Over/Under advice

[rainshadow1]

Bought a Beretta S686 Special when I was 11. (Worked for a year and my Dad still pitched in a couple bucks.) Shot that gun every season for decades, went underwater a few times, a couple times in the salt. Always cleaned it with reverence and pride. 3.5 decades after, I gave it to my son, still beautiful, still in perfect condition. He’s shot it a lot since.
    I recommend the old or the new 686 series… in case you wondered!

[dreadi]

Weatherby Orion
They have nice wood, come in 12 and 20, ejectors, glossy or matte blue.


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[C-Money]

This is great! I really like to hear kids taking interest in shooting sports. Your son will probably have a lot of opportunity to shoot trap with FFA, 4-H. Even high school rodeo shoots trap now. There are various youth trap shooting teams scattered around as well. One, would be the Basin Dust Devils. A trap gun will help your son be more consistent. You need to mount your shotgun the same every time, which is hard with a field gun. A target gun will aid in consistency. Field guns for trap will work, but there are target guns for a reason. So...find out when your local gun club is shooting trap. Go to the club on a practice night. As with any good club, there will be a few fellows around that will probably know of a gently used Browning XT trap, or even a BT 99. They should probably know of something for sale that is a quality target gun that could meet your needs. A trap target gun, is just that, a target gun. Tri Star would be about the only turkish made gun I'd venture to recommend. Thay have a lot of good options for trap, and they are just fine most of the time. I know a few folks that shoot them routinely, including ATA events and do well. As a rule, I would stay away from the turkish guns. Get the boy an 870 express, or a Mossberg 500/820 for hunting. Good possibility you could get a good target gun, and a hunting shotgun for under $2000, or close to it. I would advise to stay away from composite stocks for competition trap. Wood is much easier on the shooter after 100, 200, 300 rounds in a day. If your son decides trap is just not for him, you can recover the cost of the trap gun by posting it for sale at the local gun club. Its a great sport, and is one of the few sports boys and girls can compete in together on a level basis.

[Cast2Way]

@Stein - I have a 1 year old Browning Citori Composite 12 ga that I am considering to sell. I paid $2200 for it. Has about 100 rounds thru it. Has an adjustable comb.  Really nice gun but looking to reduce my inventory. It came with flush chokes but I added a set of 5 black Spectrum Invector chokes from Briley for around $400. If interested, let me know and maybe we can make a deal that works for you.

[ghosthunter]

Another vote for stoeger.

Well made tanks at a reasonable price.

[salish]

You don’t have to spend that amount of money. I bought a Weatherby Orion in 2001. It has hundreds of days in the field & lots of rounds at the range. It still locks up tight & is accurate. It cost about $1,000 & they still cost about that. And it’s a nice gun. Sometimes you can find them cheaper.

Last year I bought an older Weatherby Orion (Japanese made) from a fellow hunt-Washington member. It's mint and locks up tight. It's a 20ga, 3", 26" tubes. It's a beautiful shotgun that I would take over any comparable Turkish o/u, and the Turkish guns are really nice, now. I paid $900.

[follow maggie]

You don’t have to spend that amount of money. I bought a Weatherby Orion in 2001. It has hundreds of days in the field & lots of rounds at the range. It still locks up tight & is accurate. It cost about $1,000 & they still cost about that. And it’s a nice gun. Sometimes you can find them cheaper.

Last year I bought an older Weatherby Orion (Japanese made) from a fellow hunt-Washington member. It's mint and locks up tight. It's a 20ga, 3", 26" tubes. It's a beautiful shotgun that I would take over any comparable Turkish o/u, and the Turkish guns are really nice, now. I paid $900.

This is exactly the gun I have. I love it.

[EnglishSetter]

The sleeper on target O/U's is a lightly used Beretta 682.  These were made for competition to the Olympic level.

The sleeper for field O/U's is Franchi Instinct.

To me, Browning 20g O/U's are pretty sweet, but 12g's are a bit clunky.  I've been unimpressed with current Beretta 686's.

Though I have multiple shotguns of various flavors (brands, gauges, configurations), I still prefer an automagic in the field. 

[sticky]

I bought an SKB 505 Field in 1992 and it is still my favorite gun. Great fit and finish and shoots like a dream. They built the Weatherby shotguns for a long time up to around 2000. 


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