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To: ChildOfThe60s
The shorter barrel is for defense (you can maneuver and point it quicker), the longer barrel for hunting. My personal choice for defense in place is the pump shotgun (with vertical foregrip), but if moving around I like a semi-auto with pistol grip stock. I've devised lots of tricks for extending the mag tubes and carrying ammo on the guns.

One trick many folks never learn regarding recoil of a shotgun is to press the weapon foreward, so that the muscles of the support arm absorb recoil rather than allowing all the recoil to translate to the shoulder. But even with that I prefer a 20 agauge at my age and eye sight.

I have a little semi in 20 gauge which has 21 rounds of ammo carried in & on the weapon in such a way that the gun is perfectly balanced at the reciever. I fashioned a mag extension so it holds seven, there are seven in a side-saddle on the reciever, and seven in a cuff on the stock. I can still shoot it one handed if need be, and there's a good pistol laser under the mag tube..

70 posted on 03/21/2013 9:37:33 PM PDT by MHGinTN (Being deceived can be cured.)
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To: MHGinTN

I have a pistol grip 12 20 inch with a light/laser sight attached for home defense...00 and slugs alternating.

I also have both a 12 and a 20 with 24 inch...loaded with slugs, and not for deer, but for longer range than the pistol grip. I will stop vehicles with these if necessary.

For the pistol grip I have a sling that will come across my belly to absorb the recoil. Works really nice.


71 posted on 03/21/2013 9:46:14 PM PDT by GGpaX4DumpedTea (I am a Tea Party descendant...steeped in the Constitutional Republic given to us by the Founders.)
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To: MHGinTN

>>One trick many folks never learn regarding recoil of a shotgun is to press the weapon foreward, so that the muscles of the support arm absorb recoil rather than allowing all the recoil to translate to the shoulder.

“Joe Biden says women need a shot gun not an ar15 this is why it is the other way around:”

http://youtu.be/WXIW1GKAvMM

This is pretty amusing, and somewhat painful to watch.


75 posted on 03/22/2013 5:31:29 AM PDT by FreedomPoster (Islam delenda est)
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