I totally butchered a post on shotgun world forum so it was suggesed that I repost my question on this site with my new knowledge. so here it is...
My son is almost 14. He is a junior league shooter for Georgia's 4H Modified Trap shooting program. (25 singles per round) Last year was his first year in it & we bought him a Remington 20 gauge 1187 youth model gun as he is small framed. He was the top junior shooter on our team last year but we have a small county. He shot a perfect 25 once last year. This year he is consitantly shooting in the 20's with mostly 23's and some 25's. Even though he is one of the best shooters on our team, we know most people who place at state will shoot a 25 and then shoot tie breaking doubles, which our county has not practiced much until the last few weeks. Qualifying is this weekend and state is May 12. We are not planning on making any changes this year but we want to prepare for next year when he begins the senior league. He has grown quite a bit taller and filled out some from last year but he is still thin. One option was to out on another stock but should we get him a 12 gauge instead. My husband & I have discussed what gun would be best for him. My husband initially thought more money means a better gun and has suggested Browning, Beretti or Benelli. After reading some of the post on the shotgum forum, we realize that may not necessarily be true. He also says we need to get him an o/u. He also has seen some students shooting doubles with different chokes and thinks that's a good idea. I would love to hear from other shooters who shoot for 4H. And I would love ot hear from anyone who does trap shooting about what they recommend for a light gun and what chokes are better. Also, he and my husband were invited to go shoot sporting clays with someone my husband works with & my son shot 62, which I didn't think sounded so good but I heard it was good for a 13 yr old who had never been before & was used to shooting in a totally different set up. Besides the man who took him shot 58. He really enjoyed that and I am sure he will be going again so we'd like to keep that in mind when purchasing a gun.
My son is almost 14. He is a junior league shooter for Georgia's 4H Modified Trap shooting program. (25 singles per round) Last year was his first year in it & we bought him a Remington 20 gauge 1187 youth model gun as he is small framed. He was the top junior shooter on our team last year but we have a small county. He shot a perfect 25 once last year. This year he is consitantly shooting in the 20's with mostly 23's and some 25's. Even though he is one of the best shooters on our team, we know most people who place at state will shoot a 25 and then shoot tie breaking doubles, which our county has not practiced much until the last few weeks. Qualifying is this weekend and state is May 12. We are not planning on making any changes this year but we want to prepare for next year when he begins the senior league. He has grown quite a bit taller and filled out some from last year but he is still thin. One option was to out on another stock but should we get him a 12 gauge instead. My husband & I have discussed what gun would be best for him. My husband initially thought more money means a better gun and has suggested Browning, Beretti or Benelli. After reading some of the post on the shotgum forum, we realize that may not necessarily be true. He also says we need to get him an o/u. He also has seen some students shooting doubles with different chokes and thinks that's a good idea. I would love to hear from other shooters who shoot for 4H. And I would love ot hear from anyone who does trap shooting about what they recommend for a light gun and what chokes are better. Also, he and my husband were invited to go shoot sporting clays with someone my husband works with & my son shot 62, which I didn't think sounded so good but I heard it was good for a 13 yr old who had never been before & was used to shooting in a totally different set up. Besides the man who took him shot 58. He really enjoyed that and I am sure he will be going again so we'd like to keep that in mind when purchasing a gun.