Vonderek
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After mounting a Raptor grip on a Mossberg 500 I changed my long-held belief that pistol-grip shotguns are useless. I decided to treat myself to a Mossberg Shockwave and took it to the range for the first time today with a couple of different loads I have on-hand.
The loads used were some older Sellior & Bellot 00, Asrmscor Reduced Recoil 00, and Aguila Mini Shell slugs.
My use for this shotgun is home defense (and perhaps travel) and the longest distance in my house is about 10 yards so that's where I put the target. First up was the Armscor. I was aiming center mass so I obviously need some work learning this gun. Still a bad day for Mr. paper home invader.
Next up were the Aguila mini shells. Interestingly I don't have the feeding adapter for these but they fed and functioned just fine without it. Still hitting high.
Finally time for the S&B stuff. I wasn't looking forward to this. These are longer than standard 2&3/4" and have a pretty stout recoil in a full-size shotgun. However, they were very pleasant in the Shockwave. I attribute this to the arms absorbing recoil as opposed to an immobile shoulder. Note the 12 pellets in this load.
Just out of curiosity, I moved the target up to 7 yards.
As a totally unrelated topic to this post I had a hankering to get some trigger time on a S&W 3" Model 13. I only shoot 38 Special and 38+P from this gun. All-in-all a fun afternoon at the range!
The loads used were some older Sellior & Bellot 00, Asrmscor Reduced Recoil 00, and Aguila Mini Shell slugs.
My use for this shotgun is home defense (and perhaps travel) and the longest distance in my house is about 10 yards so that's where I put the target. First up was the Armscor. I was aiming center mass so I obviously need some work learning this gun. Still a bad day for Mr. paper home invader.
Next up were the Aguila mini shells. Interestingly I don't have the feeding adapter for these but they fed and functioned just fine without it. Still hitting high.
Finally time for the S&B stuff. I wasn't looking forward to this. These are longer than standard 2&3/4" and have a pretty stout recoil in a full-size shotgun. However, they were very pleasant in the Shockwave. I attribute this to the arms absorbing recoil as opposed to an immobile shoulder. Note the 12 pellets in this load.
Just out of curiosity, I moved the target up to 7 yards.
As a totally unrelated topic to this post I had a hankering to get some trigger time on a S&W 3" Model 13. I only shoot 38 Special and 38+P from this gun. All-in-all a fun afternoon at the range!