Lac qui Parle County Minnesota | I coach our high school trap team. A lot of questions on what shotgun to use. I was in a clinic with the Kansas State coach. He advised the longest and heaviest shot gun a shooter can handle. There is a common fallacy that people think 12 gauges kick harder than 20 gauges which is not true. My son using 1100 when he was in high school and shot very well with it, scoring a few 25s. My younger son used a 1100 trap model but did not have a lot of success with it. It wasn't until he went to a browning over and under his senior year that he started shooting really well. He now uses it at college to shoot. You don't need an expensive gun to shoot well, just one that feels good to him and he is comfortable to shoot. A lot of shooters will graduate to more expensive guns as they get older and are better shots but it's usually a progressive thing. I tell people that shotguns don't make for success, trigger pulls do. To become a proficient shot you just need to do a lot of shooting. I have kids who do not shoot at the end of one season until the beginning of next and then they wonder why they don't shoot better. So if your son wants to shoot better, shoot often as you can.
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Trapshooting setup for high school son
