re: I'm buying my first clay shooting gun, suggestions?

For an inexpensive OU thats not too bad check out a Lanber. They shoot well and are of decent quality, they're no 2000 dollar Beretta or Browning yet you can get them for for around 700 bucks with a set of chokes, ejectors, barrel selectors, nice wood etc. If you shoot a lot of clays you're going to wear this gun out faster than one of a better quality but its a good starting point. I added a stock extender to mine and can shoot it as well as my 686 Berreta now, you can find these all over the internet gun sites