Nothing at all wrong with a pump action for trap. It is, after all, a single shot sport, so quick follow-up shots aren't necessary.

I use a 12 gauge Browning Citori Special Sporting Clays Edition for Trap, Skeet and Sporting Clays. I reload 18.5 grains of 700-X, with 1 1/8 ounces of 7 1/2 in Winchester AA Hulls, or 1 1/8 ounces of 8 shot in Remington Premier Hulls. For sporting clays, I'll use the red AA's for longer shots, and the green Premiers for shorter shots.

Also, Jeepkid, sporting clays ranges are different everywhere, and you don't get doubles every time. Sometimes you get singles, sometimes you get "following pairs" where the second bird is thrown at the sound of the shot on the first bird, and sometimes you get "true pairs" where both birds are thrown simultaneously. Every trap range in the entire country is the same. Every skeet range in the entire country is the same. Every sporting clays range in the country is different, and that adds to the challenge.