Vile Shadow
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- Feb 28, 2013
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Shotties are like AR's, or rabbits. They always multiply.
Thanks everyone for the great responses and advice. I think I lean towards a pump for the de facto "warning" in the home defense situations.
I recently made the same choice, and ended up with a Mossberg 930 (autoloader, not pump) combo with 2 barrels - a short one for home defense, and a longer barrel for target games.
I would like to piggy-back a question on this thread, since its very similar to SoMD_Gen4's question...
What would you recommend for a good "all purpose" semi-auto shotgun primarily for trap shooting, that would also make a good goose/duck shotgun? This would be a gift for a newbie who has never done any of these, but expressed an interest in trap shooting and possibly one day waterfowl hunting. Are the parameters for an ideal trap gun, the same as for an ideal waterfowl gun?
I would like to piggy-back a question on this thread, since its very similar to SoMD_Gen4's question...
What would you recommend for a good "all purpose" semi-auto shotgun primarily for trap shooting, that would also make a good goose/duck shotgun? This would be a gift for a newbie who has never done any of these, but expressed an interest in trap shooting and possibly one day waterfowl hunting. Are the parameters for an ideal trap gun, the same as for an ideal waterfowl gun?
I was always told it's better to go the other way, which is target shooting with a hunting gun rather than vice versa.
As a general philosophy, I'm with Sling. Trap/ skeet/ other games with clay birds can be enjoyed by a rookie with a field gun, and to a point help[ develope all around skills with their all around gun. If they Really Like a particular game , they will also want a dedicated gun for said same, and know what they want at that point.
Been shooting clays for 20 years now and I still don't know what new gun I want. lol I am so confused that I will probably keep shooting what I have.
As a general philosophy, I'm with Sling. Trap/ skeet/ other games with clay birds can be enjoyed by a rookie with a field gun, and to a point help[ develope all around skills with their all around gun. If they Really Like a particular game , they will also want a dedicated gun for said same, and know what they want at that point.