Hey - once again I figured I'd tap into the forum's brain trust to ask a question from those more knowledgeable than me.
I went to Loch Raven Trap & Skeet yesterday, invited by my brother-in-law, to shoot a few rounds of trap. I have two 12 gauge shotguns - an old Winchester Model 12, and a not quite as old Remington 870 that at one point many many years ago I was pretty familiar with, so I took the 870.
It took me a couple of rounds to reacquaint myself with shooting a clay pigeon, but my last 5 rounds of the day were all solid hits.
one other guy with the group had an 870, but everyone else had a double gun of some kind, except for one guy who had a single barrel trap gun that looked to be pretty nice.
And now I've got the itch. I had a ton of fun, and I could see myself doing this semi-regularly. Of course with that itch comes the itch for a new firearm. Do I need another excuse?
I know that the world of O/U sporting clays guns is a deep and involved rabbit hole, but I wondered what would be something a guy could get that would be good enough to go a handful of times a year.
A couple of the guys there had Tristar shotguns and they seemed to be decent. I've casually Googled a few:
Tristar
Mossberg International Silver Reserve
CZ
Beretta
Browning
???
This is mostly just fact finding at this point, so I'm open to suggestions and to hear about experiences or horror stories others may have had. Again, this is for casual use - we're talking maybe 1000-1500 rounds per year, so it doesn't need to be something that's designed for heavy sporting clays use - just something that would be an upgrade from the 870.
I went to Loch Raven Trap & Skeet yesterday, invited by my brother-in-law, to shoot a few rounds of trap. I have two 12 gauge shotguns - an old Winchester Model 12, and a not quite as old Remington 870 that at one point many many years ago I was pretty familiar with, so I took the 870.
It took me a couple of rounds to reacquaint myself with shooting a clay pigeon, but my last 5 rounds of the day were all solid hits.
one other guy with the group had an 870, but everyone else had a double gun of some kind, except for one guy who had a single barrel trap gun that looked to be pretty nice.
And now I've got the itch. I had a ton of fun, and I could see myself doing this semi-regularly. Of course with that itch comes the itch for a new firearm. Do I need another excuse?
I know that the world of O/U sporting clays guns is a deep and involved rabbit hole, but I wondered what would be something a guy could get that would be good enough to go a handful of times a year.
A couple of the guys there had Tristar shotguns and they seemed to be decent. I've casually Googled a few:
Tristar
Mossberg International Silver Reserve
CZ
Beretta
Browning
???
This is mostly just fact finding at this point, so I'm open to suggestions and to hear about experiences or horror stories others may have had. Again, this is for casual use - we're talking maybe 1000-1500 rounds per year, so it doesn't need to be something that's designed for heavy sporting clays use - just something that would be an upgrade from the 870.