By whopper, do you mean lie? It was a little exagerated. If it was raining or snowing, we didn't shoot. But yes, when we practiced, we shot roughly 1000 rounds each time. I competed in the NRA's Youth Hunter Education Challenge. All that shooting is probably why we won the sporting clays event every year that I competed. My average in trap when I used to compete was 98 out of 100. In skeet it was 97 out of 100 and before you say something, I know a round only consists of 25 birds, but we always shot 4 rounds because everyone would end up with a 23 or 24. We had to wait for someone to make a mistake. After practice, my dad would go down to the basement and reload for the rest of the day.
I am not saying all recoil operated guns kick less. My Benelli kicks less than ANY gas operated one I have fired. Mostly A500's and 11-87's. What I said about recoil kicking less is the Benelli sales pitch that I got when I bought it. So far it appears to be true with the guns that I have shot.
I really don't care if you beleive me or not. I know that back when I was competing, I usually placed in the top 5 at competitions at 16 years of age against guys anywhere from my age to 80. If you don't have anything useful to this thread, just stay out of it. I don't mean to offend you, but I also don't like being called a liar. If I say something and I am wrong, I will admit it once someone proves me wrong. But I don't lie just to make myself sound like a tough guy. I grew out of that a long long time ago as well as butting into conversations with nothing useful.