Recommend a Quality Sporting Clays Shotgun

[Thefeeder]

What are you recommending for a quality Sporting Clays gun. A little insight on your recommendation will be appreciated

[Thefeeder]

Open to all, except double triggers.

[Baja_Traveler]

Best bang for the buck sporting clays gun is the Beretta AL391.

The cost only goes up from there to the stratosphere.

If you are into reloading, and don't like your empties being thrown all over the countryside look into the Caesar Guerini guns. Not many have heard of them, but they are fast becoming popular on the Clays circuit for their price and shootability. Here's a link to Cabelas - basically a middle class O/U that can handle alot of rounds through it. I shot one up at Coyote Valley Sporting Clays in the bay area a few years ago. It'll probably be my next shotgun.

Of course I've always Jones'd for a Kreigoff, but reality is I can't afford a 10k+ shotgun.

[mds2004]

Winchester SX3. Reliable with light loads, soft recoil, light gun, and can accept a magazine extension. This is if going semi-auto.

Your best bet would be to get a OU, like a Perazzi or something of the like. Give a budget before we can suggest guns. Do you want to spend $250 or 30k?

[Revoman]

Depnding upon your location, you might try Pacific Sporting Arms in Azusa, CA.
John Herkowitz is the main guy there, but most anyone that works there is good to talk with.
Yes there are many very high end shotguns there, by the way there are only shotguns there, but there are lower priced ones and used ones there too. Plus lots of accessories.
The staff is very knowledgable and helpful. They are normally open on Saturdays as well.

[randy]

In Sporting Clays the O/U is the way to go.

The Browning line of O/U guns is the way I'd lean they are very robust, and will handle shooting many 1000's of rounds. Their warranty is second to none. If you give that shotgun to your grand kid and he sells it to the guy down the block it is still under warranty. A sporting clays gun could be $3500, I'm sure they have less expensive models.

2nd Choice would be a Beretta O/U. Very nice guns they aren't as robust as a Browning and the warranty isn't as good.

If you have mega bucks for a shotgun then a Perazzi, Kreighoff, Razenni or some other Italian job that I can't spell or pronounce.

With sporting clays you have two birds that may have different patterns. For one bird you might want a full choke and the second bird an IC choke.

With a single barrel you might have to run a Mod. choke and compromise.

After those two I'd go Benelli then Beretta for semi autos.

Good luck and let us know what you choose.

[Thefeeder]

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I appreciate the replies...but I'm was trying to get specific
models to look into. Browning 625? Field configuration or sporting?
How about a GTI? A Guerini Mugnus Light or the Summit Sporting? Parazzi? NO...not that rich.

[mds2004]

You still havent given us a budget to help you with. How about a Browning Citori?

[ysr_racer]

Asking us which gun you should buy is like asking us which girl to marry, or which car to buy.

Take 'em for a test drive, then buy the one that feels best.

[Baja_Traveler]

+1 on Pacific Sporting Arms - probably the best shop in all of So. Cal. for quality shotguns.

[otteray]

Go to a sporting clays course's pro shop, like the one at Coyote Valley Clays in Morgan Hill.
They will let you rent shotguns for cheap so you can shoot a few rounds of skeet, trap or clays and find out what really suits you best. Check out their walk-in vault with the pricey stuff and bring a hanky to keep the drooling in check.

[ablakstad]

I like the browning citori, it's extremely reliable and solid. It's heavier than the beretta's and I find it easier to stay on target. The beretta 686 is good, but I found it to be to light for me and sold it. You can get good new and used guns at some of the trap ranges, such as Triple B, and you can rent some to try out. Any of the browning's and beretta's are good and you can get them as low as $1800 and up new. There are some very good buys on used ones out there.

[for2nato]

i shoot a browning bps20 - 26in. very smooth shooting and very reliable. i can shoot clays all day with it and not feel fatigued. and only about $400 new.

[Turo]

You still havent given us a budget to help you with. How about a Browning Citori?

+1 for the Citori. Great trap/skeet gun.

If you're looking for a semi, many of the Beretta AL- models are great guns.

[pl408]

Benelli Legacy Sport