Lady's Trap Gun...Part II
This is a continuation from the thread below.
http://forums.gunbroker.com/topic.asp?TOPIC_ID=509338
fl23in,
Sorry I didn't get a chance to post about it on the first one. However, all is not lost. I hope you are seeing the big picture about staying with the 12 gauge for a beginner in TRAP. Trap is diffrent than skeet, as the bird is going away from you, not across in front of you. If she is dropping birds because of low pellet count, she is not going to want to play any more...same for recoil.
There have been a lot of real good suggestions made, especially about the Remington 1100 in 12 guage. I will add a little something to this...It does not have to be a gas operated semi auto to habe reduced recoil. I have a Winchester Select Energy Trap gun, that is back bored and ported, and it is one of the lightest recoiling, most user friendly shotguns I own. I shot one similar that was not ported or backbored, and had problems shooting the second round. By the way, that Select Energy was made in the same Belgian plant as the Browning's.
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http://forums.gunbroker.com/topic.asp?TOPIC_ID=509338
fl23in,
Sorry I didn't get a chance to post about it on the first one. However, all is not lost. I hope you are seeing the big picture about staying with the 12 gauge for a beginner in TRAP. Trap is diffrent than skeet, as the bird is going away from you, not across in front of you. If she is dropping birds because of low pellet count, she is not going to want to play any more...same for recoil.
There have been a lot of real good suggestions made, especially about the Remington 1100 in 12 guage. I will add a little something to this...It does not have to be a gas operated semi auto to habe reduced recoil. I have a Winchester Select Energy Trap gun, that is back bored and ported, and it is one of the lightest recoiling, most user friendly shotguns I own. I shot one similar that was not ported or backbored, and had problems shooting the second round. By the way, that Select Energy was made in the same Belgian plant as the Browning's.
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Look into a Berretta 3901 12 ga its designed around a youth and female frame, and can be easily fitted with extra or less shims for lop and cast. There is a lot of misinformation surrounding 20 vs 12 guage for the smaller shooter and it truely is a physics question. A lighter gun (20ga) using the same 1 oz load is going to have more recoil, the trick is to get a gun that fits in 12 ga and shoot lighter loads. Get a gun that has been fitted to her and she will enjoy the day at the range a lot more. As she enjoys the sport more you will both learn that shotgun FIT is the "first piece of the puzzle" 0
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