mickmep Posted May 2, 2012 Report Share Posted May 2, 2012 hi all. thinking of getting an escort youth for my daughter, for clays only. anybody had any experience with these they want to share ? thanks Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
debo Posted May 3, 2012 Report Share Posted May 3, 2012 I use mine all the time for Clays and love it. It's also very soft on the shoulder so you can shoot it all day. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bigbird2 Posted May 3, 2012 Report Share Posted May 3, 2012 Stay away from semi autos !! bought a 20 for my lad , 3 cartridges in and we had ejecting and feeding probs , long story short - took it back, got money back and brought a o&u 20 ...good luck pard .. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SirDread Posted May 8, 2012 Report Share Posted May 8, 2012 My missus has arms like kermit the frog so she really struggles with the weight of guns. We bought one of the 20Gauge escort youths and she's never looked back. Finds it comfortable to shoot and doesn't complain about the weight of it at all. Also with it being quite short she finds the weight doesn't feel like its very forward. I have looked for O/U for her but a 20g second hand is still dearer than the hatsan was brand new. Also they tend to be 28' barrels which will still keep the weight too far forward for her. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TbirdX Posted May 8, 2012 Report Share Posted May 8, 2012 Same as above, bouoght one for the Mrs and had no problems with it at all, cycles 21g carts no problems and light on the arms and shoulder. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mickmep Posted May 8, 2012 Author Report Share Posted May 8, 2012 Same as above, bouoght one for the Mrs and had no problems with it at all, cycles 21g carts no problems and light on the arms and shoulder. thanks for the reply, i spoke to edgar brothers re the cartridge choice for these and they didnt really know what they would cycle. the other concern i have is that the clubs we go to are fibre only and speaking to local rfd he only has the 21g fiber in 65mm (2 1/2") so my next question to the guys and gals who actually use these is are they reliable when run on the shorter cartridges ? or are you all using plastic in them. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TbirdX Posted May 8, 2012 Report Share Posted May 8, 2012 You might have a problem there, I don't think plas or fibre will make a difference, we only use plas here, but most semis are iffy with anything below 67mm cases. We have only ever put 70mm cases through ours and as I said, no problems. I wouldn't buy 65mm ones and would avoid 67mm ones as well if I possibly could. Some might cycle 65mm fine but theres only one way to find out. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TbirdX Posted May 8, 2012 Report Share Posted May 8, 2012 I guy I shoot with also bought one, for his nephew to use at the same time we bought ours, from a different shop though. His also cycles 21g 70mm cases fine, in that it will cycle those loads, but he has had the odd jam on the 2nd cart. I'm not sure what he's done about it or if it was a running in thing but it performed ok last time I saw him use it. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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