timbo
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So, I've gotten a few lessons in Sporting Clays and Skeet and find myself loving it, so now I'm lining myself up for a shotgun to buy. I do have a question about how people do with recoil in shotguns. I've been taught in 12ga. and shot a 20ga O/U a few times now and after 50-100 rounds my shoulder is sore. It doesn't get to the point of bruising, but it doesn't really feel too swell afterward. Is this typical for this number of rounds? It takes me a relaxing 1.5-2 hours to shoot that many rounds in sporting clays, which is a nice time at the range. I can see 200 rounds going in as much time in skeet.
I'd like to buy myself an O/U for my shotgun, preferably in 12ga., but because of my shoulder I feel I need to keep an autoloader on the list also. I've heard that recoil is much more manageable with them.
I'm used to rifle shooting, and the first 25-50 rounds through the shotguns I feel fine. My instructor feels the shotgun (Browning 425) fit right for me, and I thought it also fit me well. Anyone else have a similar situation to mine?
I'd like to buy myself an O/U for my shotgun, preferably in 12ga., but because of my shoulder I feel I need to keep an autoloader on the list also. I've heard that recoil is much more manageable with them.
I'm used to rifle shooting, and the first 25-50 rounds through the shotguns I feel fine. My instructor feels the shotgun (Browning 425) fit right for me, and I thought it also fit me well. Anyone else have a similar situation to mine?