Been a rifle and pistol shooter all my life. Got invited for a skeet shoot last weekend and fell in love. I was blessed to be handed a Cesar guerini for my first time out. Now I’m looking for a gun of my own. I’m not looking for a Cesar but definitely not wanting to buy necessarily budget either. I was thinking a used 686/7 something w interchangeable chokes. I want to be able to shoot this gun for decades whether clays or in the field. Any recommendation? Anything to stay away from in the used market?

r/Shotguns looks like just a lot of gun-porn, so forgive the off-topic but I'm bringing it to the subreddit that knows a thing or two. I have a conventional question about an unconventional shotgun. I hunt with a PBBA Pro-20, which is a 20ga air-shotgun. It's a cylinder bore, but later versions than mine were threaded for chokes and I'm considering having it threaded. I patterned at 35yds with a variety of sizes of steel and bismuth shot, as shown in the pics. #6 steel is 1oz, #3 bismuth is about 25grams.

In the sub's opinion, am I getting good patterns? I'm mostly duck and dove hunting with 35-40yd shots, and I'm missing birds that I am confident I should be hitting. I'm wondering if my pattern is too loose. The google-fu just turns up a lot of non-answers and advertisements when I try to search for normal 20ga patterns.

In the field I'm mostly shooting #6 steel with a commander wad, and #3 bismuth with a commander wad. Don't mind the low pattern on some of those, I've since raised the cheek piece.

As the title says, I’m wanting a manual thrower to mess with around the house. I know electric is the way to go but I’m wanting the capability to throw doubles as well as singles. I’m definitely leaning towards the Do-All outdoors 3/4 cock backyard thrower. They claim it gets around 70 yards each throw and the 3/4 system seems like it’d take a ton of the work out of it. Any input would be appreciated!

A while back I posted about a ClayBusters Directory I was working on. It's now live at deadpair.club.

I see people asking all the time, here and on the forums, where to shoot when they're traveling. Now that I have a bit more free time, I vibe coded this with the help of Claude Code and Codex to make that easier.

What it does:

• Search or browse on a map by location and discipline (sporting clays, trap, skeet, 5-stand)
• Each club has a page with its website, location and the disciplines it offers
• Free, with no ads and no account needed to search

Where it stands: about 1,600 clubs are listed. Most clubs are marked "Unconfirmed" because I couldn't fully check them yet. Some phone numbers, hours or disciplines will be wrong, and some clubs are missing (Texas and Washington are probably the thinnest).

Where I could use your help:

• Look up your home club. Every page has a button to suggest a fix. Use it if anything is off.
• If your club isn't listed, use the new club button to submit it.
• If you run or belong to a club, you can claim its listing.

This is a hobby project, so there's no business behind it. I'd rather it be accurate than big. Thanks to everyone who gave feedback on the first post!

I have a 12ga A400 Xcel Sporting which I love, but am looking for another lighter shotgun to use when I bring friends / new shooters / my gf to the Sporting Clays / Trap course. I want a second shotgun that’s fun for me, softer shooting, and allows us to not have to pass a gun around 4 people.

Budget: <$2000 ideally, but welcome <1000 options
- lighter
- soft shooting
- used for clays (trap, Sporting, skeet), not hunting

Leaning toward an A400 28ga Upland, but open to Semi / OU recs!

Have an event planned on the 7th and want to pick it up by then. Thank you CB!

Also I know this is one of 10 daily posts like this, but I’ve read through 50+ posts, watched 20 YT videos, and am in decision paralysis. Tried to pick one on my own, but only experience is w my A400 12ga.

I do not have the ability to try any of these out.

I've been renting shotguns up to this point and want to get an O/U of my own. I'm short statured (5'6") so I want something without too long of a length of pull.

Looking for any and all input. Relatively new to clays (~1 year a few times a month). Not looking to do it professionally but want to have fun and maybe compete in local competitions at some point.

Thoughts on this model? Any other models I should consider?

Long story short, I sold my Beretta SP. I bought an Blaser F16 game, but I would like to get an extended choke. I’m thinking of buying Briley or Teague. In the EU Teague has easier and cheaper shipping. I would choose the super extended which is longer than the common Brileys. Any advice which is “better”.

I use the gun in the field and at the shooting range too.

Been contemplating shooting competitively for a while and finally decided to fill out NSCA paperwork last week. I picked a bad week to do that with Nationals as I'm still waiting on my shooter number. I'm super excited to get on Score Chaser and get signed up for my first shoot in a few weeks.

Thank you everyone for the feedback on my first design and suggestions for improvements.

Updates in v2

New clip design

Better attachment of the clip to the box

Added four shell holders to the sides.

S&S did it and it shoots perfect. I was smashing targets at nationals even though I went into it never shooting the stock previously. Happy to be down from a 100/0 pattern and it recoils a ton less.

Das Hobby hat mich gepackt, Jungs! 🤣

Vor 3 Monaten hab ich mir eine 686 Silver Pigeon als erste Flinte geholt, weil ich nicht direkt zu viel investieren wollte. 3000 Schuss später hab ich mir jetzt eine DT11 Black Edition gekauft.

I want to replace an older pad that came with a gun I bought used. Is this a DIY or gunsmith job? I don’t have an existing relationship with a a gunsmith. How do I go about selecting one for a job like this?

I shot trap yesterday and shot about my average 17-18 with my Mossberg Gold 20 Gauge paid $900 for it. One of the regulars let me borrow his Browning Citori CST with custom comb and recoil reduction pad, he said $4500 gun. With the bigger caliber and higher price I shot 19, one better then my average.

I am a new shooter, less than 20 rounds of trap so I am still learning but I learned it is not about the gun. So, I am just going to spend my new gun fund on ammo, clays and maybe lessons.

Asked for tips here on Cosmic Trap a couple days ago. We set up the field and did a couple of test rounds. We are going to add a couple more lights closer to the house but overall it went great. Thanks to everyone who chimed in.

I ended up putting this video together so my club could share on socials to drive sign ups.

We have a new puppy. She is a large breed, but definitely a companion dog, not a hunting dog. I see people with dogs on sporting clay’s courses all the time, and I’d like to bring mine out. I’ve never seen a dog with hearing protection. Does anyone have experience with hearing protection for dogs?

I realize it sounds a bit goofy at first, but if you’re at a tournament your dog will hear hundreds of shots, their hearing is sensitive, and we wear ear pro, so why shouldn’t they?

I was looking at these Rex Specs, but wanted to ask if anyone had first hand experience with this?

https://www.rexspecs.com/products/ear-pro

Picked up this engraved trigger group for my High Tech Lusso! What a piece of art this is!!

I will only be shooting a hanful of times over a handful of years.
Really only when friends come over and want to shoot in a blue moon.
$700 or less is really preferable, I would like to but from a gunshow / flea market if possible or plausible.

Also I want to say THANK YOU soooo much for the support and knowledge you guys gave in my first post!!!
This community is very helpful!

I bought this gun from a guy I used to shoot with at a club I was a member of back in 2012, two years later I won the club championship with it. It's a 1982 Remington 3200 that came with a tube set so I can shoot all the gauges. So much fun to use and it's just absolutely gorgeous too.

Didn’t see Beretta listed on the rare breed website

Some of you may recognize my son from posts throughout the year. He’s really fallen in love with sporting clays, and it’s been pretty cool watching where it’s taken him.
For his birthday, he bought himself a 3D printer, and we’ve spent a lot of time messing around with designs and figuring things out. A couple of local clubs have been nice enough to let him set up a little table at shoots to sell what he’s made.
It’s never really been about making money. For me, it’s about watching him learn how to turn an idea into something, work through challenges, and build the confidence to ask a club if he can set up a table.
More than anything, I’m just thankful for this community. The people we’ve met and the opportunities he’s been given mean a lot. It’s been fun watching him grow through something he genuinely loves.

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