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Hello! I used to shoot semi-auto more than 10 years ago (in different country) and since then did not shoot anything. So, I loose any muscle memory in mounting/moving with a shotgun. I am now looking to buy an Over/Under shotgun. I have been to a local gun shop last week and tried about 15-20 guns. Some felt better than the others (overall, brownings and browning-like guns felt better than beretta and beretta-like ones), but the problem is that my mount is inconsistent, I find that I can mount a gun 5 times and get a good picture and good feel, then mount it 5 more times and get horrible feeling from it. So, after more than an hour I was not sure what actually fits and what not. So, I am in a vicious circle... I cannot properly check the gun fit without consistent mount, but to get the consistent mount I need to train mounting (at least at home with a mirror) and for this I need to buy a gun (ideally, which will fit me at least relatively well). I can see two (not necessarily mutually excluding) options: Go to a local shooting ground and hire a gun from them (try different ones over several days/weeks) and see how they will behave in action. It will contribute to mounting consistency and muscle memory, but will not be enough to get good consistent mount. Buy relatively cheap gun which feels OKish now, train with it at home in front of a mirror to get a consistent mount, then, decide whether it fits me well and either leave it or sell it and find one that properly fits me. I would assume, it must be a common problem for people, who did not start shooting from early age, so, there should be some recommendations, but I failed to find any. What do you think about the options that I listed above? Do you have any other ideas for what can be done to break the vicious circle? Thank you very much in advance.

I am new to this addictive sport and would appreciate some advice on choosing a first gun. So far I have looked at several new and second hand guns which after a while all seem to blur into one. On the advice of most people I have spoken to directly it seems a good / recognised maker's used gun is better value for money than a budget brand new one. Based on this I have narrowed a choice down to a couple of options which are a Beretta 682 or the Miroku MK38. Recently I tried a MK38 Trap gun with fixed chokes (1/2 and 1/2, I am told) which I found to be very good for me. It seemed to fit well and I hit a lot more than I missed with it, or maybe I just had a lucky day, however the price is a little more than I wanted to pay. So here's the question. Will any MK38 feel the same as this one I liked allowing me to hunt around for the same gun from a different place to fit my limited budget? Any advice, comments or help appreciated! thanks, Mitch4