Not much wrong with a fixed gun, as long as its sensible. 1/4 and half is nice. It will stop you twiddling also!
Okay thenAny help greatly appreciated
This is my carefully culled from experience list.
Good advice. Exactly what I did. Now my average is over 80, I'm still not changing.
Top Post. Can't think of a single thing to add.Okay then
1. Learn the basics of shooting - how to mount the gun, where your hands and eyes should be etc.
2. Try every gun you can. Get friends and coaches to let you try their guns. Hire club guns. Fall in love with something very expensive.
3. Listen to the advice and prejudices and preferences of those you know. Be amused at how people seem to either love or hate the Beretta DT10 and the Miroku MK38 and have serious views on brands without much evidence or reason.
4. Go around all the gun shops and announce you need a gun, your budget is £X and you like Very Expensive Gun, what do they have for you? Try holding all their guns. Listen to the advice and recommendations as a good gun shop will be able to tell what might suit you. Do not get swept away at this point.
5. When the recommendations start lining up with your thoughts from holding the guns, try shooting the models you like. Gun shops will loan some stock if you are a serious buyer.
6. Once you've chosen some models you like, look around them for similar guns e.g same maker, next model up or down, same make and model but premier version compared to basic, same make but earlier model version.
7. When you've found the make and model you like best, find one in your price range and buy it. Post ecstatically on ShootClay Forum.
8. Shoot with your new gun for a bit and then get it fitted.
9. Shoot more until you find yourself giving the same advice to people even newer than you.
Everyone said to me get O/U 12 bore, doesn't really matter if you like 28", 30" or 32", multi choke is important. It was a salesman who recommended the Browning 525 to me, I thought I wanted a Beretta, but what did I know? But they can be worth listening to.
Okay then
1. Learn the basics of shooting - how to mount the gun, where your hands and eyes should be etc.
2. Try every gun you can. Get friends and coaches to let you try their guns. Hire club guns. Fall in love with something very expensive.
3. Listen to the advice and prejudices and preferences of those you know. Be amused at how people seem to either love or hate the Beretta DT10 and the Miroku MK38 and have serious views on brands without much evidence or reason.
4. Go around all the gun shops and announce you need a gun, your budget is £X and you like Very Expensive Gun, what do they have for you? Try holding all their guns. Listen to the advice and recommendations as a good gun shop will be able to tell what might suit you. Do not get swept away at this point.
5. When the recommendations start lining up with your thoughts from holding the guns, try shooting the models you like. Gun shops will loan some stock if you are a serious buyer.
6. Once you've chosen some models you like, look around them for similar guns e.g same maker, next model up or down, same make and model but premier version compared to basic, same make but earlier model version.
7. When you've found the make and model you like best, find one in your price range and buy it. Post ecstatically on ShootClay Forum.
8. Shoot with your new gun for a bit and then get it fitted.
9. Shoot more until you find yourself giving the same advice to people even newer than you.
Everyone said to me get O/U 12 bore, doesn't really matter if you like 28", 30" or 32", multi choke is important. It was a salesman who recommended the Browning 525 to me, I thought I wanted a Beretta, but what did I know? But they can be worth listening to.
Great advice.Okay then
1. Learn the basics of shooting - how to mount the gun, where your hands and eyes should be etc.
2. Try every gun you can. Get friends and coaches to let you try their guns. Hire club guns. Fall in love with something very expensive.
3. Listen to the advice and prejudices and preferences of those you know. Be amused at how people seem to either love or hate the Beretta DT10 and the Miroku MK38 and have serious views on brands without much evidence or reason.
4. Go around all the gun shops and announce you need a gun, your budget is £X and you like Very Expensive Gun, what do they have for you? Try holding all their guns. Listen to the advice and recommendations as a good gun shop will be able to tell what might suit you. Do not get swept away at this point.
5. When the recommendations start lining up with your thoughts from holding the guns, try shooting the models you like. Gun shops will loan some stock if you are a serious buyer.
6. Once you've chosen some models you like, look around them for similar guns e.g same maker, next model up or down, same make and model but premier version compared to basic, same make but earlier model version.
7. When you've found the make and model you like best, find one in your price range and buy it. Post ecstatically on ShootClay Forum.
8. Shoot with your new gun for a bit and then get it fitted.
9. Shoot more until you find yourself giving the same advice to people even newer than you.
Everyone said to me get O/U 12 bore, doesn't really matter if you like 28", 30" or 32", multi choke is important. It was a salesman who recommended the Browning 525 to me, I thought I wanted a Beretta, but what did I know? But they can be worth listening to.
You nailed it there Fuz!!! Even if a gun feels great in the shop, it doesn't mean that you can actually shoot well with it. :fie:EHB has pretty much nailed it, apart from her blatant attack on the mk38 :crazy: All seriousness, go with what feels right and if possible go somewhere you can shoot it. I have had many guns that feel great in a shop that I couldnt shoot for toffee. Buy it, stick with it through good and bad as the bad is gonna be pilot error not the gun
Its what I call the `clock on the wall` effect. Points great at that; perhaps less so at clays..
I looked at and tried a couple many years ago! Cheaply made, I think by a firm called Fias in Italy, so it's not a real Browning or a Miroku, the ones I tried kicked like hell and were not very nice at all. I've known a few guys that have owned them and they all got shot of them pretty quickly. They are not generally well thought of and may be a problem to sell on at a later date. You are better off sticking with a Browning/Miroku, even though they may cost more than a Medalist!
