When I was 13. I was shooting a 12 ga 2 3/4 in mags. So I decided to try to shoot 3 inchers, I thought I was tough. Well I shot the 1st one and because I was sitting on a bucket shooting downhill, I got me nose to close to the stock and busted my nose. So I just stuck with 2 3/4 inchers, until I was 14