Thread: Sporting Shotgun

Hi
I need some assitance as to whether these guns are suitable for sporting shooting
I've still not got my head around what actually constitutes a sporting gun as opposed to a skeet gun or trap gun apart from what I have read here and on the net which tells me a trap gun has a much higher rib as you are usually shooting going away clays.

So to this end I've been googling guns from Browning, Baretta and Fabarm which have "Sporting" or Sporter after the brand name.
Farbarm make a Axia RS 12 Sporter
Browning a 725 Sporter and
Barretta a confusing array of sporter guns.

Now in a small town in the south it's not like you can just go down the strreet to a shop and try these guns for size nor could I just ask the local guy to get 7-10K+ worth of guns in just for me to look at and should a couple of times.
So a question or three
How does one go about aquiring and getting a gun such as these that you can be assured it fits etc
Are any of the above brands better or decidedly worse than the others,
finally
Realisticlly, is near mid 50's in age to late to get into shooting, whether it be sporting or skeet, without any background at all except gameshooting as there is no point spending that sort of money if it's just a waste, I might as well spend it on LR rifle and scope set up.
Thanks.