I am considering trying to look for a shotgun to use for skeet and trap shooting. I have a utility sears twelve gauge so this would be a dedicated skeet/trap gun. What features should I look for? What kinda choke, barrel length, i was thinking a twelve gauge auto, also would consider over under, maybe a pump but i would rather have an auto or o/u. Thanks for all the info in advanced. Also my grandpa has a side by side 410 called a Lefever Nitro Special, i was wondering if anyone had any info on these.

Studlysmurf

Take what you have to a club and shoot a few rounds, get to know others and then ask them your question. You'll get many different answers from experts and they will let you try various guns, gauges, etc. Serious trap and skeet shooters will have different guns for the different games, because they ARE different.

Skeet and Trap shooting are two complete different types of shooting and actually require totally different guns as O'Connersun said. Skeet requires an open choked gun and your shooting doubles that cross very close to you. From the center station the clays are going right over the top of you at about four yards. Trap requires a different gun and your shooting targets going away from you at longer ranges.

I shot both a Remington 870 with a skeet choke and a Remington 3200 competition over and under choked skeet and skeet for that discipline. I've never shot trap, but some of our members can probably tell you what you need for that.

You might also look into the new Sporting Clays which is the up and coming shotgun shooting sport across the US at this point.

I shoot sporting clays and skeet with my Remington 11-87 12 gauge semi auto... I usually shoot with a full choke to make things more difficult. I load my own shells around 1150 FPS with 1 1/8 oz of #8 shot. The auto is really nice, it soaks up a ton of recoil. I haven't shot Trap, but I'd like a nice O/U 20 gauge to do that with.