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<blockquote data-quote="ProBusiness" data-source="post: 2377056" data-attributes="member: 6145"><p>how much more often to you plan to shoot. twice per week, twice per month, once per month?</p><p></p><p>main thing with either skeet or trap is the question does the gun fit you. you can have success when hunting with a gun that does not fit you. You will not have a lot of success shooting skeet or trap if the gun does not fit you. go to range and ask around and find a guy that is either a NSSA Instructor licensed or ask around to find someone that can help you decide if the gun fits you. </p><p></p><p>Buying another gun that does NOT fit you regardless of cost, quality, wood is the wrong direction. You might as well stick with the 870 (if it fits you). By the way, does your 870 have screw in chokes?</p><p></p><p>I have had students come out with a gun that does not fit them, then adjust that gun or give them another one that does fit them, and they immediately start breaking birds. remember just a little bit if adjustment at the stock/receiver area can mean feet difference at 22 yards. </p><p></p><p>When you look at the guns that serious skeet /trap shooters use, and see the adjustable comb, jones adjuster on the recoil pad, possibly weights on the barrel, these are not for show but aid the shooter to be a better shot. </p><p></p><p>Going from a 870 pump to a o/u or semi-auto, you will probably pick up a couple of birds per 50 on the second bird of a double since you do not have to pump which can reposition the gun on your cheek. </p><p></p><p>I would caution you against a less expensive o/u for skeet trap shooting if you shoot very much. I know for a fact that the mossbergs, Yildiz, etc. $500 $600 o/u do not hold up. if you are talking about 50, 100, 125 birds once or twice per week, and they just break. I know several guys that had these guns in the shop three times and they still do not work. so add the initial cost of the gun plus two or three trips to the gunsmith and you might as well pay for a more expensive gun. </p><p></p><p>for an o/u i would recommend a min $1100 browning or beretta (used). you can shoot them a lot without any problems and get your money back. not so with the less costly o/u. </p><p></p><p>if you want to spend $500 - $700 you cannot beat a remington 1100 or 1187 or good browning, or other such semi-autos. they are quality guns and you can put 1000 and 1000 of rounds thru them. also the semi-auto will absorb recoil that an o/u will not. </p><p></p><p>go out and look at registered shoots and see what they are shooting. browning, beretta - o/u. semi-auto = remington 1100, 1197, beretta 390, 391 and newer models and a lot of kreighoff which start at $8000 or so. </p><p></p><p>barrel length if very important. old school, 26 inches, new shooters 30 or 32 inch barrels. </p><p></p><p>TRAP - there are usually good 1100, 1187 used TRAP guns out there. and that is about all they are good for. cannot hunt with them and maybe a sporting clays gun, maybe. true trap guns are build to shoot 6 inches high at 36 yards. this is the purpose of the high comp and high rib. field guns are not build to do this and will shoot a 50/50 patten at 36 yards which means if you do not adjust your point of impact, you will be shooting low at 36 yards. You can shoot skeet and trap with a field gun. it is hard to shoot skeet with a true trap gun.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="ProBusiness, post: 2377056, member: 6145"] how much more often to you plan to shoot. twice per week, twice per month, once per month? main thing with either skeet or trap is the question does the gun fit you. you can have success when hunting with a gun that does not fit you. You will not have a lot of success shooting skeet or trap if the gun does not fit you. go to range and ask around and find a guy that is either a NSSA Instructor licensed or ask around to find someone that can help you decide if the gun fits you. Buying another gun that does NOT fit you regardless of cost, quality, wood is the wrong direction. You might as well stick with the 870 (if it fits you). By the way, does your 870 have screw in chokes? I have had students come out with a gun that does not fit them, then adjust that gun or give them another one that does fit them, and they immediately start breaking birds. remember just a little bit if adjustment at the stock/receiver area can mean feet difference at 22 yards. When you look at the guns that serious skeet /trap shooters use, and see the adjustable comb, jones adjuster on the recoil pad, possibly weights on the barrel, these are not for show but aid the shooter to be a better shot. Going from a 870 pump to a o/u or semi-auto, you will probably pick up a couple of birds per 50 on the second bird of a double since you do not have to pump which can reposition the gun on your cheek. I would caution you against a less expensive o/u for skeet trap shooting if you shoot very much. I know for a fact that the mossbergs, Yildiz, etc. $500 $600 o/u do not hold up. if you are talking about 50, 100, 125 birds once or twice per week, and they just break. I know several guys that had these guns in the shop three times and they still do not work. so add the initial cost of the gun plus two or three trips to the gunsmith and you might as well pay for a more expensive gun. for an o/u i would recommend a min $1100 browning or beretta (used). you can shoot them a lot without any problems and get your money back. not so with the less costly o/u. if you want to spend $500 - $700 you cannot beat a remington 1100 or 1187 or good browning, or other such semi-autos. they are quality guns and you can put 1000 and 1000 of rounds thru them. also the semi-auto will absorb recoil that an o/u will not. go out and look at registered shoots and see what they are shooting. browning, beretta - o/u. semi-auto = remington 1100, 1197, beretta 390, 391 and newer models and a lot of kreighoff which start at $8000 or so. barrel length if very important. old school, 26 inches, new shooters 30 or 32 inch barrels. TRAP - there are usually good 1100, 1187 used TRAP guns out there. and that is about all they are good for. cannot hunt with them and maybe a sporting clays gun, maybe. true trap guns are build to shoot 6 inches high at 36 yards. this is the purpose of the high comp and high rib. field guns are not build to do this and will shoot a 50/50 patten at 36 yards which means if you do not adjust your point of impact, you will be shooting low at 36 yards. You can shoot skeet and trap with a field gun. it is hard to shoot skeet with a true trap gun. [/QUOTE]
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