The OPs clay shooting seems to be hand thrown clays, not regular skeet or trap. In that case a pump would do just fine, and I may add we do a " pumpgun Friday " at my club where six birds are thrown on report [ a SCs course ] that demands some pretty fast pumping. 410s have also caught on and a couple of Remington express 410s have been bought and some of the guys shoot skeet with them - no 25s yet but plenty of 23 or 24s.
Sharpdog, I think that Browning Superpose will go for a lot more than that when the bidding is over. A buddy just bought one in 12ga and paid 900, and thought he got a deal.