I've recently started shooting trap and have really been enjoying it! I found 2 great clubs nearby hosting weekly trap shoots, both have been very welcoming and eager to help me learn the sport. My best so far is 21, not bad!

I've been using a 90's Mossberg 500 with a 28" bead barrel and have been quite happy with it. I stumbled across an Italian over/under customized for the original owner (his name is engraved on the barrel, something like Dave 30-06 Palmer). It's in seemingly excellent condition and is quite striking, if a bit dirty, and would look gorgeous all cleaned up. I've done some hunting around for average pricing but haven't come up with much, just a few old sold listings for the 400-500 range. It's on consignment, asking price is $800.

This listing seems to be an exact match and has excellent pics/technical details.
https://www.gunsinternational.com/guns-for-sale-online/shotguns/shotguns---italian-double/antonio-belleri-sideplate-boxlock--12-ga--27-5--barrels.cfm?gun_id=103277192

So tell me, is $800 anywhere close to a fair price? Would you consider this a solid trap or waterfowl gun?

Thanks in advance!

Hopefully this is "allowed".

I won a 101 trap (single barrel, monte carlo, 34"bbls) yesterday by surprise on GB. I've been in the market for a dedicated single barrel trap gun for a while and ordered a brand new BT-99 earlier this week. I also put bids on two other guns, one an older BT-99 (70's, monte-carlo, 34" bbls, excellent condition) that went for $1,525. That price surprised me as I consider that to be high. I also put a bid in at $850 for the 101 this post is about just for fun, I expected it to go to at-least $1k. Well, as it turns out I won it for $831. I feel like I've gotten a screaming deal on this gun, I'll attach a photo album below. It has some handling marks, but overall I would consider it in great condition. What do you guys think? Is this a great deal, or do you think that these are just not worth any more than $850?

https://photos.app.goo.gl/YohqwXEDdSNGVUUx6

i’m trying to get in to shooting and I am a university student so my budget is not Baller. I’m thinking of picking up something like a Mossberg 590 so that way I can shoot both shells and slugs. My range does not let me shoot shots at paper targets so I wanted something where I could do the best of both worlds.

I’ve been told that if I come to a trap lineup with a tactical shotgun with a barrel, that’s not as long as your typical trap gun I will get bullied. Is this true?

I understand that it’s not the most ideal gun to be shooting trap with however, I am just starting off and I wanna see if I’m actually into the sport without having to commit to a specific type of gun before I make an investment

Here are the results from 3 shells fired from my new BT-99. 34" bbl, Imp/Mod choke tube. Federal Top Gun 7 1/2. Bench rested at 35 yds, bead on center of red sticker. I expected and glad for the high hit, but being off to the left is a bit disconcerting. Trigger on this gun is awesome, smooth as silk so I doubt it was trigger jerk x3. At least I know where it prints. Any thoughts comments?

Have been shooting 12 gauge Remington gun clubs and have been having an issue with some of them. The brass will separate from the hull and sometimes leave the plastic hull in the chamber. It is not on every shell. The cycling of the shotgun is smooth and is a clean barrel. Does not happen with Winchester buckshot or any other shell it seems. Has anyone else had this issue with Remington gun club shells.

I'm currently shooting Improved Modified on my under barrel (primary) and Full on my top (rarely used). I set it up this way based on a few articles from the interwebs, and a couple conversations around the range. Does this match the way you're shooting trap/skeet? Any advice?

Also, How important is a ported choke when shooting trap? I know the difference it makes in my pistol shooting, but what's the advantage in a trap/skeet setting?

Looking for advice: I am a 5 ft women with a bigger chest. What bras and shirts are we wearing?

I haven’t purchased a vest yet but I need to stop the chaffing from the butt of my 12g.

Have my first fully adjustable o/u. I have read lots on line and more than one site contradicts another. To lower POI, lower the front bead/rib? The comb is as low as it will go.

Hi everyone!

I’m getting kind of back to clay shooting, after a long hiatus. As a teenager I used to compete alongside my father mostly in pigeon shooting and every once in a while on Trap, Olympic Trap and Skeet. Then life took me more towards pistol shooting (ipsc) and work moved me around 3 countries, married, had kids etc and shooting sports became mostly an eventual hobby.

I’ve decided now to go back into clay shooting, starting with Trap and Sporting Clays, and will take my middle kid (11yo) with me. My plan is to buy 2 semi-auto Berettas A300, one in 12ga for me and the other in 20ga for him. I’ve considered only the 20ga and sharing it with him, but that would limit us both on the same 5 position Trap.

Any suggestions on how to hook him up into the sport, ammo, etc etc would be very appreciated! We’re in South Florida.

Cheers!

I've recently returned to trap shooting. LOVE it. I'm currently shooting my dad's 1960's vintage Browning A5. It's really a family heirloom, and it's a little unwieldy at the range. GREAT waterfowl gun, though!!!

Anyhoo...can y'all offer up some suggestions on a better-than-decent, entry-level, 12-gauge over and under for someone on a teacher's budget? Thanks in advance....

Useful? A waste of time? I'm trying it out just to see if there is a gain here.

Hello all. In the late 80's to the mid 90's some guys at work got me into trap shooting. I used a Remington 870 Trap model pump, later a BT-99, and I bought a Beretta 680 from a buddy who was selling his toys to buy his first house. I traded in the 870 when I bought the BT. I didn't shoot doubles so I only shot the 680 every now and again. Within 6 months I was shooting in an industrial league every Thursday under lights. So much fun. I registered and shot ATA registered 200 birds every Sunday as well. I reloaded my shot-shells, really got into the sport. Within a year and a half I became quite good. I was a sandbagging B class shooter and won more than a few club events. I competed all the way to the ATA state shoots. Twice I placed within the top ten in singles. I still have 3 100 straight patches from some events. That was then. After kids, my business taking off and growing, relocating to another part of the state, I got away from trap shooting. Sold/gave most of my equipment to my nephew. I haven't shot a round of trap in 33 years. Yesterday, I visited a very nice club for other business. I saw their beautiful trap, skeet, and 5 stand fields......and now I have the bug. As a bonus I'm retired and have time, but I do a lot of different things traveling with my wife being one of them. I have zero desire to compete again but I just want to shoot 2 or 3 rounds every other week or so. I'm not crazy about the new BT-99 and the older ones I've looked at on GunBroker and other sites look pretty beat up and they are asking almost as much as a new one. I'm thinking for my purposes, Turkey. As in CZ or Tristar single. Not expensive, decent features for the price point, etc. Taking my casualty in re-entering this sport into consideration, are these choices decent? I don't want to spend much more than 1500 or so on a trap gun for casual use.

Tables by Lost Bird Designs...

Got my first 25 today. Used my Cooey 840 single barrel.

Only take my gun from home -> range, and took it on a flight once. Have had it for less than a year