Sporting Clays Gun

R Mac

R Mac

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I shot a round of sporting clays the other weekend and now I got the bug. Since I can't use my BT-99 trap gun, I'm in the market for a sporting gun.

I'm interested in what you are shooting now, and if it isn't your first sporting gun, what other brand(s) & model(s) have you used. Pictures welcomed of course.

Thanks!
Randy
 
For field/sporting clays fit is far more important than brand. Find a good, like really good, instructor and spend the money to find out how a gun should fit you. You can then take that info shopping. Proper fit makes the difference between hits and misses in shotgunning, much more so than rifle.

Also, what do you prefer in type of action? S/S, O/U, AUTO, Pump? How about budget? Browning Citori is a popular model, if on a budget, 870 Wingmaster or Ithaca 37 pump are hard to beat. But, it all depends on what fits you best.

Did I say how it fits is most important? Lol, I'm stressing it because shotguns don't use a rear sight so having a properly fitted stock to put your eye in the exact same place every time will make shooting much more enjoyable. If using a mid barrel bead sight, the front bead should sit on top of the mid barrel in your sight picture.


-Xander
 
fast14riot has the right of it. Gun fit is most important. Autos are VERY easy to adjust (at least the ones you should be looking at), O/U's are harder to adjust for gun fit, unless you get an adjustable comb model, and hope it has enough adjustment to fit.

IMHO, Beretta semi-autos are still the best choice for a newbie in Sporting Clays. Brownings are a close second, Winchester and Remington are a distant third, and Benelli doesn't even show (recoil operated semis will make you pay over time). Best advice I ever heard on sporting clays guns was to buy a Beretta auto, get it fit for you, and shoot that one gun only for one year. Try skeet, sporing, trap, bunker, international, everything you can shoot with that gun. At the end of 1 year, decide what discipline you want, and either buy a Perazzi or a Kreighoff suited to that game. Be happy for the rest of your life.

My wife and I didn't do it that way, so each of us has 3 or 4 competition guns fitted for us. The variety is occasionally nice, but we could have paid for a top-end competition gun with what we've got in these other shotguns.
 
Work Buddy bought a Ruger Red Label O/U because he heard they were great for clays.

He tried and tried and tried some more to get it to fit, but in the end couldn't make it work. He GAVE the gun away.

I believe he shoots a Remington 870 now because it fits him.

Get what fits you.
 
I had the Citori 725...loved it...i now shooting with a Caesar Guerini Maxum Combo. I would highly recommend the Citori 725. You wont regret it. Good Luck.
 
I shoot more skeet and 5 stand that sporting clays, but my older Citori GTI still works pretty well... light modified in both barrels
 
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