How much do autoloaders reduce recoil?

[Sav .250]

Home defense........... Look into a "Coach " shotgun. 20 ga. Try the re-duced loads.

"Auto`s" may reduce the recoil a tad but it`s still a shotgun and recoil is just part of it.

 

[d2wing]

To answer the question, I have a wide variety of shotguns and due to a shoulder injury at times need to use a lighter recoil gun. If I am not in pain, I shoot an over/under. Moderate pain, 20 gauge o/u or 12. Gauge gas auto depending on game and walking. The softest shooter is a 20 gauge gas auto by a lot. The best I found is an 1100 20 gauge. I also have a Franchi 720 that is lighter and great to shoot. So go 20 gauge gas semi auto with a short barrel. Slower loads help as well.

 

[oneounceload]

If you want even softer, try that 1100 in 28 or better yet, 410 - about as much recoil as a 10/22

 

[Virginian]

As an added benefit you will get your exercise picking up the empty hulls from an 1100 28 gauge. It do throw them. But, I do need the exercise.

 

[MCgunner]

Actually, I don't find a 9 lb 10 gauge that bad on the shoulder. Don't fire that many rounds, usually less than a box goose hunting. If I was shootin' a lot, might be another deal, but I don't get that sore from the 10.

Yeah, the 535 Mossy is rough. It's just too light for 3.5" stuff. I'll stick with the 10.

 

[MCgunner]

If you want even softer, try that 1100 in 28 or better yet, 410 - about as much recoil as a 10/22

And there's my answer to Patagonia...except for the price of ammo, but hell, if you can afford to go to Argentina....

 

[oneounceload]

McG - I have a friend who arranges bird shooting all over the world. Most three day trips to there can be had for very reasonable costs plus ammo and airfare, certainly less than a typical three day Georgia quail hunt or S. Dak pheasant hunt, let alone a TX exotic hunt

 

[MCgunner]

Yeah, I think I figured it once to come out to about 3K or not much more. A western elk hunt runs twice that and up. Don't think I haven't thought about it.

 

[351 WINCHESTER]

I can't speak for any others, but the 1100 Remington a lot.

 

[nulook45]

Op

Well here is my 2 cents worth and it isnt much . I am 55 have had both knees replaced a foot rebuilt and a torn rotator cuff in my shooting shoulder R handed
and various other problems . I shoot a mossberg 500 pump and a 870 exp . but when i am having a bad day and hurting from arthritis i use a remington 1100 in 12 gauge . 12 gauge is the most versitile shotgun round i know . light target loads kick no worse then a .410 with slugs and at home defense range measured in feet not yards are just like shooting slugs Glasser safety slugs to be exact . A load of #8 bird shot at 20 feet with a full choke turkey barrel will spread about 3 inches and 350 bbs going 1400 fps in a 3 inch circle is going to make a mess out of whatever it hits. with not too much over penetration ie. drywall ect in a pump gun those loads are easy to manage . Save buckshot and slugs for anything measured in yards out to 100 yards i can and have gotten deer with slugs at that range .

 

[oneounceload]

Actually, buckshot and slugs penetrate drywall far more readily than .223 from an AR - and an AR has very little recoil

 

[nulook45]

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