Mr. Dolall,
I was specifically addressing your "opinions may vary", with no slight expressed or implied. That you were insulted has nothing to do with me.
I remember being much younger, and beginning to learn to shoot. A semiautomatic with very little recoil was much easier than a heavily recoiling manually operated shotgun. I've seen fairly skilled shotgun shooters screw up during relatively mild stress.
We are expected to believe that the recessed magazine is easier to screw up than operating a pump and slide release? I have seen LOTS of people with no experience become proficient with the M16 in a matter of weeks (in terms of actual pure training and practice, probably about 25 hours). That's soup-to-nuts, starting with no experience and ending by qualifying on pop-up targets. There is no way they would have reached an equivalent skill level in that time with a pump shotgun.
John
I was specifically addressing your "opinions may vary", with no slight expressed or implied. That you were insulted has nothing to do with me.
I remember being much younger, and beginning to learn to shoot. A semiautomatic with very little recoil was much easier than a heavily recoiling manually operated shotgun. I've seen fairly skilled shotgun shooters screw up during relatively mild stress.
We are expected to believe that the recessed magazine is easier to screw up than operating a pump and slide release? I have seen LOTS of people with no experience become proficient with the M16 in a matter of weeks (in terms of actual pure training and practice, probably about 25 hours). That's soup-to-nuts, starting with no experience and ending by qualifying on pop-up targets. There is no way they would have reached an equivalent skill level in that time with a pump shotgun.
John