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I shot 50 rounds with my new 6.5 lb gun shooting 7/8 oz and I don't remember getting beat up that bad since my mother beat me as a kid.I was thinking I would like to shoot at the Vintagers shoot but I don't think I could last over 100 rounds.It has a wooden but stock maybe I need a rubber stick on.It could be that it is the first time I shot a clay too but I know it is a lot different than that 9 lb Perazzi. What do you do?
Monty What is the muzzle velocity of those 7/8 oz loads? 7/8 ounce can still rough you up in a light gun if the velocity is high enough.
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Did you premount the gun? What are the dimensions?
Last week I shot skeet and trap low gun with a 6-4 16 gauge that I seldom shoot, 1 ounce hand loads, 3" of drop. Beat the snot out of my shoulder. But I noticed my cheek did not have the usual numbness that I have after shooting a high stocked 8.5 pound pre-mounted target gun. Also it took awhile to get my mount worked out with the new gun.
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Mike
Last edited by AmarilloMike; 02/20/11 11:30 AM.
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If it's unpleasant to shoot, you won't shoot it well.
Back off on payload, slow the loads down, use a recoil pad. The vest inserts from Browning work, as do others.
There's a reason target guns are heavy.
"The price of good shotgunnery is constant practice" - Fred Kimble
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I agree with all,especially Shotgunjones.
Get a pad if there's not one, check your gun fit, hold it nice n firm...but I think slowing down the load will do the most, as your down to 7/8ths already
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Have your gunsmith check the head space on your gun relative to the thickness of the heads on your shells. Excessive head space is a common cause of heavy recoil.
Roy Hebbes
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Betcha it's all in the fit of the Jeweler's gun. Also I'd consider going to RST's or Polywad Vintagers or even Winchester AA Featherlites.
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Given equal weight O/U will have less felt recoil then SxS. The vertical gun is far superior weapon imo. I suspect that is why top competitors use them instead of archaic SxS guns. Watch that nasty talk...
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Last Sunday I shot 122 pigeons and a crow with a Henry Egg hammer gun. Using Winchester Western 32g No.6 and Game Bore Pure Gold 28g No.5 shells - 294 in all between 11.00 and 16.00.
Felt a bit kicked around by the end as the gun is short for me at 14 1/4". Generally not too bad though. Your problem is poor gun fit and/or mount.
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Dig,
I know you're quite a fan of wood pigeon hunting in the U.K. Since we don't have that species here in the USA, I was curious as to if they are hunted similar to American dove? Do they taste like dove? Do they eat sunflower seeds?
If so, you have 122 filet mignon medallions on your hands. Very jealous!
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I've put over 50 rounds of RST 1 oz "Maxi-Lites" through a pair of 6 1/4# Brit guns at the UP SxS Classic, in 2 1/2 minutes. That would make me feel beat up, if I were going to get that feeling. Did not. My usual target load was my own 7/8 oz reloads at low pressure and moderate velocity (around 1150 fps). Those were fine too. Hunted pheasants with those guns. Game Bore Pure Gold 1 1/16 oz in the R barrel, my own 1 1/8 oz reloads in the L. Of course we're talking a 3 bird limit in "American rough shooting", so I was not burning up all that many shells. But those were fine too. Target shooting is definitely more comfortable with my 7 3/4# Parker and the same loads I shot through the Brit guns, but then the extra 1 1/2# of weight, plus a recoil pad, make a lot of difference. The latter is pretty much like no kick at all; the former, kick but very tolerable.
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