alucard0822
For great Justice
After shooting sporting clays and trap for about 4 years, I finally convinced the wife to give it a try on Saturday, she has tagged along as a spectator a few times, but never really had much of an interest in shooting till now. She has a 20ga Rem 870 youth, and shot well enough, the puller was throwing single targets for her, and as soon as she busted her first clay she just wanted to keep shooting, and it seems she found a type of shooting she really enjoys. A nice fellow we were squaded with let her try his 20ga Citori O/U and she shot doubles a couple times, and started hitting more and more, out of the last 3 stands, she hit at least 1 from each. The range closed after we were done, so we only shot one round. She had a blast, has not stopped talking about it since, and can't wait to do it again. After we we left the range, Amy wanted to go look at a reasonably priced O/U for herself
We went to most every shop within a 100 mile radius, Cabela's, Bass Pro, Gander Mountain, and a few little mom and pop shops. We ended up at Dick's sporting goods, and picked up a beautiful Franchi diamond 20ga/26" O/U on clearance, good fit and finish, nice trigger pull, clean engraving, nice wood, and all the features she wanted, barrel selector, ejectors, and a short LOP, one hell of a gun for $750, I bought a few more chokes for her, and a few boxes of shells. We patterned it, threw a box of shells through it, and it shoots right to POA, easy for her to handle, and the nice oversized recoil pad makes it comfortable for her to shoot. Neither of us can wait till next saturday to try it out on the clays course.
We went to most every shop within a 100 mile radius, Cabela's, Bass Pro, Gander Mountain, and a few little mom and pop shops. We ended up at Dick's sporting goods, and picked up a beautiful Franchi diamond 20ga/26" O/U on clearance, good fit and finish, nice trigger pull, clean engraving, nice wood, and all the features she wanted, barrel selector, ejectors, and a short LOP, one hell of a gun for $750, I bought a few more chokes for her, and a few boxes of shells. We patterned it, threw a box of shells through it, and it shoots right to POA, easy for her to handle, and the nice oversized recoil pad makes it comfortable for her to shoot. Neither of us can wait till next saturday to try it out on the clays course.
