Double barrel O/U shotgun for skeet without breaking the bank?
Posted by generalraptor2002@reddit | Firearms | View on Reddit | 12 comments
I live in Utah where I can legally drive less than an hour outside the city and set up a clay pigeon thrower on public land.
I’m looking to get a decent over/under double barrel shotgun for skeet without breaking the bank.
Any suggestions are appreciated.
Low-Landscape-4609@reddit
Stoeger.
Having said that man, I'll be honest with you. I've been shooting skeet since I was in high school and I don't necessarily prefer an over and under. Why not get an automatic or a good pump? Once you've shot clay enough, you can get just as good with either.
ErosRaptor@reddit
I got a cheap Turkish o/u (when I was living on the UT/ID/NV border) and I loved being able to just stop anywhere along my commute home to go shooting.
PutridDropBear@reddit
How big/small is the piggy bank?
generalraptor2002@reddit (OP)
For now let’s say $2000
ad895@reddit
I shoot skeet and trap with a citori cxt, they go for like 2500. I'd say for 2k and under id probably just run a semi auto though.
bowtie_k@reddit
You can find used Belgian made Browning Superposeds on gunbroker all day long for $1000-1500. That is an extremely hard gun to best and was THE trap/skeet choice for decades.
I paid about $800 out the door for mine a year and a half ago
SnoozingBasset@reddit
For $2000, you should be able to shop around and find a Beretta or Browning O/U. Used definitely.
On the other hand, if you’re going to use it like you suggest, you probably aren’t going to shoot a lot of birds, so anything might work. CZ maybe? They have a good reputation.
And why even buy an O/U for what you described? Most small throwers that I’ve seen don’t throw doubles really well, so any advantage of a second shot is moot. The people who buy B guys either don’t ask budget questions or they shoot a lot. (My son changes his firing pins every 100,000 rounds. )
Resident_Skroob@reddit
You gave my exact response, down to "if you're using a thrower, you don't need an O/U."
CZ (Huglu) and Stoeger are the best bets (both Turkish) if OP insists on buying new, but they both have QC issues (inconsistent quality). So be prepared to do a warranty claim if something's not right. If OP had said the budget was $1k, I would have pushed those. At 2k, a used "B gun" is also exactly what I'd recommend, and you can find them right around 2k, especially out west, tacked to the notice board of your local skeet range. Near me (east coast with a bunch of rich people), the used B's go for the low 2s.
SakanaToDoubutsu@reddit
With a $2,000 budget the Beretta 686 or Browning Citori is the default recommendation, through personally I'd shop around a bit on the used market and see if you can find a Browning CX or CXS or a Beretta 686 Sporting.
Quadrenaro@reddit
Whoa nelly!! Less than an hour? Lol jk. I am surrounded by public lands, so I just drive a mile to a good spot.
hitemlow@reddit
With a $2,000 budget, you can get a Browning Citori with the synthetic furniture brand new. A durable action that the clay busters will say can go ~50,000 shells before needing gunsmith service, just without the overpriced wood furniture that commands the higher prices of the other trim levels.
When I bought mine, it was only a couple hundred dollars more than buying a 50 year old Citori off GunJoker, but I have far more replacement parts available than those vintage models.
goodfellabrasco@reddit
Stoeger makes some pretty decent, not terribly expensive ones!