40CalFireGuy
Member
Hey all, I'm very new to the realm of shotgunning -- enjoyed shooting them when I was a kid in scouts and in college, but only recently starting to research them to buy one. My wife is hesitant about getting a 12g because of bad experiences with recoil in the past and I'm trying to find a shotgun that would be good for her. The long and short is that we have recently found a need for a defensive scatter gun in our home, and I'd like to buy one that she can use more than shop around until we find "her" shotgun (she's very interested, likes the weapons, but even less experienced than I am).
I've considered buying a 20g with an improved or spreader choke and getting a folding-stock installed for her because of the tight spaces we need to cross to clear the main hallway and retrieve our child in case an intruder comes at her/us. However, I've recently read more on Mossberg's roadblocker muzzle break. It looks a little bulky and it adds weight at the tip I'm sure, but:
a) is it effective? and
b) would combining the compensator with a recoil reducing grip like the knoxx breacher grip result in misfeed problems?
If the Knoxx/muzzlebreak combo is good to go, then I think we've settled on a working solution for her to use while I'm away and we hunt down a weapon that my wife can truly call her very own.
On behalf of K. and me, thanks all.
I've considered buying a 20g with an improved or spreader choke and getting a folding-stock installed for her because of the tight spaces we need to cross to clear the main hallway and retrieve our child in case an intruder comes at her/us. However, I've recently read more on Mossberg's roadblocker muzzle break. It looks a little bulky and it adds weight at the tip I'm sure, but:
a) is it effective? and
b) would combining the compensator with a recoil reducing grip like the knoxx breacher grip result in misfeed problems?
If the Knoxx/muzzlebreak combo is good to go, then I think we've settled on a working solution for her to use while I'm away and we hunt down a weapon that my wife can truly call her very own.
On behalf of K. and me, thanks all.