Not it wasn't. It was Biden advice, and just as tone deaf.
The OP asked for a good firearm for a BEGINNER, to use at a RANGE.
I'm presuming he means indoor range. I don't know of any indoor ranges that allow shotgun shot, only slugs. Slugs in a shotgun is expensive and NOT for a beginner.
People, don't get gun advice from TheDonald. At a minimum, go to a gun forum.
Many here, including myself had a pump shotgun as a first firearm. Many of us also belong to multiple gun forums and refuse to go to indoor ranges, for lots of reasons.
Highly recommend a pump shotgun. A quality piece is $350. Trap shooting is a blast (haha) - way more fun than stationary paper targets.
Also each 00 buck shell is the essentially nine 9mm bullets simultaneously. That's real stopping power.
From there, you can decide if your second is a pistol or AR.
Thanks pede!
or even better...an AR pistol
Excellent advice.
Not it wasn't. It was Biden advice, and just as tone deaf.
The OP asked for a good firearm for a BEGINNER, to use at a RANGE.
I'm presuming he means indoor range. I don't know of any indoor ranges that allow shotgun shot, only slugs. Slugs in a shotgun is expensive and NOT for a beginner.
People, don't get gun advice from TheDonald. At a minimum, go to a gun forum.
Many here, including myself had a pump shotgun as a first firearm. Many of us also belong to multiple gun forums and refuse to go to indoor ranges, for lots of reasons.
a) You don't learn anything about firearms by owning a shotgun, aside from, they go bang.
b) You don't learn to aim with a shotgun
c) Ammo is damn expensive for a shotgun
d) Your refusal to go to an indoor range has no bearing on the recipient going to an indoor range
e) Your comment about belonging to gun forums has no bearing on why I said don't get advice from T_D, go to a gun forum.
It wasn't good advice. Nobody in the industry would suggest a shotgun for a beginners' firearm.