Get a Browning O/U in a 32” barrel. A CX, CXS, 725. I have a 525 sporting with adjustable comb. I can shoot any discipline with it. I’ve got about $2500 in it and I’m very happy. An O/U is a very good all around choice.

 

Great recommendation

 

It sounds like affordability could be a major part of You’re decision, and why wouldn’t it be…..there’s a lot of conversation about the costs of participating in the shooting sports, let alone the cost of a shotgun to do so. Don’t be afraid to look into a good used gun from a reputable dealer, especially a higher end shop. But if your intension is to potentially do it all, a decent O/U is the way to go. My primary gun is a Beretta 682, 32” bbl trap model, I shoot all the games with it and it works just fine. Would I shoot better with a dedicated gun for each individual purpose?? Perhaps, but it gets Me in the door and I enjoy it all.
Good luck with You’re pursuit.
Shoot well
Bob

 

I have on occasion used my O/U for trap. It will swing slower than a single barrel. Slowing down can be good for me as I tend to jump on the target and pull the trigger before I get to the target. I have a BT99 and a 625 Sporting that I have shot with no difference in scores at the trap range. If you are willing to consider used/preowned shotguns like I have done, you can have a game specific shotgun for small money, comparatively. The BT99 gets most of the trap rounds and the 625 all of the Sporting rounds. I have about $3000 invested in the pair. I am the second owner of both guns and the 625 is a low round count find that remains factory stiff compared to the BT. When asked to shot the occasional round or 2 of skeet I pull out the wife's Browning Gold with 28 inch barrel (preferred) or take the 625.

 

I have a 725 trap high rib that I shoot in all disciplines and do just fine

 

Browning Citori CX 30" shoots 60/40 and shoots all events well.

 

Yep..there is so much confusion on the Browning C line CXS 50/50; CX 60/40 and CXT 70/30 out of the box. Of course, adj rib and/or adj comb can change those numbers.

 

I used to have a Browning Universal High Post and really liked it. It comes with an adjustable rib and I had an adjustable comb installed. It was a great gun for both trap and sporting.
Price nuw with the adjustable comb is $2700, I think.

 

The swing of a single barrel is faster for sure.

Alot of the ppl I know with 2 barrel combo sets never shoot trap doubles. The o/u barrel is used for sporting or skeet.

If you can afford a browning combo. Get one. If not get a high post, trap, cxt o/u. And get comfortable with it.

I have an adjustable rib gun. To move the poi. But I will shoot trap, skeet, doubles trap and sporting in the same day
Or somtimes a different one each day. I switch back and forth alot.

 

I didn't see a Browning combo on their website.

 

12 gauge

 

Why? I shoot 20 gauge for trap and SC and so far have not felt at all limited by it, so I’m genuinely interested.

 

Buy the O/U of your choice. I was naive enough to think that if I closed my eyes and swung my combo barrels separately that I wouldn't be able to tell the difference. Not true. They don't feel the same and it bothered me. Note that I did shoot it successfully for 10 years. I finally put my combo in the safe and I have been shooting a custom fitted 32 inch O/U since 2016. I have no plans to go back to my combo.

 

You can pick up a Browning CX O/U with an adjustable comb and it would cover all the bases for you.

 

Shells are usually easier to find. Recoil is usually less if you were to shoot 7/8 loads out of each gun. And for me I'm not that good, I need all the bb's I can can get to throw at the target.

 

I might add that a single barrel as in a unisingle or BT 99 is matter of choice. One is not better than the other. I have a BT and an O/U. I do quite well with either. They definitely feel different, but both will get you in the winners circle. I currently shoot with former and current state champions In trap. They all shoot different configurations depending on whether or not they shoot doubles. As I stated earlier, you would be better off shooting an O/U of your choice for everything. Watch out for the old timer with one gun.

 

I shoot handicap better with my single. I also shoot singles better at the 16 yard line with my single. Of course, I use my O/U for doubles but the single for everything else. I got a good deal on a Zoli Z-Trap combo and I am very pleased with it.

You might look at Guns Unlimited for a nice Browning Citori 725 Combo. Great trap guns from what I hear and I don't think you can beat the price anywhere.

Best of luck!

 

If you had to buy without getting to try first and just roll the dice which configuration is most likely to agree with a trap shooter with limited range time ( less than 5000 lifetime rounds) ? ------- an under single, an upper single, or a single barrel like the BT

 

You might want to look at a Fabarm AllSport O/U. I think it would work well for what you want adjustable comb monte-carlo stock and 2 quick change ribs. One rib is 60/40 POI for trap and the other is 50/50 POI for skeet and sporting clays. I got a young man who is starting out set up with one and it is working out very well.

 

CXT browning with a adjustable comb .............. great gun reasonable price .

 

You won't get many opinions on this question here. 😅

 

A browning cx 12ga with an adjustable comb and adjustable length of pull ar a adjustable recoil system barrel length is up to you. You can shoot any clay game you want! Just don't get the factory adjustable comb. I am now using a o/u for trap and shooting just as good as my single barrel gun. Another gun to look at if you like flat ribs is the joel etchen 687 all around gun it is a flat rib sporting clays gun with a monte carlo stock.

 

The factory adjustable comb is now Graco. They made that change a few years ago.

 

I only shoot trap these day and enjoy it the most. Both of my trap guns are single shot KX6 and a early BT-99. Happy with both and save a few bucks shooting trap vs doubles using a over-under.

 

As someone who crosses into all 3 disciplines, I would recommend 1 gun with 1 rib and 1 POI. When you start changing ribs and whether you float cover or blow through the bird it becomes a lot to think about for a hobby sport.

What's the old saying, fear the man with only 1 gun.

 

Having more than one POI was a real issue for me. Finally settled on having the same POI for my trap, sporting clays and field guns. Even installed slug gun stocks on my field guns so their POI's were the same as my trap and sporting clays guns.

 

I've got a Beretta 686 Onyx Pro listed on this site right now that would do everything that you're planning to do, do it well, and look really good doing it!

 

I would buy a dedicated gun for trap and one for sporting clays. If you buy used you don’t break the bank. My BT99 was $1200 and my CX was $1300. Both still have a lot of life left in them. The BT is 34” and the CX 30”.

 

I'm a simple-minded, new(ish) shooter. I own a Browning CX -60/40- for "all-around" shooting. In a given week, I might shoot Wobble Trap, Skeet and some Sporting Clays.

THEN, I bought a Browning CXS 50/50 with the idea that it would help with my Skeet outings.

Nope...With the CXS ..... 50/50....My old brain just wouldn't quickly adapt to staying on the bird. It wanted to stay just below the bird, as I did with my 60/40 CX. After a half-dozen tries, I went back to my CX 60/40 for everything.

My scores are better in all disciplines when i keep it simple and consistent at 60/40.
Might just be an.... Old Dog & New Tricks.....phenomenon.

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If I was able to “restart” lol I’d choose a good o/u that fit me. But I went down the combo path ages ago with high shooting single barrels but a much flatter poi on the o/u component. If chose the simpler path now I might not live long enough to re-learn! While I’ve been known to shoot occasional round of skeet , 5stand and sporting with the o/u ocassional round of trap singles will quickly remind that my mind/eye system wants a full pattern high

 

Browning CX 60/40. One gun is easier for me.

 

Me, too.