With the help of a GREAT instructor at the skeet range yesterday, I FINALLY got my wife to get a scatter gun in her hands. While my wife loves pistol shooting (and is quite good) She had this you-tube induced fear that anything you put to your shoulder other than a .22 is going to break your collar bone.
She also has finally showed a serious spark of interest in hunting, an wants to accompany me on this springs turkey hunt I told her we need to get a shotgun in your hands and get comfortable with shooting it. The local range has a couple beretta 20 and 12ga auto loners. So we headed over there.
After watching me shoot my first round of 5 stand ever (and I did pretty good with a little coaching, dusted 19) the instructor got her talked into blasting a couple shells from his personal 12ga 1100.....she squeezed the trigger...her jaw dropped....she loved it. on the 3rd shot she busted a clay to dust....big grin out of her on that one.
I want to find her something decent, clean used, that is good handling and a soft shooter. Also something that is as much at home in the woods, as it is on the trap range.
The guns I'm looking at/for are the following:
Remington 1100
Browning B80 (found a gently used one locally for $350)
Beretta
Lower end Beneli
Thoughts? Perspective? Suggestions?
I've never owned a browning, but I only hear good things about the B80.
She also has finally showed a serious spark of interest in hunting, an wants to accompany me on this springs turkey hunt I told her we need to get a shotgun in your hands and get comfortable with shooting it. The local range has a couple beretta 20 and 12ga auto loners. So we headed over there.
After watching me shoot my first round of 5 stand ever (and I did pretty good with a little coaching, dusted 19) the instructor got her talked into blasting a couple shells from his personal 12ga 1100.....she squeezed the trigger...her jaw dropped....she loved it. on the 3rd shot she busted a clay to dust....big grin out of her on that one.
I want to find her something decent, clean used, that is good handling and a soft shooter. Also something that is as much at home in the woods, as it is on the trap range.
The guns I'm looking at/for are the following:
Remington 1100
Browning B80 (found a gently used one locally for $350)
Beretta
Lower end Beneli
Thoughts? Perspective? Suggestions?
I've never owned a browning, but I only hear good things about the B80.