Upland bird gun for 11 year old.

[five.five-six]

[BespokeGuns]

Mossberg youth Bantam 500 in 20 GA. My son used it when he was that age, fit him perfectly and was able to knock down a lot of clays with it. Also hunted Quail and chukar with me using it. https://www.academy.com/shop/pdp/mos...action-shotgun

[Elgatodeacero]

Benelli Montefeltro youth 20 gauge, includes adult size stock for when they grow.

[Jeepergeo]

20 gauge Stoeger Condor Supreme O/U. You get a lot of gun for the money.

[five.five-six]

20 gauge Stoeger Condor Supreme O/U. You get a lot of gun for the money.

Does it have ejectors or extractors?

[JBG92649]

I also recommend the Benelli Montefeltro. You can get it as a two stock combo—one gives you a 12.5” LOP and the other gives you the standard 14.25” LOP. Very lightweight and extremely reliable.

[Jeepergeo]

Does it have ejectors or extractors?

Ejectors if the round was fired. Extractor if not fired. Nice setup.
With a little practice, one can learn the Kim Rhode eject and catch.

[Thefeeder]

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I have used an 870 youth 20ga for small body shooters. 13" LOP , 12" LOP with the recoil pad removed. Easy to balance with its hollow butt stock. Easy to find cheap stocks on ebay to cut.

Good resale value, so your basically using the gun until you sell it down the road

Find out what your M12 is worth before cutting. You may be cutting hundreds of dollars off the gun.

[sigstroker]

Is a Model 12 a pump? If he can reach the slide, don't worry about it. I got my first shotgun, also a 16 gauge, at about that age. Mine was a bolt gun though, so no problems with reaching a slide. I was literally the smallest kid in my class at that age, most of the girls were taller, and I don't remember having any problem at all, and usually hit as many or more doves than my dad.

[downsouth]

I might have a model 31 in 16ga I'm in the middle of restoring, repaired the stock crack on it but it should be a good shooter.

[MJB]

20ga o/u

Safer for everyone and easier to learn basic shooting.

[Calif Hunter]

My son used an 870 20 GA youth model that I got on sale for the same price as the adult 870 Express at Turner's. He is 22 and still likes it for upland game once in a while. He was 9 when he started with it. He can get a full size stock for it if he wants to, but he likes it being compact.

[tnlrat37]

[Tom-ADC]

[PoorRichRichard]