Originally Posted By: Stan
Originally Posted By: ed good
sadly arthritis in the right shoulder has ended my shooting for a while...hopefully recent platelet rich plasma injection will allow me to shoot again...

contemplating acquisition of beretta a400 20 ga autoloader, with kick off recoil reducer...understand they are about the softest shooting guns going these days...any experience with as400 or other recommendations for soft shooting guns would be appreciated...


We have great differences of opinion, ed, but I truly hope your shoulder heals so that you can shoot. I am blessed with good health, and at 67 can still handle my 9 1/2 lb. Perazzi and HE Fox easily, with no soreness or pain afterwards. Having never experienced what you are going through I can only imagine how much I would miss my shooting.

Best wishes, SRH
Wow Stan, your Perazzi weighs 9 1/2 lbs.....have you added extra weight?? I’ve been shooting an MX-8 with 34” barrels that weighs 8 lbs 9 oz. I like the 34” barrels on the long shots, but can’t tell that much difference from 32”. I wondered if 34” would be a problem for the close shots, but that does not seem to be the case for me. Personally, I wouldn’t want a sporting clays gun with anything less than 32” but that’s just what I like. For grouse hunting (quail too) I like 28” but have gotten tangled up in beer can sized aspen with 28” when a bird went out. Probably would get tangled with 26” too....it’s thick stuff. I’m 6’1” so a fan of longer barrels. Having said all that, I learned how to shoot skeet in the old days with 26” and shot some good scores, but now I’m not real keen on 26” and certainly not anything shorter. Different strokes for different folks, I guess.

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