So, let's say I got a new job that actually pays me enough to buy a new gun. And let's say that the Remington I have used for all of my previous 3 gun matches has NEVER made it through a single match unscathed - between broken action bars, blown mag springs at exactly the wrong time, and my own tendency to fail to properly seat the damn thing while adrenalized- leading to failures to cycle/one time the thing got so stuck I nearly DQ'd because I couldn't safe the firearm to abandon it and move on...I'm FED UP. I treat my guns well, they're cared for and cleaned, maybe I'm cursed, or this gun is.
I've run a few rounds through borrowed shotguns of various manufacture and levels of smithing work - I've tried Benelli, FN, Mossberg, and Stoeger. None of them were terrible, none were AMAZING OMG MUST HAVE IT.
What shotgun do you like for 3-gun, and how much after-purchase smithing/tweaking am I going to have to have done to make it run smooth, given that I usually put at least one or two rounds through it before I remember to slow the eff down and lean into it? Assume that while I will pay for a good gun, I'm not independently wealthy.
Also, possibly relevant useful information, I can double load shells, I can't quad load.
I've run a few rounds through borrowed shotguns of various manufacture and levels of smithing work - I've tried Benelli, FN, Mossberg, and Stoeger. None of them were terrible, none were AMAZING OMG MUST HAVE IT.
What shotgun do you like for 3-gun, and how much after-purchase smithing/tweaking am I going to have to have done to make it run smooth, given that I usually put at least one or two rounds through it before I remember to slow the eff down and lean into it? Assume that while I will pay for a good gun, I'm not independently wealthy.
Also, possibly relevant useful information, I can double load shells, I can't quad load.