[Dark_Knight7096]

IMHO Mossy 500s suck. I have yet to see one that doesn't spit shells out of the feed tube onto the ground when racking the slide. I would say for an entry level shottie (you don't want a rifle to shoot trap fyi) an 870 would be good one, the Benelli Novas are very good too and not too expensive. A Benelli Super Sport would be ideal but idk if you wanna drop 1200 on a shotgun, but they are amazing guns.

If you want a rifle I would say, HONESTLY, get an AR. A lot of people are probly gonna say geta Ruger 10/22, for good reason I might add, but I don't think so. My reasoning is, you wanna start out with a small caliber cheap round. It will hone your skills get you used to recoil and won't break your bank. A conventional AR shoots .223 or 5.56mm cartridges which are .22lr rounds on steroids. these are going up in price now because of the military operations all over the world tho. Now to fix that disadvantage you should get a .22lr upper receiver for your AR lower, it will allow you to plink using the cheaper and more plentiful ammo, then if you need more power (hunting/HD) switch back to .223/5.56 upper. You can also buy many other uppers, .308, .30-06, .45acp, .458SOCOM, 6.8SPC, 7.62x39mm, .50AE, .50 Beowulf, for any use you can think of so its very versitile and flexable. Plus with the current political climate who knows how much longer you will be allowed to purchase AR lowers, so get em now.

MHO YMMV