Bigworm55
Quoted: Hey FN-TPS,
Thanks for the info on the recoil pad - I'll have to try that out.
Another quick question: does the step up between the buffer tube and the sliding portion of the stock "catch" you at all on the cheek during recoil, or make it hard for you to get a good sight picture through the irons (bad cheek weld)?
Thanks.
I notice both of these issues. It makes me feel like my cheek is being pinched. I also feel like I need to get my face closer to the stock to get a good sight picture, and it only makes that cheek pinching effect feel worse. I still love the shotgun, though.
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Maybe I'm just used to it, YMMV.
The dedicated tactical shotgunner, is a diffent breed of cat. He's generaly pumped a ton, of full power 12ga down range, and settled into the philosophy, of
" Yes, I'm carrying a shotgun...and it's going to kick me. In return, it's going to do spectacular and massive damage, to whatever or whomever, I shoot with it." It's a
mindset of the shotgunner thing.
I've often said, that the dedicated shotgunner in the 21st century, carries the gene, of the guy, who carried a battle axe during the 14th century. He's only worried about getting close to his adversary and then, taking him out...In the most violent and gruesome manner conceivable. He also knows, that the Gods extract a price, for giving him such a horrendous, close quarters, killing implement. That price being, your shoulder, may be a little sore, after a day of swinging it. he's willing to make that trade off, of a little discomfort, for the shear killing power, that his weapon of choice, brings to the fight.
I'm not up here, pounding my chest, suggesting that, I'm a tuff guy and thus I don't notice recoil or discomfort, but instead, trying to impart the
mindset of the shotgunner, which has served me well. I don't pick up, a riot type shotgun up, without thinking
"It's time to Cowboy up bud" (I'm an Okie and we say things like that.)
I realize, that the objective of this dedicated shotgun forum, is for us, to help each other figure out, ways to make, the fighting shotgun ,better, faster and as high speed, as we can possibly figure out, a way for it to be. But unless we drop the shell loads, to velocities pushing the pellet or slug, the speed of spitballs. The combat shotgun, is never going to be, the comfortable to shoot pussy cat, that your skeet gun is.
Minor discomfort comes with the territory.
(Me, after a day of firing a "18 Remington 870, with one of the old style Choate overfolders.)
(Just in case, you've never had the pleasure, of shooting a riotgun equipped with that painful abortion, of a folding stock...If you have, then you know, that we've come light years forward, in the stock design, of the FN Tactical Police Shotgun, the Mesa's and the Cav'y SST's