I'm thinking a 500-sized receiver in .20 Ga. with an 18.5" barrel and 12" LOP.
That's an awful small gun. Don't see many grown men shooting clays with a 12" LOP
I'm thinking a 500-sized receiver in .20 Ga. with an 18.5" barrel and 12" LOP.
For clays, a 12ga shooting Winchester 26gram AA target loads (or 7/8oz equivalent) is less recoil than a 20ga. Once you have any time on a clays course shooting with a typical 8.5-lb to 9-lb O/U, any 12ga Mossberg 500 feels light as a feather. 20ga will seem like a toy. Less weight is not your friend on a clays course. It will work against you and pound the snot out of your shoulder after 100 shells. If you get a basic Mossberg 12ga, you can buy inexpensive black polymer furniture with a 12" stock. Also keep in mind that quite a few shooting facilities will not let you shoot on a clays course with an 18.5" barrel. Typical minimum barrel length that's allowed is 22" to 23".