Just warning you right now....you might get overwhelmed with the choices that you can choose from. My advice is to grap a parent, and head to the store where you are going ot buy your gun. Get all the shotguns that you like and see which one feel better, is more comftorble, and the right size for you. Then when you gound the one you want buy it. The shotgun that i own, and if my favorite is the Benelli Nova pump. The on the website it says that the black sinthetic is $340 and the camo is $405. Actually at the stores the camo is about $350 or $370 and the sinthetic is even cheaper than that. It comes with a 3 1/2 inch chamber. It comes in 20, 12 guage, and if you are nto very old and a smaller person it comes in a youth model. Later you can also buy a mercury recoil reducer if the recoil is to strong for you for $100, and it works really well. Well i hope this help you out...good luck on finding a gun, and good hunting