My gf recently has sent off for her firearms licence, over the last 4 months or so she has expressed to me several times that she wants to go skeet shooting and that we should try it out.
For christmas I was thinking of getting her a decent pump shotgun for skeet, but I know nothing of the sport. I have my own shotgun but its an 18" synthetic and I don't know how well it will do for skeet, for now its better than nothing.
The more important question is her, at first I was thinking of getting her the same thing that I have, a maverick 88 but I think it would be better to ask some skeet experts before I do anything.
I was looking at the legendary 870, and its in my price range, I really don't want to exceed 400$ at all for her, lol, no offence to her but I'm not a rich man.
http://www.remington.com/products/firearms/shotguns/model_870/model_870_express_specs.asp
The barrel is 26" and I think this is really the question I want to ask. How does barrel length effect skeet shooting? would longer be better? Do you want a choke? What are the average skeet shooting distances?
Let me know, I appreciate your input.
For christmas I was thinking of getting her a decent pump shotgun for skeet, but I know nothing of the sport. I have my own shotgun but its an 18" synthetic and I don't know how well it will do for skeet, for now its better than nothing.
The more important question is her, at first I was thinking of getting her the same thing that I have, a maverick 88 but I think it would be better to ask some skeet experts before I do anything.
I was looking at the legendary 870, and its in my price range, I really don't want to exceed 400$ at all for her, lol, no offence to her but I'm not a rich man.
http://www.remington.com/products/firearms/shotguns/model_870/model_870_express_specs.asp
The barrel is 26" and I think this is really the question I want to ask. How does barrel length effect skeet shooting? would longer be better? Do you want a choke? What are the average skeet shooting distances?
Let me know, I appreciate your input.