Trekker
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I am considering getting a double-barrel 20gauge, both for my own enjoyment as well as to have for when my younger sisters come visiting. There is no great hurry, so I am requesting advice for what make/model I should consider in my shopping, best place for shopping, and prices to expect.
The primary use is skeet and trap, with the possibility of hunting. I am quite pleased with the older fixed choke (full/improved modified) browning citori I currently have, and want equal or better handling/quality. It helps that my younger sisters rather liked my 12gauge, but found the weight and recoil to be a bit more than they liked the further we progressed through a session of trap. Thus, the consideration of a 20gauge to make things easier on my sisters.
I got my 12gauge used, and thereby with the fixed chokes, because I was just getting into skeet. I want the 20gauge to have changeable chokes so that it can be configured for skeet, trap, or hunting. Preference is for a wood stock rather than synthetic, mainly for aesthetics, but also since any hunting would be in woods/fields and not in marsh or on the water.
The primary use is skeet and trap, with the possibility of hunting. I am quite pleased with the older fixed choke (full/improved modified) browning citori I currently have, and want equal or better handling/quality. It helps that my younger sisters rather liked my 12gauge, but found the weight and recoil to be a bit more than they liked the further we progressed through a session of trap. Thus, the consideration of a 20gauge to make things easier on my sisters.
I got my 12gauge used, and thereby with the fixed chokes, because I was just getting into skeet. I want the 20gauge to have changeable chokes so that it can be configured for skeet, trap, or hunting. Preference is for a wood stock rather than synthetic, mainly for aesthetics, but also since any hunting would be in woods/fields and not in marsh or on the water.