

Summary
The following blog talks about the top 4 guns you can choose from if you’re a beginner in clay target shooting.
Clay shooting has become a popular, accessible and fun sport, especially with many shooting clubs nationwide providing clay target shooting sessions for beginners and seasonal shooters.
Clay target shooters use a wide variety of guns for different clay shooting disciplines. While most of them are beginner-friendly, some of them are ideal for advanced clay bird shooters.
So, what can be the best gun for beginner shooters? Let’s find out in the following blog post.
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What guns would be better for beginners for clay target shooting sessions?
It’s a must to bring the right gun when visiting the clay shooting range.
Here’re the top 4 choices for beginners,
1. Beretta A400 Xcel Multi-Target:
Beretta A400 Xcel Multi-Target is perfect to invest in if you’re a beginner. It’s ideal for clay target shooting as well as traps, skeet and sporting clays. It comes with an adjustable design that allows you to switch the configuration as per the requirements of each course. Featuring an adjustable comb, rib and an oversized bolt handle with extended choke tubes and a balancing cap, it’s a mid-range shotgun.
2. Browning 725 Pro Sport:
If you’re more into high-budget guns for clay target shooting, you can invest in the Browning 725 Pro Sport. It’s a higher-end in the market, featuring extra stock weights and barrels with adjustable stock and recoil pad. It also comes with fibre optic sight beads and a full set of chokes, making the gun ideal for beginner clay shooters.
3. Winchester SXP Trap:
The Winchester SXP Trap is one of the most popular and budget-friendly shotguns for clay target shooting. Combining high rib for high-powered impact with Monte Carlo stock, this gun is ideal for beginner clay shooters. It also features fibre-made double beads in the front and a soft recoil pad with Inflex Technology. The gun is a good choice for both single and double-trap shooting.
4. Blaser F16:
Blaser F16, voted the ‘Shotgun of The Year’ in 2016 is a perfect and easy-to-handle option for clay target shooting for beginners. Like its older and more expensive sibling F3, the F16 gun comes with a better grip and a slimmer and semi-rounded body. It’s also a mid-budget shotgun.
Are you a beginner in clay target shooting? Before visiting the range, be sure to choose the right gun for your clay shooting session. We hope this blog post can help you with that.
Author Bio
The author has years of experience in clay target shooting. For years, he’s helped many people learn clay pigeon shooting and find the right guns for their sessions. Also, he’s written many articles and blog posts on the same.





