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slave2
Daughter is of age to start hunting with me. Ive been looking into youth model 20ga. for some upland game hunting. Auto is a must. short and light. Ive looked at Rem 1100, Win. and Charles Daly. Anyone have any experience with these or offer other possibilities? Thanks
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  • bperdue21
    I had an 870 youth model. the first thing to do is to get a new choke. the remchoke isn't all that good for tight groups. it was definitely reliable. definitely cheaper than an auto. i don't know why it wouldn't make an upland game hunting shotgun.

    I'm not an expert, but i did stay in a Holiday Inn Express last night.
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  • allechalley
    The 870 is ol' reliable. I guess for upland game, might want to get a more open choke. The Hastings brand always worked fine for about $15 to $18. The Charles Daly I haven't personal experience, but a friend has his, likes it and he's fussy. One other guy had a 12 ga., shot nothing but full boat mags at geese, day after day, in crap weather or shine, finally broke a plastic part in the action., Seems he returned it to get fixed and got handed a new one on the spot. That was when they were first into'ed, so may have been corrected. They are on the light side, so you may want to use the lighter loads, as even a 20ga can pop you pretty good with hot loads. Do take her to a sporting clays or other course so she gets used to recoil, noise ect.
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  • surekill
    I would stay away from the charie daily my sister-in-law has 1 and it's the biggest piece of chit I ever seem.Only had it 2 month and it went back,, got it back last week and it's back to the factory to get fix again. It's a 20ga. So I would go with the Rem 1100 LT or the 1187 youth in 20ga. MY $0.02 worth [:D]

    GET~R~DONE!
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  • hadjii
    I bought my daughter an 11-87 in 20 guage. It wasn't a youth model so I had to cut the stock a bit, but it is an awesome gun. It doesn't kick very much, swings nice and shoots good. It also will handle the short as well as well as the 3" mags with equal ease. If an automatic is a must, then the 11-87 is the one for you.
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  • bobski
    pumps kick. stay away from the 870. go either 1100 or a get a remington 1100 28ga. 28 is a much better gun that has a record of out performing the 20.

    former air operations officer SEAL Delivery Vehicle Team 2. former navy skeet team, former navy rifle/pistol team member. co-owner skeetmaster tubes inc.. owner/operator professional shooting instruction. NRA certified instructor.
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  • bperdue21
    i say stick with the 20 ga and not worry about having to find 28 ga ammo.

    I'm not an expert, but i did stay in a Holiday Inn Express last night.
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  • bobski
    ok, but its not that rare to find and itll be easier on her shoulder. my 2 cents, her shoulder. good luck!

    former air operations officer SEAL Delivery Vehicle Team 2. former navy skeet team, former navy rifle/pistol team member. co-owner skeetmaster tubes inc.. owner/operator professional shooting instruction. NRA certified instructor.
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  • texas1985
    i started my liitle brother out at 12 on a remington 870 express 20GA. he loves it. Though he's a natural when it comes to shooting. We come from a long line of hunters and fisherman. It is a very good, light gun. Never had any experience wit the above listed 28GA though. If you don't like it, sell it and try something else. Or just keep it for your personal arsenal. That's just me. I love to shoot any type of gun, atleast just once. The Remington is a very good gun though. 3 years old. Never had one problem with it. A great buy and a great first gun.... Though my first was a 12GA

    "he who fails can atleast say he tried" Me-Russell Murray
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