[elkhunter11]

Now that the weather is warming up, we are seeing more people coming out to shoot skeet/trap, or sporting clays. If you are new to clays, and especially new to shotguns, don't go out and buy a new shotgun. Go to a club and many club members will let you try their guns, so you can see which shotguns fit you, and which are actually suitable for high volume clays shooting. And if you go to a larger facility, they may even have shotguns to rent. Shotgun fit is very important to shoot well, and many people buy shotguns without any real understanding of shotgun fit. We had a new shooter show up a couple of weeks ago with new lightweight O/U that didn't have enough drop at comb, and he did very poorly breaking only 3/50 at skeet. The worst part, is that he was starting to get sore after one round, and after two rounds, he was too beat up to shoot another round. The following week , we convinced him to try some other shotguns, with much better results. I brought a gas operated semi auto along, that fit him better, and that he found comfortable to shoot. Then he tried another guys Citori skeet gun that had even more drop at comb, and he broke even more targets. Then to confirm that it wasn't just him improving, he switched back to his own gun to finish, and the pain returned, and he stopped breaking targets.
Now he knows what fits him, and what is comfortable to shoot, but he is stuck with a gun that is pretty much useless to him, so he will lose money selling or trading it.