Pump shotgun for skeet and trap
 

Hi, I would appreciate your appinions on use of pump action shotgun fot skeet and trap shooting. I have never tryed it and thinking it could be a trouble with follow up second shot. I'm planning to buy a shotgan as universal as possible(could be used for competition, hunting, and home defence). I also have not so much trust in self-loading, or may be I'm wrong.

Re: Pump shotgun for skeet and trap
 

There's nothing wrong with a semi-auto, you just have to maintain it a bit more.

Under Mossberg they have a combo field and security for under $400 (click the link and look for "Combo" then (field/security)). Unfortunately, I don't think you'd want to use it for competition without spending thousands of dollars as competition guns are generally no cheap.

Mossberg.
http://www.mossberg.com/products/def...&display=specs

I'm thinking, for myself, one of these.
http://www.mossberg.com/products/def...&display=specs

Re: Pump shotgun for skeet and trap
 

Thanks so much for your reply. The problem with those I think thay don't have chocks, so you can shoot only one tipe of competition. I'm more and more thinkig of Mossberg sports http://www.mossberg.com/products/def...&display=specs
it has 5 sets of chocks, auto ejectors, so for home security not that bad:)

Re: Pump shotgun for skeet and trap
 

I shoot a pump action Remington Model 870 for sporting clays outings. I have never shot trap or skeet in a formal range setting. I thought on the first attempt at sporting clays shooting that my follow-up shots were disturbed due to the pump action, so I tried shooting a Remington 1100 auto on the next outing. I found out that it's not the gun, but my poor shooting skills.... :D I don't see anything wrong with a pump gun for skeet or trap. It's not ideal for follow-up shots but if you're like me, the gun is much more accurate than the shooter...

Re: Pump shotgun for skeet and trap
 

Back when I was in junior high and high school, I used an 870 to shoot trap in the local league but had a chance to try out a few of the other guys' guns too. Still use one whenever we get together to informally bust a few pigeons. I never had a problem with follow up shots or doubles. Being a small town and farming area, it was pretty much run-what-ya-brung. There weren't a lot of guys shooting high-dollar guns, most of us shot field grade guns but some had specialized trap guns too. There were a few guys shooting Red Label, Superposed, 3200, and a couple of Weatherby O/Us but most of the folks used a pump or semi.

My experience is that once you get the action down you'll have a pump action cycled before you recover from the recoil or swing to the second bird anyway.

Never shot formal skeet so I couldn't say about that game.

Re: Pump shotgun for skeet and trap
 

The pump shouldn't be a hinderance for skeet. The key is not to rush as you have much more time than youy first think. Stay with it and your scores will climb.

Re: Pump shotgun for skeet and trap
 

Thanks so much for the reply, so I think Benelly pump is the way to go.

Re: Pump shotgun for skeet and trap
 

Absolutely-- I shoot skeet and trap very well with a Benelli Nova pump. It's a great value. I love it and I manage to get the second shot off just fine:)
I've shot the Remington 870 too, but I feel like the Nova is so much better quality. It feels like a much more well-put together gun. Just my opinion though.

Re: Pump shotgun for skeet and trap
 

My opinion will ride the fence a little...

I started out with an 870 for skeet and did "okay" with it, but they tell me I shoot fast, meaning that regardless of whether I hit or miss, I have plenty of time for recovery on that second shot...With that said, I did buy an over and under for several reasons, I hand-load so I want my brass, even if I didn't I'd still clean up my area after taking my shots which slowed things down a little and also just added one more thing to think about. So no more bending over 25 times per game, or having to pump...I love my O/U for skeet, but prefer the old 870 for hunting.

Crpdeth

Re: Pump shotgun for skeet and trap
 

Thanks so much for your replys. The idea is to combine home defence and sporting shotgun in one. I'm not 100% trusting autoloders because they can jum, over and under have only 2 shots so pump has to be the way to go.