What are you wanting to know? Have you shot an O/U? If you really like them, go look for a used citori.
1. You get what you pay for
2. Gun fit is extremely important. If you really want to do it right, pay an instructor for his time to see how different guns at the store fit you.
At the super budget end, Remington Spartans have sketchy fit and finish but they're built like tanks. Stoeger Condors get mixed reviews.
Next up are the CZ-branded O/Us made by Huglu. They're priced well but people report getting lemons every once in a while.
When you start getting north of $1k into Browning and Beretta territory everything is going to be pretty well made; it just comes down to what fits you the best and what you can find at a good price.
Makes like Krieghoff, Perazzi, or Kolar start to get you into the "could get a nice used car for this" price range.
At the top of the heap you have people like Purdey, Boss, or Holland & Holland. Be prepared to mortgage your house. I've never had the opportunity to shoot a $75,000 shotgun but I've gotten to hold one and it was a work of art.
2. Gun fit is extremely important. If you really want to do it right, pay an instructor for his time to see how different guns at the store fit you.
At the super budget end, Remington Spartans have sketchy fit and finish but they're built like tanks. Stoeger Condors get mixed reviews.
Next up are the CZ-branded O/Us made by Huglu. They're priced well but people report getting lemons every once in a while.
When you start getting north of $1k into Browning and Beretta territory everything is going to be pretty well made; it just comes down to what fits you the best and what you can find at a good price.
Makes like Krieghoff, Perazzi, or Kolar start to get you into the "could get a nice used car for this" price range.
At the top of the heap you have people like Purdey, Boss, or Holland & Holland. Be prepared to mortgage your house. I've never had the opportunity to shoot a $75,000 shotgun but I've gotten to hold one and it was a work of art.
OU gun huh, here you go.
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No, that one has too much choke when it comes to the big shots.
Haha!!!
That's like saying you want something like a sports car/pickup truck.
Skeet and trap are very different games and the guns suited specifically for each are very different, especially the stock fit.
Sure, you can buy a standard field gun and shoot it for both, but it will be optimum for neither.
Since you are in OKC, I'd suggest you drive to El Reno to talk to Gene Sears and look over his selection of used skeet and trap guns. He is also a world-class shotgunner. At the very least, you will learn the difference between a skeet gun and a trap gun. Either way, plan on getting a decent gun, not the new $400 import with barrels pointing two directions..
This.
Browning, Beretta, or Franchi.
Anything cheaper wont be worth messing with, anything higher is, well, higher.
I shoot a Browning Cynergy, personally.
Anything cheaper wont be worth messing with, anything higher is, well, higher.
I shoot a Browning Cynergy, personally.
For competition Skeet and Trap you will need different guns, but not for basic shooting. I have a Beretta 686 Sporting 12ga 30" that I use for Skeet/Trap/Sporting Clays. I break my share of clays, have my share of fun and seem to knock down more birds in the field from the added practice.
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