Youth shotgun, pump or auto???
 

I have a 10 and 12 yr old, looking for a shotgun, don't want to spend too much being it is a youth model that they will only use for a few years. What would you guys recommend??? Academy has some Mossbergs reasonably priced, pump or auto???? thanks

Get a pump no kid should have an auto imo ....

Pump, teach'em young

My first was a mossberg 410 pump and I still have it and its in damn good shape. I can't wait to pass it on to my lil girl once she's big enough.

there is a Rem 870 youth in the classifieds on West End Angler.com

pump will make them place well aimed shots instead of sky bustin...IMHO....

What's wrong with giving them one shell until they have safety and leading down? Less recoil with a gas auto may help them better on the future. Why do we shoot $1500 shotguns instead of an 870? They both kill birds. Academy had a Weatherby auto for $400. Not a big difference between that and the 870.

I would start them out with a pump. mine started out with the 870 rem youth model.

870 youth-great starter gun-

870 youth.

I would go with the pump hell i still shoot a rem pump cant go wrong

My kid, at 9 years old he is small, shot an 870 pump youth model at doves, only allowed one shell at a time, he killed 9 birds flying on his first ever hunt. Prior to shooting the gun, I threw away the factory chokes, got some Carlson's, (skeet, light mod, and improved mod). All he needed, he shot more than 30 birds last season. Great set up for a kid, choke tubes make a huge difference.

My first shotgun was a Remington 1100 auto but I was always a big kid.

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I started with a crack barrel 20ga. lol

squirrel hunted with 20 gauge winchester auto. first loner duck gun was my uncles 12 gauge winchester pump. first auto 1187 special purpose. I was a little bigger and could handle it b/c that gun is a tank.

the winchester had that checkered look an the ejector...still remember that

my son is 12 and shots a youth 870 and is pretty good with it. He said he wants to start shooting a 12, but he will have to wait until next year. I have a 870 ,12 pump for him next year.

I started out with a Stevens 4.10 double barrel at 5 , then moved to a 20 Stevens double at 8, then a Browning A-5 3in. At 11 never got more than one shell until the A-5! Even with my rifles, never got more than 1 round unless it was crippled on the ground or water! Those Stevens crack barrels were not easy on a kids shoulder, neitherr was rem 700 30-06, but my adrenaline pumped soo fast as a kid I never really noticed it!

thanks for all the input, bought the remington 870 from academy, 20 g, 269$$$

good choice..