First gun help!

[u/Mr_Nuclear1]

Hey all, just recently upgraded my minors licence to a full PAL (and soon RPAL 🤞)

Now I’m in the market to buy my first firearm, now fortunately I have a family friend / uncle who has graciously allowed me full access to his arsenal, and I’m looking for an addition that both makes sense as a first gun, but doesn’t overlap with his collection

TM22
Maverick 88
Old Beretta SA 12ga
308, 303, 30-06 bolts (hunting guns)
30-30 win lever

Budget is ~1300 CAD (ignoring tax)
If there’s something greatly better that’s a bit more, I def could continue saving!

I was looking at a few guns, Panzer M4, any 357 lever, Deerya 9mm pump, Sks?

I have been participating in clay sports and F class /PRS with loaners, but long range diciplines seem to be a bit outside my budget unfortunately, I’m hopping to one day be able to participate in dynamic shotgun sports (if IPSC Ontario gets of their f asses and makes a course…)

I am ready to be humbled on my suggestions, please send help 😆

[u/Shoddy-Ad-9009]

Hey man congrats! It depends on what your objective is starting your own arsenal, but here’s my 2 cents:

1. Get the Maverick 88!! That thing is inexpensive, should be no more than $450, so it’ll still leave you with around $1000 left in the budget. Also, in my opinion one of the most reliable shotguns ever, and most definitely the most reliable shotgun for that price range.

Great pick for home defense, wildlife defense and overall fun at the range or in the bush.

1. Since you got $1000 left, I’d go for a ruger 10/22. I don’t know the story on your uncles tm22 but I’d be shocked if it’s as good as a 10/22. If you wanna make it tactical is like I did, slap the archangel 556 stock, and a cheap red dot from Amazon along with some BX-25s if you can find them, I know a guy in van who pins them to 10 rds and sells them.

This gun will be most of your fun honestly, cheap on ammo, and it’s just an old reliable. The gun plus the tactical style chassis and red dot will run you about $700-$800, but very well worth it.

You still got some dough left for ammo, more add ons like a sling, caddy, etc.

All in all, with these two guns you can do it all and have all the fun you need, but again, all depends on what you wanna do. But a 12ga and a 22 carbine are no negotiables in my world for a variety of reasons. Let me know if you wanna see how the 10/22 looks and I’ll send you a picture, it’s pretty sweet.

[u/Mr_Nuclear1 → u/Shoddy-Ad-9009]

Thank you for your detailed comment, tbh I think I’d like to find something oriented towards one of the various shooting sports… in an ideal world that’d be iPsc, but that is unlikely given how IPSC Ontario is being run… F class and PRS are also crazy expensive… I’m kinda at a crossroads, bc I would like to buy something nice enough to use for some sport

[u/Shoddy-Ad-9009 → u/Mr_Nuclear1]

Yes sir! To each their own at the end of the day. I’ll say, the Maverick 88 still should be your 1st pick because of how good of a deal those are and you can use it for clays!

[u/Mr_Nuclear1 → u/Shoddy-Ad-9009]

Yk what atm clays is probably the sport with the lowest barrier to entry… so ima prolly grab a maverick 88… just gotta find one with the bead sight! Ty