Shooting Clay

[immaculate]

There is so much great advice here - thanks to all who posted! I learned a few new things.

I started shooting trap ~4 years ago when a coworker took me out and taught me to shoot on his Remington 1100 (such a soft shooting gun that it was easy to get hooked). After a year, I was consistently scoring 22-24 on my rounds and decided it was time to buy a trap gun and found myself in the same position as OP - really wanted an O/U, but wasn't ready to commit a few grand to something that may not be easily accessible when I moved again. I bought a Benelli 30" SuperSport (28" barrels are VERY hard to come by - I waited a few months for one before giving up). The Benelli fit me well and has functioned flawlessly since day one. I'm very pleased with it. Still hoping to acquire an O/U at some point but for now, the Benelli outshoots me by a significant margin and I need more practice

btw, I went with Briley chokes for mine and really like them - very consistent patterns from my Improved Modified tube

[Thefeeder]

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For the price of the Supersport why not just buy a Browning O/U ? I don't see why you settled.

[renardsubtil]

Kinda on topic but where are you guys getting ammo? Any online stores that are charging an arm and a leg for shipping that you've found?

I know reloading is the best bet if you're shooting quite a bit but I don't have my own place yet so reloading is out of the question at the moment.

[Chris M]

Kinda on topic but where are you guys getting ammo? Any online stores that are charging an arm and a leg for shipping that you've found?

I know reloading is the best bet if you're shooting quite a bit but I don't have my own place yet so reloading is out of the question at the moment.

Walmart. Whatever's cheapest. I have a single-stage shotshell reloader (MEC), but for just the occasional clay busting session, it's not worth the time and effort for me to load my own.

[immaculate]

For the price of the Supersport why not just buy a Browning O/U ? I don't see why you settled.

Because I didn't want a Browning I had my eye on a used Perazzi MX200, which was still quite a bit more expensive than the Supersport. I wouldn't say I "settled" for the Benelli - I bought a gun that fit my budget at the time and fit me well.

[Thefeeder]

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Ahh...I see your point. My thought was "Plenty of O/U's in that price range"

A Perazzi or a Supersport....brings new light to the matter. Never mind......Go dust'em

[advocatusdiaboli]

For that budget, I think you are looking for a semi-auto . . . probably used.

Remember, clays shooting is like puppies. The cost of the gun is just the initial buy-in. The sport gets expensive between range fees, ammo and shoot fees. If you stick with it, the cost of the gun is small.

You might want to think about getting an 870 pump gun. Shoot with that until you have the money for the O/U.

My private club ($50 a year plus 20 hours of range duty) costs $2.50 a round of trap. Not an economic challenge at all.

But I rolled those savings into a pair of Beretta Silver Pigeons in 12 and 20—field guns 28 and 26. Awesome. Hands down better than ANY semi-auto. But that's my bias. Your mileage may vary.

[troymanic]

I would also recommend Browning OU, to anyone that is looking to buy a very cool and dependable gun for a very reasonable price, I have been using it for 2 years, and never regretted my decision.