What is this world coming to?

[Ray]

My grandma gave me my first shotgun. A .410/.22 over and under. It had a .410 barrel on the bottom and a .22 on the top. Still got it.
I wanted a pump shotgun so I mowed grass and bought a .410 Revelation pump shotgun from Western Auto in Cameron for under $100. Had to get the stock cut down cause it was too long. Still got it too.
In the 5th grade, a guy who owed my dad some money for work he done, gave him a few items cause he didn't have the money. One of them was a Winchester 12 ga. pump. He gave it to me. It was a featherlight and it kicked my arze for a few years, but I still shot it. Hurricane Rita took it cause I forgot it at the hunting camp in Cameron.

If you are starting out, you don't need the best. Get what you can afford. Single shot crack barrels are cheap. What if you buy a $1200 shotgun and don't kill anything or don't like hunting?