coosbaycreep
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I put hogue furniture on my PGO mossberg 12 ga, expecting the recoil to diminish drastically, and I got a busted lip out of it instead.
I've shot a few magnum shells through it before with the factory forened/grip, and while I did lose grip of the forend before (wearing gloves because of the cold though), it only grazed my beard and gave me a slight nudge on the chin.
Today was the first time shooting it with the new furniture. I believe the furniture is called "recoil tamer" or something like that. I've ran a few boxes of cheap birdshot (no.8) through it at one time with no problems other than a little soreness, so I figured I'd go ahead and see just how good the hogue stuff works, and loaded up a round of 3" 00.
I'm a terrible shot, so I almost always look down the bead, even though it's awkward. As soon as I pulled the trigger it came back and hit me in the upper lip. I actually thought it knocked my teeth out, but it just cut a big gash on the inside of my lip, and a small cut on the top of my lip next to my mustache. I'm not even sure if I hit what I was aiming at, and frankly, I don't care. There was another person there when I did this too, so now I have to live with the humiliation of getting beat up by a shotgun.
As much as I like the firepower and compactness of my mossberg, the whole PGO thing has got to go. I love it for backpacking, and it's manageable with reduced recoil birdshot, but it is absolutely brutal, and dangerous, with buckshot and slugs. I originally bought it for self-defense, and if I can't even shoot the kind of shells that are adequate for SD because I can't control it and am too scared of the recoil to even aim, it's pretty much worthless for it's intended use.
I absolutely love that gun too, but as wickedly awesome as it is, I like having all my teeth (yes, there are a few Oregonians that have more than one tooth, believe it or not), and not spitting up blood everytime I eat or drink. My lip is swollen and I'm still spitting out blood while typing this, and it's been about three hours now.
Now I'm either going to trade my 12 for a 20 ga PGO, or put a full stock on it, or sell it and put the money towards a 590. My love affair with 12 pistol grips just died though, and unless I start taking steroids or get another growth spurt (which is highly unlikely as I'm 26) and become much stronger than I am now, I don't care to relive that experience again.
So, my word of advice for all of you who are recoil sensitive, weak, or just don't like the feeling of getting kicked in the mouth by a souless piece of black polymer; don't shoot magnum shells with a pistol grip shotgun.
I've shot a few magnum shells through it before with the factory forened/grip, and while I did lose grip of the forend before (wearing gloves because of the cold though), it only grazed my beard and gave me a slight nudge on the chin.
Today was the first time shooting it with the new furniture. I believe the furniture is called "recoil tamer" or something like that. I've ran a few boxes of cheap birdshot (no.8) through it at one time with no problems other than a little soreness, so I figured I'd go ahead and see just how good the hogue stuff works, and loaded up a round of 3" 00.
I'm a terrible shot, so I almost always look down the bead, even though it's awkward. As soon as I pulled the trigger it came back and hit me in the upper lip. I actually thought it knocked my teeth out, but it just cut a big gash on the inside of my lip, and a small cut on the top of my lip next to my mustache. I'm not even sure if I hit what I was aiming at, and frankly, I don't care. There was another person there when I did this too, so now I have to live with the humiliation of getting beat up by a shotgun.
As much as I like the firepower and compactness of my mossberg, the whole PGO thing has got to go. I love it for backpacking, and it's manageable with reduced recoil birdshot, but it is absolutely brutal, and dangerous, with buckshot and slugs. I originally bought it for self-defense, and if I can't even shoot the kind of shells that are adequate for SD because I can't control it and am too scared of the recoil to even aim, it's pretty much worthless for it's intended use.
I absolutely love that gun too, but as wickedly awesome as it is, I like having all my teeth (yes, there are a few Oregonians that have more than one tooth, believe it or not), and not spitting up blood everytime I eat or drink. My lip is swollen and I'm still spitting out blood while typing this, and it's been about three hours now.
Now I'm either going to trade my 12 for a 20 ga PGO, or put a full stock on it, or sell it and put the money towards a 590. My love affair with 12 pistol grips just died though, and unless I start taking steroids or get another growth spurt (which is highly unlikely as I'm 26) and become much stronger than I am now, I don't care to relive that experience again.
So, my word of advice for all of you who are recoil sensitive, weak, or just don't like the feeling of getting kicked in the mouth by a souless piece of black polymer; don't shoot magnum shells with a pistol grip shotgun.
