Skeet/Trap/Sporting Shotgun opinions

A400

quote:

---

Needs to be in 20 GA and preferably in Semi-Auto rather than O/U

---

I’m not going to tell you that’s a bad decision but it is.

If she has a gun she can use or borrow the 1st season or so, do that.

An O/U made for trap ends up being much better in the long run. The adjustments help tremendously as she gets experience and grows.
I speak with experience. I was a coach for my son’s trap team which won state this past year.

A trap gun has an adjustable comb and typically have 32-34” barrels

When shooting trap, the bird is moving away from you and rising. To lead the clay you would need to be blinded by the barrel with a normal set up. The raised comb, when set up properly, will allow the shooter to keep the front bead on the bird as it’s set up to shoot high.

Also, a browning BT99 is a wonderful trap gun for singles.

quote:

---

Im no pro but its nice to have different chokes for the different type of shots when shooting trap. Some you may have to shoot close then long, or long then close.

---

I like the choke selection option on an ou vs a semi auto

There really is no one gun that is perfect for all 3 disciplines.

How old is your daughter and how serious is she about shooting? Which discipline is her favorite? My son started shooting competitively in 8th grade and is now in his second year shooting in college. When he first started on the high school team, he just used his duck gun (semi-auto 20 gauge at the time) because we really didn't know if he would stick with it.

The A400 is an excellent choice for sporting clays. Not so much for trap. Remember the kids are standing in a line and as the hull ejects, it will be smacking the poor kid standing to her right.

The A400 is a decent choice for skeet, but if she were to get serious about skeet, you won't be able to add sub gauge tubes to it.


After that first year, skeet was clearly his favorite. We bought him a Browning Cynergy. I felt like it was a good "compromise" gun for shooting all 3 disciplines. It has a slightly higher point of impact vs some others, which helps for trap. Another plus for the Cynergy is that the off the shelf Briley sub gauge companion tubes fit AND the gun does not require trigger work to operate properly with the .410 tubes. It was also budget friendly. I think we paid about $1,200-$1,300 for it. It was dependable and he still carries it as a backup gun when he travels.

For his 11th grade year, it had become apparent that he was in it for the long haul and was going to earn a shooting scholarship, so we bought him a "lifetime" competition gun and an extra barrel to use for trap when he has to shoot that for his college team.

She is 15. She has been shooting for two years. She prefers the semi over an O/U. She started with an O/U and shot my nephew’s Benelli M1 Super 90 in 20. She just prefers the semi.

I shoot a Beretta a400 excel and really like it. Easy to clean and very adjustable. Look at Coles guns in San Antonio, they have all shapes colors and anything custom for the A400