Took my son out to shoot some skeet this weekend and he apparently loved it enough to want more. So now the budget needs to absorb a shotgun
We used 2 loaner A300 in 20ga. Both guns ran fine and fit us well enough to hit ok.
Went to look at Academy and see what they had. I didn’t find the A300 there, but google said the black synthetic can be had for around $650. Academy did have an M3000 and an M3500 for under $600.
Anyone have any experience with the Stoeger or preferably both. One seems to be gas driven while the other inertia. We would be shooting light target loads 90% of the time, since we don’t do too much hunting. Any advantage/disadvantage between inertia vs gas?
Also wondering about 12 vs 20 gauge. I’m assuming that a 12 ga target load won’t generate much more recoil than a 20 ga target load.
I’m trying to stick as close to the $600 arena as possible. It 100% set on a semi, just thought it would eat some of the recoil. Am also open to a budget O/U like the Stoeger Condor.
Any pointers would be appreciated.