In need of some senior collector advice…

[Mike of the Mountain]

If you will be primarily using it for clays, buy a 12g. Look at solid, good condition VH/VHE guns. Longer bbls add to the price but longer bbls on a clays gun are a good thing. You should then also have enough $$ left over to buy a solid 16g hun for hunting. That too can be a VH/VHE grade or even a Trojan would be a good hunting gun. You might find a deal on a 20g gun that falls within the $$ reserve after the 12g purchase, but it might be a shorter barreled gun. The higher grade guns look pretty, but they don't shoot any better than a Trojan, G, V or D grade.