Shot through a rifled slug barrel
11-06-2019, 01:38 PM
#11
Boone & Crockett
Join Date: Jul 2014
Location: south eastern PA
Posts: 15,436
Clem, I think I'm going to get a youth stock and put on it. I think shortening it up will solve the recoil issue. Its not a hard kicking gun, I enjoy shooting it compared to my slug gun. It's just a poor fit for her.
We shot today. I found a box of Hornady custom lights. I honestly really couldn't feel much of a difference. They had a slight poi difference. Not enough to really matter at 50 yards probably.
This is her at 50 yards. The three to the left are the lights. The three closer to the black are the standard sst slugs I use in it. I told her she's shooting it well enough that there's no excuse if she misses one.
Interestingly- she scoped her forehead slightly- on her first shot with the lights. Not enough to make a mark. But she didn't have it into her shoulder properly and it beaned her head and hurt her shoulder bone lol. (Don't tell her I'm laughing LOL)
Since neither of us could really tell a difference we'll stick with the standard sst's which I have a shelf full of already.
-Jake
We shot today. I found a box of Hornady custom lights. I honestly really couldn't feel much of a difference. They had a slight poi difference. Not enough to really matter at 50 yards probably.
This is her at 50 yards. The three to the left are the lights. The three closer to the black are the standard sst slugs I use in it. I told her she's shooting it well enough that there's no excuse if she misses one.
Interestingly- she scoped her forehead slightly- on her first shot with the lights. Not enough to make a mark. But she didn't have it into her shoulder properly and it beaned her head and hurt her shoulder bone lol. (Don't tell her I'm laughing LOL)
Since neither of us could really tell a difference we'll stick with the standard sst's which I have a shelf full of already.
-Jake
Last edited by Oldtimr; 11-06-2019 at 01:41 PM.
11-06-2019, 05:30 PM
#12
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Join Date: Dec 2006
Location: Trumbull County, Ohio
Posts: 9,520
Good stuff ot.
This one didn't even leave a red mark on her forehead. Thankfully. Had it cut her I probably couldn't have tricked her into shooting it again lol.
Her main complaint was the recoil on her shoulder bone. But she knew right away what she did wrong and corrected for the rest of them.
I've got a Bushnell elite...32 or 3500 on it. It's a decent scope it seems like. I went with the sane thing I have on her .270. it has allot of eye relief for her.
Again I credit this to the gun not fitting her. And she was shooting off a rest and just not holding it properly. It was one of those situations where I say "ok make sure you have good form, hold it right on your shoulder" and she goes "I know I know" and then pulls the trigger and pop. I smiled a bit inside.
But she knew what she did wrong and corrected.
-Jake
This one didn't even leave a red mark on her forehead. Thankfully. Had it cut her I probably couldn't have tricked her into shooting it again lol.
Her main complaint was the recoil on her shoulder bone. But she knew right away what she did wrong and corrected for the rest of them.
I've got a Bushnell elite...32 or 3500 on it. It's a decent scope it seems like. I went with the sane thing I have on her .270. it has allot of eye relief for her.
Again I credit this to the gun not fitting her. And she was shooting off a rest and just not holding it properly. It was one of those situations where I say "ok make sure you have good form, hold it right on your shoulder" and she goes "I know I know" and then pulls the trigger and pop. I smiled a bit inside.
But she knew what she did wrong and corrected.
-Jake
11-06-2019, 06:56 PM
#14
Nontypical Buck
Join Date: Apr 2015
Location: Germany/Calif.
Posts: 2,664
I've found getting a vest with a recoil pad pocket works better than an on rifle/shotgun recoil pad. I tried three different inserts before I found one I really liked,
