This make a decent beginner trap gun?

ben hunchak said:
I don't know much about the model mentioned but an over/under with fixed chokes, mod. and full, sounds just what a starting shooter needs. I wouldn't worry about steel shot as it's not used in trap or skeet, just for hunting. You even get a good doubles trap gun, use mod. on the first bird, and you're good to go....
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Thanks. I did F over M cause thats what people here said to do. I was orig looking for F over F cause my buddies Win X-1 is full choke so i figured why not get both barrels the same. But i now understand the reasoning for the M.

The Brits and the Aussies love the lanber's. Call them the caddilac of the entry level gun. Sure this one is used, and not new, but i hope she can give me a few years of shooting clays until i figure out if i want to do it long term.

I'm not worried about hunting - it's not something i'm interested in.
 
cptseawolf said:
Thanks. I did F over M cause thats what people here said to do. I was orig looking for F over F cause my buddies Win X-1 is full choke so i figured why not get both barrels the same. But i now understand the reasoning for the M.

The Brits and the Aussies love the lanber's. Call them the caddilac of the entry level gun. Sure this one is used, and not new, but i hope she can give me a few years of shooting clays until i figure out if i want to do it long term.

I'm not worried about hunting - it's not something i'm interested in.
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Are parts available for the Lanbers? Because as of late Cadillacs are really hard to find parts for.
 
cptseawolf said:
Thanks. I did F over M cause thats what people here said to do. I was orig looking for F over F cause my buddies Win X-1 is full choke so i figured why not get both barrels the same. But i now understand the reasoning for the M.

The Brits and the Aussies love the lanber's. Call them the caddilac of the entry level gun. Sure this one is used, and not new, but i hope she can give me a few years of shooting clays until i figure out if i want to do it long term.

I'm not worried about hunting - it's not something i'm interested in.
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For trap shooting full over modified is just fine.

Don't pay much attention to Henry. None of the rest of us do. Lanbers are very popular entry level guns in the UK and used as school guns at some of the more swanky shooting grounds.
 
Thanks Clay.

I do appreciate all the help some of you guys have been. Even with the flag drama in the other thread.

Hopefully one day i can own a really nice browning o/u.....but until then, i hope this baby shoots straight!

I have always loved the looks of O/U's vs other shotguns.
 
A hunting buddy of mine has been shooting a Lanber since the late 70s. Has had hundreds of thousands of rounds put through it, starting to show its age but he still uses it and hits what he shoots at. I would take a Lanber over some of the other o/u at the same price.
 
That Lanber is an interesting gun. Does anyone know if it comes with some cast in the stock? I think the full/modified set up should be good too like others here have pointed out. If you shoot doubles the way I do you will be glad you have that full choke for the second bird and the modified for the first one.
 
Ill take some better pics once it gets here and I clean/polish her up

I do have a question though: being my first o/u I have been doing som reading.

Some people swear on not dry firing, and they store with snap caps.

What do u guys sugguest for storage, and do u decock the guns since they #### when u open the action. Are snap caps a must?

Mike
 
cptseawolf said:
Some people swear on not dry firing, and they store with snap caps.

What do u guys sugguest for storage, and do u decock the guns since they #### when u open the action. Are snap caps a must?
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Snap caps are nice, but spent hulls are free. If you plan on breaking the gun down for storage, then you can reset the action lever to the center position and hold a snap cap or spent hull over the firing pins to pull the trigger and release them. You don't really want to leave them under spring pressure for long storage sessions if you can help it. Do not dry fire. Firing pins may be difficult to find, and it would be a preventable malfunction.

The other thing you need is a good action grease. I use Lubriplate, but any good gun grease will work. I like Lubriplate because it is a light grease, and I can wipe it off after I am done shooting. This takes away the grit and dirt that accumulates in the receiver during shooting. Fresh and new for a new coat before next shooting session.

Congrats on the new gun. I hope it serves you well for lots of target fun.

Bill
 
I have read that spent shells aren't really the best because the pin has already made a dent in the primer, thus they really don't provide any resistence to the pins.

True? I notice the pin on my 303 enfield hits a little off centre, if same for shotgun could I just rotate the shell, so the pin hits in a diff place the 2nd time?

Gun won't get a tonne off use, especially over winter so I want to do this right.

Mike
 
You need to drop the hammers and return the locking lever to the neutral position. Some guns need to have something for the firing pin to hit and some don't. Better safe than sorry, so drop the pins against something. A friend of mine recommends depriming a spent shell(s) and the filling the primer pocket with silicone. After drying cut the excess silicone off so it protrudes slightly above the metal.
 
You don't need snap caps or even spent hulls. With the barrels and forend off the gun you can dry fire against a piece of wood, rubber or anything similar to cushion the pins when the fall. Reassemble the gun without opening and then store it.
 
cool. good to know. I will keep throw a couple spent hulls in the ammo box tomorrow though. i wont have my o/u yet, so more practice with my buddies Win SX-1
 
When i first started trap shooting, all i used was an 870 Wingmaster, great all around gun, last forever, and never have issues, i now shoot a Browning O/U XT trap, but if you jsut want a good gun to go out and break a few clays, hunt a little, i would say a Remington 870
 
Millwright1987 said:
When i first started trap shooting, all i used was an 870 Wingmaster, great all around gun, last forever, and never have issues, i now shoot a Browning O/U XT trap, but if you jsut want a good gun to go out and break a few clays, hunt a little, i would say a Remington 870
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see i'm not the only one to suggest it!
 
New shooters may be unnecessarily handicapped shooting doubles with the pumpgun, remember we are trying to interest new shooters in the sport, and new shooters need to hit birds not worry about pumpin' things.
 
Covey Ridge said:
I think that the 870 is a fine choice for any type of shooting. I think that more would have suggested it, but the op was bent on a low quality double.
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well my 870 express was 288 tax in at my local wholesale sports. Then again i know the guys at the gun counter quite well. we shoot together all teh time so they gave me a bit of a deal. there are lots of deals out there on the EE for a used one that would work quite well.. but he got an o/u like he wanted and i'm SURE he'll be happy with it.

in all boils down to trigger time is trigger time so go out and shoot and have fun, who cares what you're shooting!
 
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