Buying my son a new Shotgun for dove and duck.

Preferably a semiautomatic and 12 gauge.

Don't want to break the bank. Trying to stay under $600 if possible.

Bought a Yildiz over/under for my girl, cut to fit her, and added a kick-eez. She says it is very comfortable. Bought a Stoeger for her 75 year old mom. Inertia system, but still low recoil. She shoots it a lot with no issues. Both are "budget" level and both are very nice.

Weatherby element, beretta a300 and Winchester sx4 are good options. They start around $800. Haven't looked at them this year so dont know the current new shotgun market so I may be a little low now. If it were me I'd be looking at the beretta or Winchester. They are both gas operated and generally gas operated guns are a little softer shooting than an inertia gun like the Weatherby. I have the beretta a300 and really like it. A co worker has the Weatherby element and really likes it.

I bought Benelli Nova for my kids for waterfowl. If it survives great, but if it falls in the water it's no great loss.

There was a post like this about a month back, try to find that post, some good ideas in it.

For $600 your in the yildiz or stoeger range - I believe stoeger is made by benelli

Queso1 said:

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Yildiz 20 gauge. I bought one for my child. And it became my favorite shotgun. So light.

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I just bought one for my son. We shot it this weekend. Pretty slick gun for the price. I got the compact with a 24" barrel and 1" shorter LOP. It's perfect.

Yes. I think I got the youth model. It caries like a 28 gauge.