20 ga Trap gun?

Discussion in 'Trapshooting Forum - Americantrapshooter.com' started by rookieshooter, Apr 18, 2020.

  1. rookieshooter

    rookieshooter Mega Poster Forum Leader

    Does anyone make a 20 gauge trap combo or single barrel Trap gun? Including scaled down receiver?
     
  2. Sgoose

    Sgoose Mega Poster Founding Member

    If you want a 20ga trap gun just shoot 7/8 oz loads. Food for thought.
    Thanks
    Sgoose
     
  3. rookieshooter

    rookieshooter Mega Poster Forum Leader

    It's the weight...I already shoot 7/8. Thanks
     
  4. Semperfi909

    Semperfi909 Mega Poster

    SKB made/makes a buncha 20ga O/U's in a variety of forms many would be OK as trap guns with just an adjusto comb. In the early days of 28gm International Perazzi made a 20ga bunker gun but it never caught on but there are lotsa MX20's around and the comb thing would make them gold too.
    find a sporting forum and ask there since many of the shooters there use parallel comb stocks too
     
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  5. 25nout

    25nout Well-Known Member

    I can remember some time back when Lonesome Charlie, I think that was him, shot 1oz 20 ga doubles at the Grand. I remember something about some shooters when shooting doubles would shoot a 20 ga for the 1st shot in a o/u then the 2nd shot was a 12 ga. The ATA, & for good reason stopped that practice.
     
  6. BRAD DYSINGER

    BRAD DYSINGER The Philosophist Founding Member Member Trapshooting Hall of Fame Member State Hall of Fame

    I have a Beretta 303 20 that I had a rib added to and a 12 ga 303 adjustable stock added to it. Dave Berlet did the rib and the stock. I shot it for 16's and doubles for the last half dozen years or so that I shot ATA, My high scores were 198 in singles, and 97's in doubles. I shot 7/8 AA's. I shot it at the grand also. I broke quite a few 100's in singles with it but never a 200.

    The lite weight of the gun is nice but makes it harder to swing, easy to stop your swing and I needed to spot shoot with it to be effective, no ride one to the ground ability like with a heavy 12 ga. had. If I tried that with the 20 I'd stop my swing and I had no idea where my shot was at. No recoil was the number one advantage and the 7/8 oz load didn't seem to make that much difference. I shot it 2 times from 27 just to see how it'd work and I broke a 94 and 87 with it.
     
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  7. wpt

    wpt Forum Leader Founding Member Forum Leader

    I shot a Remington 1100 for a round of trap just for yucks and I'll tell you it was fun but really a challenge ... I think I hit 18 of the 25, with lot of chips ... I think it was a skeet gun, hope it was ... WPT ... (YAC) ...