Are OU's chiefly for trap/skeet?

Sperry

March 16, 2007 03:18

I'm still poking around for a shotgun to have a try at the local range's clay bird setup.

While a bum shoulder is detering me from another 12-gauge pump, I'm still willing to give it a shot, trying out a 20 gauge. The OU is recommended.

Any/all comments ...

Thanks

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  spanielsells

  March 16, 2007 04:28

  No. I have quite a few friends that hunt ducks, geese, dove, pheasant and grouse with an OU.

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  Warbirds

  March 16, 2007 04:34

  I don't know where you are but I tend to travel with no less than three or four shotguns, almost regularly. I'm moving to the Ft. Worth Dallas area soon, if you're in that neck of the woods, let me know and I can let you test drive quite a wide variety of shotguns. And to answer your question, alot of hunting is done with O/U's.

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  elkoholic

  March 16, 2007 05:36

  I have a Ruger Red Label that I use for dove, pheasant, and chucker. It is a little too nice to take duck hunting.

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  11BravoCrunchie

  March 16, 2007 05:38

  Remington 870 20 ga.

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  Permanently deleted user

  March 16, 2007 06:35

  Remington 1100 Semi auto 12 Guage for Trap and skeet. My 20 Guage over and under recoils worse than the 1100 . It has been my experience that FIELD grade guns recoil more than guns made for
  Trap and Skeet.

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  Sperry

  March 16, 2007 08:13

  Thanks, all.
  
  I had an 1100 20 gauge a few years ago, but when I moved east, I "didn't think I'd need it", as in, have a place to shoot it. Major bummer, as it cost me $135, and I'm finding out what they are costing these days. Still, one day at the range, I might get lucky.
  
  Thanks, Dave. I'm not gonna make it too soon, but might be passing through in September.

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  Alpine

  March 16, 2007 08:20

  If recoil is a factor, consider a 28 ga. The difference between 12 and 20 ga is not that much. However the difference between 12 and 28 ga. is substantial and you can shoot it all day.
  
  The ammo is expensive to start, but since I reload they cost less than $3.00 a box.

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  dlrjj

  March 16, 2007 08:23

  I bought my youngest son a Red Label in both 20 ga. and 12 ga. models and he loves them for dove hunting, and took his first deer with the 20 ga.[:)]

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  bluez06

  March 16, 2007 12:40

  If recoil is an issue and you want to try skeet, get a Remington 1100 in 20 gauge.
  
  I highly recommend a semi-auto over a pump or O/U because the nature of the action absorbs some of the recoil.
  If need be, you can add a recoil pad and mercury recoil reducer.
  
  The difference in recoil between 12 and 20 gauge is big enough to make the 20 gauge a lot more comfortable to shoot, but the difference in the number of pellets between 12 and 20 isn't nearly as great as the difference between 20 and 28 gauge. 12 and 20 gauge ammo can be found fairly cheap. 28 gauge is expensive. .410 (and really 28 gauge too) has so few pellets that a beginner is going to have a real hard time hitting anything.

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  REX6666

  March 16, 2007 12:53

  i have to pass this on, i was in the new CABELA store here in FT. Worth yesterday and over heard this young man explaining to his very attractive BLONDE girlfriend about how to pick out a shot gun
  the o/u are for short range shooting, the s/s are for mid range
  the pumps are for long range. she thought that made sense, and he got a new feather in his cap, and i had to run two isles over to fall down laughing.

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