| Marks said: Good point! I'm planning to get a shotgun real soon so I can start skeet shooting, and it won't be the worst for home defence as you say! |
Getting way off topic here, but a shotgun for skeet shooting, while still most definitely a firearm that goes "boom" when you pull the trigger, is not the best for home defense. The barrels are longer (problematic indoors) and have varying degrees of choke, which means the pellets spread at a slower rate than an open choke shotgun.
If you can afford more than one, learn how to handle, aim and shoot with the skeet shooting shotgun, but buy a separate security shotgun for home defense. In a nutshell, that's an open choke (cylindrical bore) 20" barrel, pump action being the most failproof/reliable. Mossberg 500 or Remmington M870. Both are inexpensive and are used by the US military and virtually every police force in the country.
Neither is particularly (at all) appropriate for skeet shooting. At least not competitive skeet shooting.
