Right hand. It's a family heirloom. I gather it's quite old, since I don't think Stevens is still in the biz.

Pain in the ass to load, and I'd hate to try it in the dark--but then, why would you, being into firearm safety and all...

Browning Auto 5 / Remington 11 (same gun) / Remington 870 pump / many others have been produced for decades, and many available on the used market. All of the above, btw, can accept other barrels so you can switch from trap/skeet to field use.

The Auto 5 has been around for a century, and NEVER wears out.

I think you should fix the old 12 gauge, or at least have it checked, it might be an easy fix.

I like 20's myself, cheeper ammo, less kick (shoot more before going broke or getting sore.) But if you don't mind all that, consider a 10 gauge

I'd suggest against an auto loader, you can shoot just as quick with a pump with fewer parts to clean.

But thats just the opinion of a .22 lover.

Pachmayr Decelerator? I have one on my 687 SPII Beretta...no probs

Here come the flames, I can't frickin stand Browning A-5's. I have an A-5 20 ga that I started out with and still have scars on my fingers from that darn bolt sliding forward when I manually loaded it to the chamber. I won the last edition DU model a few years’ backs and traded it for a Sako 25-06. My Benneli Montefeltro and SBE even when it's sub zero, I can't say that for my 1100 when the gas rings get misaligned or its dusty hunting the 1100 is a one shot auto. Personally I think I'm going get a field grade Browning or Ruger Red Label spray paint it and hunt with that.

wanted sumpin' for trap / field.

Browning A-5 can induce "M-1 Thumb" when fed single rounds. But a used one could be a good choice, particularly with some extra sets of barrels.

A lot of good guns out there...to each his or her own.

Remington 3200 autoloader no longer made, good cheap source.
Beretta A303/ A390 reasonable autoloader.
Beretta 682 O/U can have interchangeable tubes.
Remington 1187 very popular
but
Ruger RED LABEL O/U, still one of my favorites. and versatile.
Brownig Citori, SKB, Kriehoff and Perazzi (if you have lots of money)
With O/U you can shoot with different chokes in each barrel

Remington 3200 autoloader no longer made, good cheap source.
Beretta A303/ A390 reasonable autoloader.
Beretta 682 O/U can have interchangeable tubes.
Remington 1187 very popularbut
Ruger RED LABEL O/U, still one of my favorites. and versatile.


Krieghoff and Perazzi (if you have lots of money)
Great guns dont make you any better than your basic skills. Practice, practice, I shot well with my Ruger, dont shoot much better with my Citori, BT99+, or Beretta!

In truth it's how a shotgon fits you is probaby much more importion than make,we all have our favorite makes and who would not like to have a Purdy with and extra set of barrels . I hunt with a !921 Lefever Nitro Special 12 gauge Full /Mod, I found it at a local gun store its is no# 13 the lowest serial number yet to be found on a nitro special according to the Ithaca historian,photos of it will be in a book they are doing about the Nitro Special. It's very tight with mirror bores but fit is like most of the doubles of that era low at the comb and low at the heel............
William Rogers........

Geez I forgot about the Russian made Over/Under which is based on a Browning Citori and is so very inexpensive. I have personally used on of these and liked it. I recall some reviews by gun magazines and one statement I recall is "How do they make a gun like this so cheap" the editors compared it to guns 5 times it's cost.


Russian O/U shotgun

i have a Remington model 1100 12ga. ....this is the best gun i have ever shot skeet with,its very light,easy to lead targets with...i have shot everything from Benelli's to Brownings to Ithica's,all skeet shooting...i have absolutely hated everything except my 1100....the Browning would be second best to the Remington,and as far as anything that costs upwards of $1200,i think they just put that price on them so rich idiots like Wayne Pearson(class A dick) will buy them and think theyve got the best thing ever made

but all these are just opinions...you need to just try some out,and see what fits you best,and stick with it....thats the key to shooting well,having a gun that fits you....like i said earlier,my Remington is the best gun that IVE ever shot skeet with,but at the same time,someone else will swear by a Benelli,my cousin does....

i just had a great idea,how about a mercedes owners skeet shoot??

I think the general consensus is pick a gun that fits well and shoot it, that's my personal philosophy. A clay target, duck, pigeon, deer, moose, elk tin can don't really care what it's being shot at with.

Maybe we should have a skeet shooting gtg? No politics would definitely have to be a rule though things could get very ugly.

my battery includes: one 12ga sxs LC Smith "Ideal" grade; one LC Smith 20 ga sxs with two sets of bbls.; a Browning Superposed 12ga from the mid-'60s; a 1950 vintage Remington 870 12 ga pump; a police turn in Hi-Standard Flite King riot gun.

A cross between skeet shooting and model airplane flying

YES!
YES!
YES!