r/canadaguns • u/YDpr99 • Apr 12 '26
Buy recommendations First Firearm!!
Hey everyone,
Just got my PAL and starting to plan out my first few pickups. Curious what you’d recommend as a solid starting point.
Right now I’m leaning toward a 12 gauge semi-auto as my first since a few of my close friends are into skeet shooting and hunting, so I figure that’s what I’d realistically use the most right away.
That said, I’ll probably end up adding a .22LR at some point for cheaper range time, and I’ve also been thinking about eventually getting something like a .308 Win for hunting down the line with a little target practice —but not sure if that’s jumping too far ahead.
For context, I grew up going to the range with family (mostly ARs and pistols), but obviously things are a bit different now. My main focus at the moment is target shooting, with some interest in getting into hunting.
Would love to hear what you started with and what you’d recommend for a first setup in Ontario.
(And yeah, the photo is just for attention—no real connection to the question 😅)
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u/Spiritual_Rope_6952 Apr 12 '26 edited Apr 12 '26
would look even better if it was a 2 barrel lol. but joke aside, my friend bought an adler semi auto 12ga about a year ago brand new for like 650$, out of pure curiosity to see how bad it would be, but little did we know, about 1200 rounds later with pretty poor maintenance, it still runs flawlessly. we definitely underestimated this shotgun. definitely a great budget option for a semi auto 12ga. cheap doesn’t always mean bad
i have another friend who owns a beretta A400 that was worth almost 2k$ and he’s constantly dealing with jams lol