I enjoy trap more than skeet although my club has booth. We also have doubles. I have over an hour to drive to shoot SC and it's more expensive. I want to buy a dedicated trap gun, but don't want a full race trap gun. I would like to be able to shoot SC and even skeet occasionally so I don't want a gun that's 100 competition level. I have been thinking about a 32 or 30 inch Browning over under. What I don't have a handle on is why do people use top single and under single barrels for singles trap and not just shoot an over under, especially if doubles is an option and you don't shoot enough ( or rich enough ) to have dedicated guns. Would I likely shoot better with a BT-99 than an over under for singles? About the only over single and two barrel set I could afford would be a used CG entry level or maybe a new Fabarms combo, but that's too much money to me for a sport specific gun. Are there world class singles shooters that just use an over under or is that some kind of handicap and why? I could see picking up a BT-99 and B gun over under and being pretty much covering all my bases if that's likely to be a big improvement
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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.
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CXT browning with a adjustable comb .............. great gun reasonable price .
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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.
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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.
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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.
What's the old saying, fear the man with only 1 gun.
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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.
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'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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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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makes things way easier when you see a trap bird on the sporting course. Also allows for all the cross training instead of having to remember where each gun shoots and how to hold your head etc.
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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
Does it have an adjustable comb? Not asking for me, but the OP may want to know.
I don’t believe it does. Less to mess with, face down and shoot!
The factory adjustable comb is now Graco. They made that change a few years ago.
The Graco adjustable comb included with my Browning CX not only can change POI, but also can be adjusted for Cast (Tilt either right or left).
While I was one of the lucky ones, in that I think my stock fits me right out of the box, having the ability to make a gun fit YOU seems important to me.
While I was one of the lucky ones, in that I think my stock fits me right out of the box, having the ability to make a gun fit YOU seems important to me.
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