Beginning Skeet

With your price range, any of the name brands will do the job, be it Ruger, Beretta, Browning, Franchi, or Fabarms. They all offer skeet set-ups. There are several in the lower end that are not bad as well.You just need to decide what features that you want and then try several to see what fits you the best.If possible head to the range and ask some of the folks there to shoot some of their guns, easy way to get an idea if you like the feel of a spliter fore end or a beaver tail. There is a fine line between a hobby and insanity.

Since you've been doing skeet for a few years, what type of gun have you been using? You prefer autoloader or O/U? I definitely agree with Rick, ask around the skeet fields, most skeet people I know would be more than happy to show off their gun gear, some will even let you try them out.