[TeamPrecisionIT]

Hey Gents,

Tomorrow I am engaging in a somewhat IDPA style shotgun match. The course of fire entails 165 shots in on string. So in other words, I am going to be shooting for at least 15-20 straight minutes. Any tips on not killing my shoulder? I shoot fairly regularly with it and the shotgun I am going to use has easily shot over 25,000 rounds through it since I bought it in 2002. This is the first time I am going to be shooting this much in a course of fire type set up with it, so I figure I could ask the shotgun guru's of THR.

I also have to carry all my ammo on my person. Any suggestions on gear I may be able to pick up locally? I probably should have asked this at least a week ago, but I figure better late then never.

Thanks in advance,

Damian

[rcmodel]

PAST strap-on shoulder pad!
http://www.roc-import.com/gb/div/recoil_pads1.php

Little late to get one now though, unless you can locate one in a gunshop locally.

rc

[Fred Fuller]

What is it, some sort of what they used to call a "recon match" around here, where participants have to carry all the gear they plan to use in the match, all the time the match is going on?

165 rounds of shotgun ammo is basically seven 25-round boxes- that's a LOT of ammo. I don't have a full flat of 12 gauge handy to weigh, but you probably need a decent backpack or rucksack to carry all that in if you're going to have to lug it all around with you.

As for how to manage the long shooting session, if your gun fit, gun mount, shooting technique and recoil pad have any shortcomings, I'd say you're going to know about it before the day is over. It's a little late to do much about it now, unless as rcmodel says, you can find a PAST pad to wear.

Good luck in the match,

lpl

[Gordon]

When I used to shoot SG matches #1 I found myself using a heavy 1100 with 10 round extension and a corresponding length barrel with a comped polychoke (hey every litle bit helps) instead of my beloved 18" 870s. The weight on the gas gun with comp basically eliminated the recoil for my 40 year old body. I carried 50 rounds + a full gun and the Sparks butt cuff full (weren't no side saddles). I brought the rest of the flat up in a range bag to the staging area.

[winchester '97]

shouldnt be any problems, ive gone 200 rounds straight with no problems, i can reccomend pachmayr gel pads though, they work wonders. and whatever shooting gear you wear could be modified to have a shoulder pad. and 165 shells will weigh alot if you carry all of it at once, i would definately reccomend a good backpack/ammo carrier. if you had to carry all that at once a saiga 12 with 12 round stick mags would start to make an awful lot of sense. 14 magazines would be alot easier to carry than 165 loose shells.

[content]

Hello friends and neighbors // For a quick fix Gel soles form the drug store.

I sewed a pocket inside my vest.
Put in a piece of leather, then a Gel sole (from the drug store) with the heel cut off, and another piece of leather. Works great with rifles or shotguns.

Freezer bags hold a good many shells and can be stuffed into areas boxes cannot.
Have a great shoot.

[Al LaVodka]

Two-hundred rounds in Trap is not totally unusual and sometimes I've shot 400 at a few different ranges in one day. Do NOT get that PAST pad rig -- they are too thick and strapped-on to be comfortable to try the first time when you need to be consistent first. The most extra I've ever had was a thin leather layer (like an elbow patch) on the outside and a Browning Decelerator pad (like 1/5th of an inch thick) in a shoulder pocket on the inside.
Al