[Citizen Tom Paine]

Can anyone on this thread point me to a shotgun suitable for 10 and 12 year olds to learn trap shooting? I really would like a double. All I can find is a cheap Italian single barrel 20 gauge.

Thanks in advance.

[claudiustg]

---Can anyone on this thread point me to a shotgun suitable for 10 and 12 year olds to learn trap shooting? I really would like a double. All I can find is a cheap Italian single barrel 20 gauge.

Thanks in advance.---

For kids that age I would recommend a Remington 1100 Sporting in 28 gauge. Recoil like a BB gun. You'd have to have the stock shortened to fit them though.

[ccmay]

I've been looking at the Spartan shotgun by Remington. They have O/U and side by side models in all gauges and with single and double triggers.

These are Russian-made, but reportedly of good quality, and should be around $500. They also have good cheap hammerless single-shots including a youth model, but like you, I am interested in the double for my boy.

I'm thinking of getting a side-by-side 28 ga., and spending another couple of hundred to get the stock and barrels cut down and my kid's name engraved on it. It would be a family heirloom that his great-great-grandchildren could enjoy shooting.

-ccm

[Fido969]

All I can find is a cheap Italian single barrel 20 gauge.

Italian shotguns tend to be decent, but I don't know what gun you looked at. Also, a single barrel should be OK to start trap shooting, for singles we're only allowed on round in the gun at the line at a time.

The suggestions for 28 gage were pretty good, Dick Cheney used that gun to pepper lawy.... errr, hunt pheasant.