A fella at the club i shoot at shoots a pump all the time and does really well with it. If he's never shot a gun before than a Mossberg or Remington will let you see the light, than spend like an addict when you find your thing. Just keep scouring the gun shops and ee and here its called buy,sell,trade if you have a resource like that. its a used stuff that has guns in the sporting section. The key is find a gun that you like and feel good about and as you shoot more and more and like someone at your clubs gun, ask to shoot it and see if you'd want to buy one like that as you're willing to spend more money. I think secretly some of the guys at the club i shoot at are chomping at the bit to let someone shoot there guns. Especially if there a new shooter. Everybody wants to see someone else improve. my 2 cents. And I've spent a lot on trying to find the right gun and didn't need to at all. I just needed A gun to shoot and to ask around the club