Recommendations?

pacobillie said:
First of all, trap is almost always shot with a 12 gauge. A 20 gauge may not be able to carry the required payload for reliably shooting targets in handicap trap, or at least, not with commonly available target ammo. In other words, if you want to shoot 1 1/8 oz @ 1300 fps out of a 20 gauge, you can, but you will pay the price in $$ and in increased felt recoil, because of the lighter gun. Second, there are no dedicated trap guns in 20 gauge, that I know of.
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Unless you are going to shoot registered birds that 20 is fine, I shoot over 20/25 with mine and I don't use heavy loads.
yesterday I broke over 20 twice at wobble trap with my 28 using 3/4OZ loads.

12 gauge if you are going to get serious, yes, absolutely, but if you want to only shoot recreational trap, some sporting clays, and skeet, a 20 is fine.
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There most certainly are dedicated 20gauge trap guns.FAIR makes a few models of 20gauge trap guns,and they are only slightly lighter than the 12gauge versions.As such,recoil will be quite mild.I actually just ordered a 20gauge FAIR sporting clays gun last week.And FAIR does make custom stocks to ensure a proper fitting gun for about $100 extra.Given your smaller size,that may be very helpful.You can actually buy a Fair trap gun,for much less than a Citori trap gun,and I was quite impressed with the fit and finish.

http://www.fair.it/eng/trap.html
 
Thanks everyone!! I will try out more this week. (And I'll pay better attention to what I'm shooting!) I know one of the girls shoots a 12 with 1oz loads. I'll talk to her this week for sure.

I'm looking at this as recreational. Something fun to do with friends.

Thanks again so much!
 
The two main issues that cause recoil are: the amount of lead and how fast you wish to accelerate it. The other is gun fit. The most important being gun fit, especially, if you plan to shoot clay targets.

It is very easy to buy short and adjustable stocks for a 12 gauge trap gun as compared to a 20 gauge. Stock length, pitch and comb adjustment are very important.
 
A 12 is preferred, my wife is very petite and has no problems pounding out shells with my Silver Hunter autoloader - much less recoil than my Cynergy 12. But neither of them really fit her all that well, a Cynergy 20 would probably be a better shooter (sorry, Browning shooter here) for her with less felt recoil.
 
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