Man I am really dissappointed in most of you. Ive got a mossberg 835 Ulti-Maga dn I shoot 3 1/2 inchers out of it but I really dont think much of it. I shoot trap and skeet regularly with my remington and for those who arent welled versed in the number of shots fired in a day, you may very well shoot over 100 rounds out of your shotgun. Now even though Im shooting target loads, a day of shooting 100 sets of doubles(200 shots) I come home with a shoulder that has been ripped. Im not one who only shoots a hundred or so rounds out of a shotgun a year, I shoot several thousand rounds out of my Remington 11-96 each summer. I just shoot my shotguns the same no matter the model I am carrying or shooting. Just point and shoot and dont make a big hairy deal about the recoil.

Oh, about the fox hunting. Why not use a 3 1/2" #4 buck instead of #4 shot? My buddy has had excellent luck with it and has harvested several. Patterns good out of his gun. Ive seen all sizes of buckshot in 3 1/2" shells at even Wal Mart!!

You have fun and dont worry about it.

Curtis J. Graf