Lenny,
I bought a Remington 1187 Premier for my son at Christmas. He's done real well with it at trap shooting. I brought my Dad's 40+ year old JC Higgins 12 ga two weeks ago and my son shot that for the night. At the end of the night he told me that he would shoot Poppy's gun and I could shoot his for now. It was good to see he had respect for my dad's old gun. He actually shot well with it. The only problem is the stock butt is a little hard and doesn't offer much give. I'm looking into getting a new butt for it.