BTW, about your 12 ga., the only way ANY reasonably hand-held firearm will "knock you off your feet" is if you give it a running start at impacting your shoulder, or don't let it recoil the way it is trying to. Fear makes us receive a worse punishment than that which we would have gotten if we were brave, and stepped right up to the plate in the first place.
The biggest pistol round he's fired is a .38, and he won a box of ammo from my buddy by putting the first round in the 8 ring.
Recoil is mostly in your head, at least with the common calibers.
Nice to see your tail wagging around here again.
If I don't see you, have a very Merry Christmas.
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I've never had any trouble with the Overland Stage double-barrel but it put a nasty bruise on both my husband and my daughter's boyfriend. They both braced it against their shoulders like you normally do. I hold the butt under my arm, against my side, and hold the barrels down with my left hand, from the top side. I know that would make some instructors cringe but it works for me. I don't get bruised and I can keep it under control. My husband has a Remington 1100 with gas recoil and it's a Cadillac. My 12-GA is a cannon. BTW, the term "knock you off your feet" was just a figure of speech. I have seen my Overland Stage make grown men take a couple of steps backwards though. :-)