MetalSlugIV wrote:rltriumph wrote:MetalSlugIV wrote:rltriumph wrote:Try and find a nice used remington 1100. One that was made about 20 years ago. 20 guage is more than enough unless you are strictly hunting big midwestern pheasants but a 20 will knock them down too.
I like the Remington 1100. I used one in my skeet class. It was the instructor's student gun. I can't belive how pricey they have gotten though!
A remington 11-87 is a heavy gun and toting it around for upland isn't fun. A 1100 is much lighter but I still prefer a over/under for upland. Easy to open and unload when crossing roads and fences. But I have used a auto for doves mostly and if you only are going to have one shotgun for multiple species say pheasant, turkey and waterfowl your best bang for the buck has to be a pump shotgun.
I will also go skeet shooting on occasion. I've seen someone try to shoot a set of skeet with a pump and that didn't go too well. I love a good O/U but I was spoiled by the Citori I used. I have to have an auto shell ejector and a single trigger. I can't really afford a gun like that. For bird hunting I'd want that third shot so that is why I want a semi-auto but I'm not averse to a good O/U if the price is right and has all the features I want.
A slick handling pump gun is really no handicap for skeet. Back in the early days of skeet, the old Winchester Model 12 pump gun was one of the most popular guns for skeet shooting and did indeed win many championships. I shot a lot of skeet with my Model 12 28 gauge and my Model 42 .410. Once you get used to it, the pumping action of the second shot becomes second nature. Now though, that skeet has become so competitive, the specialized O/U rules. A light weight auto loader is fine for the uplands, but a hunter will not be seriously handicapped with a pump action provided he practice with it and gets used to the pump action.
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