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I'm a trap shooting enthusiast but I have never went to a range with it. I have my own thrower ( $50 from a sporting goods store ) and usually take a friend, so we take turns loading and shooting clays and will shoot about 50 or 60 at a time. We vary throws, etc. and it is alot of fun and cheap.
If you want to take my route, buy either a 12 or 20 gauge gun, 20 gauge if recoil effects you. Buy a pump action shotgun, as they can hold two shells (all that is necessary for clays) and are much cheaper than double barrels. Either size shotgun is more than enough to bust up targets, and a maverick 12 gauge pump action is about $150 new.
However, if you were a dumbass like me, you'd use a 16 gauge , and pay 150% more for shells and find them in very few stores. I would STRONGLY recommend against using any gauge other than 20, as shells are more expensive and harder to find. And when you are going through 3 or 4 boxes of shells a session, you can put a hurting on your wallet real quick. For example, 100 12 gauge trap shells is $14.48 at walmart. You can't buy 16 gauge shells in the 100 pack,so you have to buy 4 boxes of 25 at $4.28 a box. See the price difference? If you did .410 shotshells, you'd be spending $9.90 for a box of 25. And 28 gauage? Um, I know of very few places on earth that sell them.
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