# Best Shotgun for Trap/Skeet?

**URL:** <https://boards.straightdope.com/t/best-shotgun-for-trap-skeet/85023>\
**Category:** In My Humble Opinion\
**Created:** [October 2, 2001, 7:04pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/best-shotgun-for-trap-skeet/85023 "2001-10-02T19:04:17Z")\
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**Author:** ![ShouldBeWorking](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/c89c15/32.png) [@ShouldBeWorking](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ShouldBeWorking)\
**Post date:** [October 2, 2001, 7:04pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/best-shotgun-for-trap-skeet/85023/1 "2001-10-02T19:04:17Z")

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What is the best gun for trap/skeet shooting? What about sporting clays?

Will one gun suffice for both styles of shooting?

Purchase Source: Will a WalMart gun (Remington) do the sport justice? (about $260) Or, do you really need to go to a sporting good store or gun store for better service/quality?

Semi Auto, Over/Under, Side-by-side, or Pump action?

What about favorite brands? Remington, Beretta, Mossberg, etc.

Should I get any choke tubes to use? (BTW, I don’t know anything about choke tubes. I was going out to buy a shotgun for trap shooting and got confused. I bailed out and came here for advice.)

Thanks in advance.

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**Author:** ![1kBR\_Kid](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/1/dc4da7/32.png) [@1kBR\_Kid](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/1kBR_Kid)\
**Post date:** [October 3, 2001, 12:06am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/best-shotgun-for-trap-skeet/85023/2 "2001-10-03T00:06:06Z")

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Well, a lot of Olympic shooters use Perazzis, but I hear they go for around 7large. I met a guy recently who uses a Krieghoff. Also not cheap. Way outta my league, for sure.