Stoeger O/U instead of supernova pump?

[Axel Larson]

Recently I have really started liking break action shotguns more than pump or semi. I have also gotten into trap shooting and love it. Now the two Stoeger shotguns I am looking at are the Condor outback and the Condor youth model. Now I would like opinions on whether Stoegers hold up or what problems exist there. Also I like the outback because it has rifle style sights but it has a 20 inch barrel, the youth model has a 22 inch barrel and a traditional shotgun sight. They are both around 400, so what I would like to do is trade in my Benelli or sell it to get the new gun.
Also would it be possible to use either of this guns for trap, I am currently using a single barrel 20 gauge that has a 25 inch barrel.

 

[DAP90]

Of the two shotguns you listed one is a youth and one is not; so one may fit you but it’s unlikely they both will.

If you shoot the SuperNova well I wouldn’t trade it for a Stoeger under any circumstances. If you don’t shoot it well then that’s a pretty good argument for trading it off, but I’d put at least a couple thousand shells through the Benelli before I decided it wasn’t for me.

I don’t have any personal experience with the Stoegers. They don’t come particularly highly recommended but mostly what I hear about them is they won’t hold up as long as the better guns. Depending on how much you intend to shoot that may not matter to you.

Personally, I’d rather spend my money on a good pump or semi than a cheap O/U. I don’t have the budget for a good O/U so I don’t even bother looking at them.

 

[Axel Larson]

I like the benelli for shooting slugs but I really like break actions because they are shorter for the barrel length you get and I love O/U because they have better sight line up than double barrels do but I suppose I would take a Double barrel also I am just not liking the pump actions as much and My supernova only has a 18 inch barrel so I can not use it for trap. I also have no problem using a trap gun for HD.

 

[oneounceload]

Personally, I’d rather spend my money on a good pump or semi than a cheap O/U

+1

A cheap O/U will cost you more in the long run. Try as many guns as you can at your local shotgun clays club to see what you like. Better to save up a little longer and get a good quality gun then buy something that won't last or hold its value and then try to upgrade again and again

Buy once, cry once