Best Shotgun For Skeet Beginner ?

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I started shooting skeet last year with a couple of guys from work and my 20 year old son. I started using my dad's 12 gauge which has proven to be unreliable. So I'm in the market for a replacement gun.

One of the guys I shoot with has a 20 gauge pump that he would sell me cheap but my son thinks that it is a girls gun and thinks that I should buy another 12 gauge. My son is a much better shot than I and I would like this to be something that we continue to do together and don't want to turn him off.

Anyway some of the other guys in the office have told me that an over and under is the only way to go, but I'm not prepared to pay what a new good quality one would cost $1500+. Particularly given that we don't go out that often.

I went to a gun shop that supposed to have some used over and unders and the guy recommended a new Browning Fusion Gold autoloader. I really liked it, particularly that fact that it is a fairly light gun.

I talked again to one of the guys in the office and he again insisted that an over and under is the way to go. Any thoughts out there from experienced skeet shooters? BTW I could perhaps ultimately see doing some bird hunting as well.