Go round to tournaments first, look at other people, most do not mind, as long as your polite... An autococker is good, but often heavy (depending on the year, the new one a friend had is very light indeed), second hand is the way to go. Go round first too, see what gun fits your play style, forward, back, conservative trigger happy... etc 
I do seem to have dragged on a bit...
I do seem to have dragged on a bit...