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Originally Posted By: skeettx
Morning gun or afternoon gun?
I use a heavier gun in the morning and a lighter
gun after lunch.
Makes a difference.
Mike


Not to mention the terrain, wind, temperature and snow depth. smile.

I'm still looking for that perfect late season, afternoon gun...


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I am finding that a 12 gauge, just under 6 1/2lbs, is really nice to spend the day carrying, but, becomes a chore to practice with at the gun range with 1 1/8oz promotional ammo. 50 rounds of that stuff definitely leaves a mark. I am learning how to shoot off my right shoulder, and Im not an especially quick study in this regard, and the recoil seems to affect me more. I am recoil sensitive anyway, something that hasnt improved with age.
I had a retina detachment in my left, shooting eye, and the vision has not returned at a level good enough to consistently shoot with.
This has been my main offender, of late, and the gun I practice my half-assed right handed mount with:


I have doubles in 16, 20, 28, and a .410 pump that all have more manageable recoil. The 16 seems to strike a pretty good balance twixt weight (6lbs) and recoil, and the mostly in my head notion of using enough gun.
I used to hunt with a 6lb 12, usually with 1 oz loads, but, sometimes with stout 1 1/4oz pheasant medicine. But, it is a specific left hand gun, and recoil never bothered me when using it.

I might have been younger then.

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I am somewhat recoil sensitive, can get a headache shooting more than 2 rounds of skeet if using 1 1/8 ounce loads, don't really like 1 ounce loads.

I do use my upland s x s guns, don't have a dedicated target guns. I solved my problem by loading 3/4 ounce for both 12 and 20 gauge skeet. I move up to 7/8 for crazy quail, etc.

Plus I really enjoy reloading.

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All my upland guns, 12 or 16 gauge, are between 6 pounds 3 oz and 6 pounds 11 ounces.

I'm still young, only 62, so happy to carry any of them all day. laugh

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My normal upland field gun is one of several 6lb 16Gas.

Dove last year was a 7lb 12ga.

Late day gun has been a 5lb or so 24ga


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Weight matters very little to me. Much more important to me are the handling characteristics. I have sub-5 lb. guns that handle like 6 1/2 lb. game guns, and 9 lb.+ doubles that are as quick as many 7 lb. guns.

MOI is much more important to me than weight.

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Originally Posted By: Stan
Weight matters very little to me. Much more important to me are the handling characteristics. I have sub-5 lb. guns that handle like 6 1/2 lb. game guns, and 9 lb.+ doubles that are as quick as many 7 lb. guns.

MOI is much more important to me than weight.

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Concur, overall weight is part of it, but the balance or better put as you have MOI is the dominant concern.


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Originally Posted By: Stan
Weight matters very little to me. Much more important to me are the handling characteristics. I have sub-5 lb. guns that handle like 6 1/2 lb. game guns, and 9 lb.+ doubles that are as quick as many 7 lb. guns.

MOI is much more important to me than weight.

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Concur, overall weight is part of it, but the balance or better put as you have MOI is the dominant concern.


Come hunt with me sometime.

One does not have to give up MOI, or whatever acronym you wish to choose, to use a light gun. And the end of the day, a long day, in heavy cover, maybe snow, lots of cold and wind, a light gun is appreciated. And strangely, they can kill pretty well.

Everything is a trade off and the balance of that trade off is subject to a given set of circumstances.



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A grouse thicket, any day, or a cat tail slew, hopefully after it is frozen solid, particularly after 6 or 8 hours of it, will be a lot worse with a 7 lb+ gun.

I dont have a good grasp of dove or duck hunting that might not involve constant hiking. I do a bunch of walking.

It is different up here.
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Never said weight was unimportant, It is, however A light gun unbalanced with poor handling characteristics is not a solution either.

My point, and I believe Stans too, is that handling or MOI as some describe it is enormously important. Further an otherwise heavier gun often feels lighter in the hand with better handling characteristics..

We have all encountered a gun which after shouldering it and told its weight we immediately thought, wow I would have guessed less.

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