Best gun for skeet? Edit more info in op

Bryan8

Bryan8

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What's better for skeet an over/under or a semi?

Any you would suggest?

~Bryan

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I'm looking for a 12 gauge. I plan on going to my range every few days during the summer and shooting 4-6 rounds each day. I've looked at citoris and I really like them but that's going to cost a ton of money. I've shoten alot of high end over unders but I don't remember the names.

So cheeper would be better

And I want a gun strictly for skeet. It will be used for nothing else

Any thoughts on the ruger red label?


Thanks!
 
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there probally aint to much difference in them for skeet. i mean of course you will have one more shell w/ the semi but the o/u might balance better depending on which one you get. me personally, i would get a semi, because you dont have to pay as much for a decnt one as you would for a decent o/u and you always can have another bird gun with the semi.
and the semi will be easier on the shoulder, but more of a pain to clean
 
you cant go wrong with either thats for sure! i mean if you just want a skeet gun get the citori, but the vince will do everything you want it to do! i handled one about a week ago and it is one sweet shotgun! it would be my next semi, it or an sx3 from winchester.

i tell you though, if you want a dang good semi just for skeet and birds, you can not go wrong with a remington 1100! i have one and it is amazing!
 
I want a gun strictly for skeet

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if you want one just for skeet then i would get a citroi or remington 1100. but the vinci or sx3 ect. will give you a great all around gun

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Get a quality O/U that fits you, one of the Browning or Beretta guns would be a great choice. Magazine capacity has nothing to do with shooting any of the clays games of skeet, sporting, five stand, or trap. You will not be allowed to load more than two shots per station and then only on stations that have a double coming. Semi's might be a tiny bit softer shooting, but you'll soon get tired of picking up all those empties off the field. A quality O/U built to take the pounding of tens of thousands of rounds with 28" - 32" barrels that fits and gives the correct sight picture and swings smoothly is the ticket for clays shooting.
 
If your serious about shooting skeet, get the O/U that fits you the best. If not, it doesn't matter, either will do for informal skeet shooting. You can spend $500 to $5000 but don't get to carried away till you try it for a while. I have a pair of Citori clays guns that have had several thousand shells fired with no problems. Many other brands will give the same service, so it becomes a preference really.
 
I have a Citori 525 field combo, with the 12 and 20ga barrels. It may not be a true" trap gun" but its a fine shooter.

Another O/U I have and really like is the CZ Redhead in 20ga. Its another really good shooting shotgun that can be had for at least half the price of a citori. I think I paid a touch over 600 for mine. I have put somewhere around 1000 rounds thru it without trouble. The wife shoots it now when we go out. Great shotgun for the money.
 
Bryan, A skeet gun will be very specific to that particular sport. When you go to make your purchase make sure to look at "skeet" guns. O/U are the most popular and I believe are your best bet. The gun will have a skeet forend and stock designed for the game. The pattern impact point will also be different thatn a standard field gun, again designed just for that particular game. Most dedicated guns are not interchangeable. Say, you wouldn't use your trap gun to shoot skeet. If you want an "all around" O/U look at "sporting guns" or gunst designed to shoot competitive sporting clays. They will generally be the most universal and have some of the features (like adjustable comb) you can change to shoot skeet and trap. Hope this helps.
 
Any open choked gun that fits you will work for skeet.
I shoot low gun skeet with Damascus barreled SxS's and shoot 22 to 24 consistantly.
 
Shot a lot of skeet over the years, and owned about every design shotgun for that sport; Model 12's, 870's, O/U's and semi auto's.
I ended up shooting my best with an 1100. Recoil is lighter than a fixed breach shotgun, allowing for better gun control.
 
I'm not sure recoil would be much of a problem. The little skeet I have shot has been with skeet loads, 1oz loads in 12ga. Not a lot of recoil to them and work well. So well in fact that I loaded up 1 1/8oz loads for hunting and they never left me wanting. In the old Browning Auto 5 the spacer's in the recoil spring had to be adjusted for the gun to cycle with skeet loads, I don't have a clue about other semi-auto's.

The choice between semi-auto and O/U is one you should really make yourself. A lot of guy's shoot both. What one guy shoot's well another may not. I got rid of a 20ga Citori a few years ago just because I seldom used it, prefer my SxS's. Doesn't make either better or worse, just I get along with one better than the other.
 
Be sure what the rules of the clubs you are planning to shoot at allow. I have actually shot at a couple of clubs that will ONLY allow you to shoot O/U's and not semis because they think they are safer.

I have a friend with the Ruger Red Label that is happy with the gun, especially for the price.

I personally shoot an older Weatherby Orion Level 2 Clays gun with 30" pigeon ported SKB barrells that works great. I picked it up off Gunbroker for $900. I would look at some of the lower end SKB's as well!
 
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Here's my 2 cents....

Autos will serve faithfully for many years with proper upkeep. I shot a Beretta 390 for several years in registered sporting clays and it served me well; however, they can only run so long and after about 20,000 shells through it, became unreliable.

Browning citoris are rock solid guns capable of years of heavy shooting with almost no maitenance. Beretta makes some more budget priced o/u's that will also serve the less serious shooter for years. In fact most people can't wear one of these guns out. They are definately a very good place to start for a fairly intense recreational shooter.

For the last 5 years, I have been shooting a Kolar. I flew up to the factory and was custom fitted for the stock. Now this is a huge investment in a shotgun, but I travel and shoot registered sporting clays extensively and I chose this gun for its reliability to take literally a million shells through it and the great service of the company. AND ITS 100% MADE IN THE USA!!!!! I'm a serious master class shooter and so this is a good investment in my sport, but not the place for a recreational shooter to start unless you are doing a lot better in the current economy than most of us.

Shoot often and enjoy breaking clay targets and who knows, you might get addicted to the smell of gun powder and flying orange saucers!
 
I shoot Trap, Skeet, Clays, 5stand, and hunt all with the same gun. It is a Benelli M1S90 with a walnut stock. It's good enough to run with the big boys on the skeet field and very durable, You cant stop this shotgun from running.
 
Beretta 391 semi.. You say recoil is not a problem. But that is when you are hunting. I shoot sporting clays, and we may shoot 2-400 rounds a day. Recoil can become a problem. Flinches can develop. 1 oz loads, with 200 a day, are very cumalative.

Get a good semi, 391 or 1100, and it will help you greatly.
 
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