What Shotgun For Trap???

[Bigshooter]

You might want to have someone stand behind you when you shoot, they might be able to tell you where you missed which might help you out.

The best piece of advice I can give you is to keep your head down, keep shooting, and don't think about misses. 

Thinking to much is a real killer.  I remember shooting in a tournament and all I needed was a 24 in the last round to win top shooter.  I missed number 23 on a easy straight away hit number 24 on another straight away but couldn't stop thinking about that miss and ended up missing number 25.  So I ened up with a tie (to a girl).  She had shot a 25 in the earlier rounds and my best round was a 24 so she won top shooter.  That was a hard pill for a 15 year old kid to swallow.  But after that I never thought about a miss until I was done.  Then I would talk to my dad about it.

[gadwall]

Sakoshooter is right on the mark.  I worked at the Kenmore club back in the mid 80's and saw alot of beginning shooters come and go and taught several to shoot well.  Shoot what you are comfortable with and learn to shoot it well if it fits you and you like the gun.  Save your money for something that you get your eye on and have tried, then buy it and shoot it exclusively if you want to become a competitive shooter.  Don't let the backliners, those snobby 27 yard handicap AA class shooters (there's a contingent of those guys at each trap club) fill you full of BS just because you are currently shooting a gun that costs less than a grand. You may also want to spend the money to have the new gun custom fit to you when the time comes.

Good luck

Gadwall.