rabid wombat
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@savage116 Your attitude is right! You are in PA. If near Lehigh Valley, try Lehigh Valley Sporting Clays. You may be able to rent or borrow - talk real nice to everyone around you! If you are a member of a club, beg, borrow, etc. You are better served buying better - for the resale - than something cheap. If you have a good gunsmith near by, he my be able to guide you on fitting (fitting is more art than science...check throughly! - my guy’s link below). Find what works for you before buying.
You can get a better gun used, than buying new...know your seller (the two Brownings I bought came used from Feland’s).
Unless you are competitive, you are shooting for the enjoyment of being with the people around you.
For me (with your budget), I would buy a used Browning O/U (figure a $1000), an O/U looks “better” on the course, use the rest for fitting and ammo. If @George P comments, listen to him before me.
I started with a Mossberg 500, my duck gun. I surprised a couple of people underestimating the 500....I still hate “rabbit” shots...
https://www.lvsclays.com/
http://www.felandgunsmith.com/
You can get a better gun used, than buying new...know your seller (the two Brownings I bought came used from Feland’s).
If you have the means, then by all means....get a good one. You can almost always get your money back out of a good one, especially if you choose a nice used one to start with.
Unless you are competitive, you are shooting for the enjoyment of being with the people around you.
For me (with your budget), I would buy a used Browning O/U (figure a $1000), an O/U looks “better” on the course, use the rest for fitting and ammo. If @George P comments, listen to him before me.
I started with a Mossberg 500, my duck gun. I surprised a couple of people underestimating the 500....I still hate “rabbit” shots...
https://www.lvsclays.com/
http://www.felandgunsmith.com/