Youngest son and I started shooting sporting clays at a local range and have found it to be fun and entertaining. We shot occasionally a few years ago with one of my fellow employees who shot a lot of upland game, but just started again at the local range.
Because youngest son is still in college and draining my bank account for tuition (which is OK with me) our funds for a beginning shotgun for sporting clays is very limited, maybe $500-$600. We want to buy a new gun, too, rather than a used gun.
After four hours of instruction from a CPSA/NCSA certified shooting coach, we spoke with him about this and he recommended that we look closely at Stoeger and TriStar if we wanted a new OU in this price range.
We have been shooting with a Beretta 390 and 3901 at the range, and while we like the semi autos, we prefer a gun that breaks and especially an OU.
After looking at a number of different shotgun forums in this regard it seems that people are very polarized over the Stoegers, they either love them or have had nothing but problems. The Supreme and the Competition 12GA OU Stoegers are within our price range.
I would be interested in hearing from Stoeger owners out there as to their opinions of their shotguns and if they would recommend them.
I would add that we do not expect this to be the last shotgun we will buy, and that as our skill level progresses we expect to buy better and more expensive guns - AFTER the boy is out of school and I'm solvent again!
Thanks in advance,
Dan
Because youngest son is still in college and draining my bank account for tuition (which is OK with me) our funds for a beginning shotgun for sporting clays is very limited, maybe $500-$600. We want to buy a new gun, too, rather than a used gun.
After four hours of instruction from a CPSA/NCSA certified shooting coach, we spoke with him about this and he recommended that we look closely at Stoeger and TriStar if we wanted a new OU in this price range.
We have been shooting with a Beretta 390 and 3901 at the range, and while we like the semi autos, we prefer a gun that breaks and especially an OU.
After looking at a number of different shotgun forums in this regard it seems that people are very polarized over the Stoegers, they either love them or have had nothing but problems. The Supreme and the Competition 12GA OU Stoegers are within our price range.
I would be interested in hearing from Stoeger owners out there as to their opinions of their shotguns and if they would recommend them.
I would add that we do not expect this to be the last shotgun we will buy, and that as our skill level progresses we expect to buy better and more expensive guns - AFTER the boy is out of school and I'm solvent again!
Thanks in advance,
Dan