What is the BT-99 of skeet guns?

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I'm getting more interested in skeet these days. I'd like to take it up more seriously starting in a few months.

Almost all of my competition shotgun equipment knowledge pertains to trap. Is there such a thing as a "BT-99 of skeet guns" or "1100 Classic Trap of skeet guns?" Those two guns are what I recommend to a new trap shooter looking to get a trap-specific gun that won't break the bank. They have the right angles and attributes for shooting trap but none of the extra fancy stuff. If your scores aren't good with either of those guns, assuming they fit you, then you can't blame the equipment. What's the skeet equivalent gun?
 
Verrrrry interesting

I never considered the 1100. Obviously the Classic Trap model would not be ideal, as it has (effectively) a 34" barrel and very heads-up geometry that gets your pattern quite high. I guess they have a similar "Competition" model that must be the skeet equivalent.
 
You can buy a 26", 28" or 30" Rem-Choke barrel for your 1100 and screw a Skeet #1 or Skeet #2 choke tube in it.

The downside is, the straight trap stock which is probably going to shoot high on skeet targets.

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Shmackey - I have 2 Remington 1100, 12 gauge, "SA" skeet guns. These are dedicated skeet guns with 26" vent. rib bbls with a fixed skeet choke. Some folks will swear that a Beretta 301 and similar models are of newer design and therefore better. I don't think that you can go wrong with either, except that I find Beretta's customer service is somewhat wanting.

I am prejudiced toward the 1100 because I am intimately familiar with them having used them for over 35 years. Go to the skeet range and see what folks are using and ask their opinions; that's what people who are interested in trap sought you out for - isn't it? ;)
 
You can get one of the browning target guns for skeet - if you like the BT-99 and Brownings fit you, then that would be a natural.

This has a major advantage over the 1100 - with the 1100, you will need to buy 4 guns to shoot all 4 bore sizes in skeet, whereas with an O/U, you buy a 12 and then add the subgauge tubes for 20, 28 and 410. Using a weight on the 12 barrels to equal the weight of the tubes, you will be shooting the same stock and its dimensions and you will be shooting the same weight for all four bore sizes - this helps a lot with swing dynamics and its muscle memory
 
Treat yourself to a used Remington 1100, from any time before they parted ways with Dupont. (I got a new one in 2005 or so, and all the parts were suuuper tight, whereas 1100s that I know to have fired thousands of rounds are deliciously slick, maybe even slightly sloppy.) They're very reasonably priced, quite reliable, and everything feels like a powderpuff with that long-stroke gas action. The only dislike I have is that the bolt-release button is positioned inside the lifter/loading gate on the bottom of the receiver, so you have to depress that button while stuffing a round into the tube.
 
winchester SX1

If you can find a Winchester SX1 skeet gun at a reasonable price that would be my choice. Beautiful guns and the patterns thrown with the winchester skeet barrel are near perfect. Not a hole that a claybird could fly through at 25 yards. Nothing wrong with the 1100 but winchester really knew how to choke the SX1 guns and everything is machined and not stamped out.

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