finding a good deal on one of the lower cost serious clay guns. Likely an over/under although I'm far more partial to side by side. Or I may go side by side just to be persnickety and make a few blood vessels burst in those that take themselves far too seriously... :D
 
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