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best advice i ever received was from an older shooter by the name of Vic Reinders. first day I went out to the club, he said "buy yourself an 870 tb, use all the money you would have spent on trading guns, buying guns, etc, and use that money to shoot". did i listen, hell no! 39 years later, over numerous guns later, i am back to shooting a rem 870tb. if you broke a 25, you know how to shoot the gun. you say you have acquired a trap stock, try it. best advice i could give you, NEVER, NEVER, trade your old gun, sell your old gun, before you give the new gun an honest try. another friend of mine once said, give your old gun to a friend, with instructions to not give it back to you for 3 months, no matter how much you beg, inorder to give the new gun a try. numerous shooters have made the mistake of trading guns they shot a 100 staright with, never being able to get it back, and never being able to shoot another 100 straight again. if you want to try a break open, keep your old gun, and by the bt99 that dickgtax is offering, great gun, good deal. should you decide not to take any of my advice, thats ok, but in 39 years, you will understand that what i was telling you made sense. good luck to you. by the way, when you try a different gun before you purchase it, you will shoot it like a champ. once you paY, SOMETHING HAPPENS, IT MAY TAKE A FEW ROUNDS, A FEW WEEKS, OR MONTHS, THAN THE MAGIC IS GONE. happens to all of us, strange but true.
steve balistreri