hardest kicking load for shotgun?
01-29-2008, 03:31 PM
#21
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RE: hardest kicking load for shotgun?
ORIGINAL: statjunk
That's why I refuse to put a scope on a Turkey gun. The excitment in turkey hunting is getting them close.
Tom
ORIGINAL: gmil6184
I would tend to agree with everyone that 3 inch turkey loads are brutal, i've never shot a 3.5 inch and have no desire to. This past spring i was turkey hunting and got a nice bird but in all the excitment i forgot to keep my head back from the scope, and that 3 inch mag drove that scope right between my eyes and opened up a nice gash...took 8 stitches to close it up.
I used to slug hunt and shot the 3 inch Remington Copper Solids and those used to beat your shoulder up, the NY county where i hunt switched to rifle so i started using my 7 mag. compared to those 12 gauge loads the recoil from the 7 mag feels like a gentle breeze.
I would tend to agree with everyone that 3 inch turkey loads are brutal, i've never shot a 3.5 inch and have no desire to. This past spring i was turkey hunting and got a nice bird but in all the excitment i forgot to keep my head back from the scope, and that 3 inch mag drove that scope right between my eyes and opened up a nice gash...took 8 stitches to close it up.
I used to slug hunt and shot the 3 inch Remington Copper Solids and those used to beat your shoulder up, the NY county where i hunt switched to rifle so i started using my 7 mag. compared to those 12 gauge loads the recoil from the 7 mag feels like a gentle breeze.
Tom
01-29-2008, 04:39 PM
#22
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RE: hardest kicking load for shotgun?
Well he was in close, i don't really use the scope the extend my range at all, i just like the precision of putting a crosshair over my target instead of a bead or iron sights. In fact i think it is even more useful on the closer shots at like 20 yards or so where your pattern is about the size of a baseball. I used to scoff at people who used scopes on turkey guns saying things like "they are only 30 yards away what do you need a scope for?" but after i tried it i really liked it...just keep your head back where it belongs haha
01-31-2008, 11:09 AM
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RE: hardest kicking load for shotgun?
no i dont have a scope for my tukey gun.......my tukey gun, my squirrel gun dove gun, duck gun etc all use the same barrel a smoth bore barrel. i have to use a scope on my slug barrel because it has the scope mounts on it and no iron sights
01-31-2008, 11:05 PM
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RE: hardest kicking load for shotgun?
Try shooting a 3 inch magnum slug out of an H&R Single Shot Deer Tracker II. Holy Crap does that hurt. It left an imprint of the recoil pad in my shoulder
The only way my friends got to use my shotgun when we would trap shoot is if they could shoot 2 3 inch magnum slugs out of my gun. Guess what, i never had to share
The only way my friends got to use my shotgun when we would trap shoot is if they could shoot 2 3 inch magnum slugs out of my gun. Guess what, i never had to share
02-02-2008, 01:56 PM
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RE: hardest kicking load for shotgun?
I guess I am from a diffrent breed. I will admit that my 835 in 3 1/2 " does kick, to me it's not bad. I always shoot the heavy loads. My 10 gauge with slugs is a mule kick the the body every time. I always get one new friend that "has to try it" They never want to shoot a 2nd shot. Of course a 2 oz 700 something grain slug will let anyone know. lol
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