Does Remington Shur Shot thumbhole stock reduce felt recoil?

[NM Mountainman]

I am in the market for a 12 ga turkey shotgun with 20 or 21" barrel which can accept interchangeable choke tubes. The shotgun will also be used for home and camp defense. In theses roles, a shotgun is often deliberately aimed rather than pointed; so I plan to outfit it with a ghost ring sight.

The Remington Shur Shot stock looks like it might be good for situations in which the shotgun is aimed as well as when it is pointed. I have handled shotguns equipped with this type of stock in gun stores, and it feels good to me. I have not fired any rounds through a shotgun with this type of stock yet.

Has anyone used a shotgun equipped with a Shur Shot stock. How do you like it? Does it seem to reduce the felt recoil with 3" magnum loads? I am mainly interested in hearing responses from those who have actually used a shotgun so equipped.

 

[Birdhunter1]

I do not have any experience with the gun you are talking about, but all the thumbholes I have been around are severely one sided guns, no ambidextrous use of them. The palm swell and the way the edges are shaped it just does not render itself useful at all to switching hands if needed. For me I would not want to limit myself to a one sided defensive weapon.

Now on to the question you actually did ask, most thumbholes are laminate stocks, laminated stocks tend to be heavier and thumbholes tend to have less of a drop on the comb, the recoil if even measured the same will likely be felt differently. How different I cannot say on a shotgun as my thumbhole experience is on 17 hmr - .223 where recoil is not a huge factor.