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Went gun shopping today, and came home with a nice SxS 20 gauge. Been wanting one for a while not so much for hunting but some clay busting on the skeet range. SKB 250 with 28" barrels and choke tubes, single trigger. Wood checkered butt and Prince of Wales grip on the stock. Pictures don't do it justice.

Looked at several million dollars worth of fine shotguns, but alas didn't have deep enough pockets for most of them.
 

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Great find! Years ago I had an SKB Model 100 12 gauge semi-auto. Nothing fancy but I was impressed with the quality of the materials used to build it and in it's overall construction.
 
Good find and great gun, I will suggest a recoil pad though if clays are in its future. Felt recoil is worse than many 20s out there.
 
I've got a Browning BSS in 20 gauge, and like was suggested, it definitely needed a recoil pad, which I installed. It made a big difference out here where I generally shoot in a T-shirt. Nice looking shotgun btw.
 
Wouldn't mind putting a recoil pad on it, but I am not sure how to go about it without destroying the checkered butt. Without cutting the stock it would also make it a bit too long. I plan on shooting a couple rounds of skeet tomorrow after work. My reloads are 3/4oz light loads that my kids enjoy shooting. If I get beat up too much I will have to decide on what to do for recoil.
 
Kudu, if you plan on doing it, and haven't done it in the past I would get the right sized pad that you want installed, and have a professional install it, that way you can get the right cant, which will definitely improve your shooting, along with the proper length of pull. The fit generally shouldn't cost you more that $75.00-100.00 along with the cost of the pad $25-50, so for $100.00 to $150.00 over what you paid for the gun isn't really all that bad to have it done right.
 
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