Hi all. I need help dialing back my TK 2000. Let me give you a little history. I am a 135 pound woman and have been hunting about 10 years now. Mostly deer and turkey, but some small game too. I live in a shotgun only state for deerso my primary deer/turkey gun is my 20 gauge Rem. 870. I also use a 50cal muzzleloader for deer which I absolutely LOVE even more than my shotgun.

I was given a brand new TK 2000 a few years back that has been sitting in a box up until today. As much as I LOVE my ML rifle for deer, I thought it would be way cool to use a ML for turkey. I had read up on this gun and heard how much it kicks, but I thought I could handle trying a shot. So I read the manual, loaded it up with 100 grains powder and used the shot wads that came with the gun (they hold 2 1/2 oz of shot I believe). I put on a recoil pad (the kind you wear over your shoulder)and a winter coat and sat down on my shooting bench out in my pasture. I concentrated on where the butt of gun was resting and held the gun nice and tight to my shoulder. Took the shot.Well now my shoulder is SCREAMING. After some ibuprofen and an ice pack, I am now a semi-rational human being again. I've been bruised by hard shooting guns before, but this was so much more than I expected. Obviously, I need to do some readjusting of things before I shoot the gun again.

So here is the list I came up with (feel free to add and comment).

1. Go down to 90 or even 80 grains of powder.
2. Less shot (I have a question about this, see below)
3.One of those add-onrecoil pads on the butt of the gun. (or two or three, Just Kidding!)

Since I am a ML shotgun newbie, I have questions about loading shot. If I want to load with less shot, I will need to buy different size shot wads, correct? I mean, you can't take a 3 1/2 inch shot wad and fill it part way, right? You are suppose to fill the shot wad full??? Can I use regular shot wads like the ones used in re-loading shotguns? I don't need a special ML shot wad or do I?

Thanks so much for any help you can give me!!!! I still think it would be cool to shoot a turkey with a ML shotgun.