SHOTGUN SUGGESTIONS

[Helix_FR]

28 gauge is smaller than the 20 gauge but bigger than the 410. The sizes go like this. 10ga, 12ga, 16ga, 20ga, 28ga and 410. I've been seeing a large influx of 28 ga recently but used guns in 28ga bring a premium bc they were way more rare until a few years ago. Yes what I have pictured is considered a over/under or what browning calls "superposed". That particular one is the CZ Woodcock series but they start at about 1000.00 but I have seen as low as 800.00
500.00 for a double is modest. You may be better finding used than new at that cost. New For 500 mossberg makes a nice entry O/U called the silver reserve. Used I encourage looking at Stoeger Condors, Ithaca 500's, Savage golds, SKB's and even CZ has some used ones I've seen in the 500.00 range.
Most importantly as others have said, make sure when you put it to your shoulder you don't need to reach, meaning you need to stretch your arms out to get it over to your shoulder. That would indicate that its too long. Put the gun to your shoulder like your going to shoot it. drop your trigger hand off the gun, does it stay balanced? or does it want to fall forward using your other hand as a pivot. If it falls forward easily then the overall length is too long for your fore arm hand, this would make the gun hard to swing in skeet shooting. Find one that fits? bring it up and aim with it. Does your dominant eye fall right down the rib of the barrel or do you need to smash your face into the stock to get your eye low enough? This would be the comb is too high. If you need to lift your head, then the comb is too low. Low comb can easily be fixed with a comb pad which are easy to find.

I almost forgot. The shells get ejected when you open the barrels after shooting them. Press the release lever and the gun will open at the barrels and the ejectors will kick the old shells out, just aim over your sholder, they will kick into your face if ya hold it that way. If you don,t shoot the shells and open the action the ejectors will nicely push them out for you to grab and not chuck them over your shoulder.

The pump gun is up to you. Pumps are generally lighter in weight and more common. 500 for a pump is easy but there are some real pieces of junk out there too that were abused buy previous owners. Many people abuse pump guns but not so much with doubles.

[Helix_FR]

Originally Posted by Alpo

Beth, "shottie" is part of the baby-talk some folks use about their guns.

I don't see it as baby talk but more of a term of endearment. How bout some gangsta talk

[JLA]

Ize kin go gangsta... gimme dat gage n ize busta cap in em clayz. Howz at?

[Helix_FR]

wow, pure poetry right there people. Right from the guy that put the U in Ebonics.

[Alpo]

Originally Posted by Helix_FR

I don't see it as baby talk but more of a term of endearment. How bout some gangsta talk

It's funny, really. I've got 4 Husky 12 gauge doubles, 3 Husky 16 gauge doubles, 1 Husky alg rifle and one Husky 22. Not a thing in the world wrong with callin' them Husqvarnas "Huskies". And I have been know, on several occasions, to speak of my riffle-gun or my shoot-gun.

Then I see people talkin' 'bout their mossy and their remmie and their norc and their springer and their deagle, and I just cringe.

[Helix_FR]

Originally Posted by Alpo

Then I see people talkin' 'bout their mossy and their remmie and their norc and their springer and their deagle, and I just cringe.

I know, some of the names get really stupid. Then they talk to you like you know what they are talking about. I had a customer keep asking how his Smithy was coming along. Funny thing is that it was a colt.

[BETH]

all my pistols and rifles are cuties to me, great information everyone has given me there is certainly a lot to look at but now i know where to start. one other question, can u use any ga in skeet or trap?

[Helix_FR]

For playing around, sure. There is a trap range not to far from my work, I see every gauge shell you can think of. 410 is kinda scarce though. For competition trap is generally 12ga. My brother in law and my dad shoot skeet in 20ga.

[JLA]

i dont like 'deagle'. it makes one of the manliest handguns on earth sound like an ugly lap dog. its disgraceful...

[muddober]

Beth: First you have to make up your mind if you want to shoot skeet or trap. Skeet looks harder at first and probably is to the novice but to me it is the most fun. There are probably a thousand hundred straights shot with a 410 on skeet for every one hundred straights on trap from the 27 yard line. As I said in my earlier post trap goes in any infinite amount of degrees of direction, where as skeet always travels the exact path. Once you catch on to the exact path it becomes easier than it looks.

As for 28 gauge or 20 gauge, get a 20 gauge the shells are about half the cost of 28 gauge. As I said before if you are going to shoot trap you need a 12 gauge unless you just want to make noise. I have never seen or even heard of a 20 gauge trap gun, but then again there are a lot of things I have not seen or heard of.

Ron

[TRAP55]

Beth, you have a lot of good info here, I hope you can digest it all!
Trap and Skeet shooters on a whole, are a pretty good bunch, and most often than not, jump to draw another in to their addiction.
Translation: Hang out and ask questions, it won't take long before you have half a dozen offering free lessons, and use of different guns to try.
THE most important thing with shotguns is the FIT. A $20,000 Kolar that doesn't fit is absolutely useless! A $200 Rem 870 that does fit is priceless!
Don't shy from a 12ga, and go to a smaller gauge because of recoil. New powders offer the same or higher velocity, with less chamber pressure, resulting in less recoil. Auto loaders offer even more reduction in recoil, as do porting and good recoil pads. Shotguns with backbored barrels offer a recoil reduction. and better shot patterns.
Back to fit, a properly fitted shotgun will reduce recoil too.
Trying to learn with a smaller gauge will be a lesson in frustration. Just as an example, 12ga vs 20ga.
Two gauges, same load,......say 1oz at 1300 fps. The 12ga is going to put more shot on the target "at the same time". This is called "shot string". Picture a cone of shot at the moment it hits the clay. The point of the cone, starts on your end, with the flat end of the cone on the target end. The length of this cone is the "string". A 12ga will have a shorter string than a 20ga, because the load isn't stacked as much in the shell.
Kinda like race horses all coming out of the gate at the same time. If you only have two gates and ten horses, the ones in back can't make the finish line at the same time. if they're all running the same speed.

[BETH]

here are some shotguns

[BETH]

think i will wait for Bobski to come to my club and try it out that's if he has a shotgun i can try?

[bobski]

sure. i'll bring my 4 barrel set for you and you can try each one.

[BETH]

Thanks Bob, u have 4 different barrels for one shotgun?

[bobski]

yes. i/e:

http://www.gunsinternational.com/Rem...n_id=100267859

this what you will see in aug, beth.

[BETH]

went to the range yesterday before the trap and skeet shooters left and talked to a girl about trap she had a browning bt99 which she let me hold that i could handle not heavy like the remington 1100 she did say the 1st few times she shot she was black and blue even with the pad on her shoulder. went to the skeet range and this guy Greg who normally shoots black powder and has handlebar mustache was there shooting and he offered to teach me also he had a Ct. shotgun 20ga which was also light and i did not even know there was a company in Ct. that made shotguns. Also my club said they have a remington 1100 youth i think they said that i could borrow-i'm getting closer

[BETH]

Went to Kittery u should see the room full of guns there

[gvw3]

Beth bobski had a falling out with the forum. Don't know what happen but he ask me to tell anyone they can still contact him on this website. Its on all his posts.

I hate to see Bob go but I don't know what he did....

[BETH]

thank u but i would rather not contact him. the one thing i saw him do was this: there was a guy that came on forum wanted to know how to donate shooting accessories Bob got on and said i will take all that u have i am sorry he is on TFF we could have used some of those donations but he wanted it all no matter what the guy had i did not think that was right at all

[ozo]

Originally Posted by BETH

Went to Kittery u should see the room full of guns there

Beth, did you go to the Kittery Trading Post.....???
Awesome place for guns.....
I lived nearby....could NOT drive by without stopping.....

[BETH]

yes i did as soon as i get a chance will put up pictures for others to see

[gvw3]

Beth the Remington 1100 is heavy but that soaks up a lot of the recoil. My son just bought one after looking for the last 4 months. They are very hard to find around here.

[BETH]

i picked one up in Kittery it is tooooo heavy for me i could not shoot with it

[JLA]

You will like the 1100 Beth.