[tjwatty]

we probably need ed to start another thread on this, but.
I was at the gun shop yesterday and he had at least 10 used Browning and Berretta trap and or skeet guns in stock. It seems that this time of year the trade ins on new and improved stuff is quite extensive.
Last year my best friend bought a Browning Golden Clays, (older model) with a full set of Briley tubes. 12ga gun with full length custom fit 20ga, 28ga. and .410 tubes with choke tubes and case for under $3,000. Now I know that's a lot of cash but that whole set new was probably over $7,000.
At the same time they had a Browning XS skeet (used) for $1,700. I paid $2,400 for the same gun. Last week one of the guys who trap shoots with us bought a Browning sporting clays 12 for $800, and the same guy who bought the Golden Clays found a field grade Citori for $800, still in the box with the original sales slip of $1,200 with it.
My point is, there are a lot of good used guns out there if one just doesn't get in a great big hurry.
The guy who runs our local bait and gun shop is the poster child for CHEAP and he has sold several of the foreign made guns to newcomers to our trap club. Most of who have come to realize that in the long run they didn't save what they thought.
I'm disabled and on a fixed income, (whatever my wife allows) I don't have a lot of disposable income to waste but I have found that the money I've spent on my Browning and Bennelli and yes even a Berretta was money well spent.
Don't settle, keep looking and one of those sweet deals will eventually come your way, I know I wish I would have had this advice when I was younger, I sure would have saved a lot of money back in the day.