drummerchuckb1
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I shot a round of sporting clays for the first time a couple weekends ago and enjoyed it but bruised my shoulder pretty good. I was using an old Ithaca 37 12 gauge. I'm trying to decide what to do to fix the bruised shoulder issue in the future. I have sort of 2 separate sets of questions, but decided to put them in the same thread.
First line of questioning: Can I make the Ithaca more comfortable for shooting lots of rounds? I actually had a cheap ($10) slip on buttstock pad on the gun and still had a bruised shoulder. I have been looking at limbsaver and kick-eez as higher performance options for reducing the felt recoil. Who has experience with these and how well they might work? My biggest issue with these (slip on or the screw on type) is the impact they have on the LOP. I was having a hard time mounting the shotgun with an extra inch on the stock. I could cut the stock, except I'm the 4th generation to have this shotgun (my uncle recently gave it to me) and I inherited another 37 from my dad a couple years ago, so I'd really like to keep both original.
This leads to the next point. I started considering getting a semi auto gas gun as a lower recoil alternative, with the added benefit of faster follow up shots, for sporting clays. The A400 seems like it's one of the best options, but I don't want to spend $2k. In fact, I would like to be under $1000. So with that said, I think I've narrowed it down to the Winchester SX4, Mossberg 940 Pro, or Beretta A300 Ultima. The internet tells me the SX4 doesn't come with shims and the A300 has trigger reset issues. There isn't much info on the 940 pro field. Does anyone here have experience with any (or multiple??) of these options and can offer any input on recoil, reliability, tuning the fit, etc etc? Are there any other options you think I'm overlooking? Thanks.
First line of questioning: Can I make the Ithaca more comfortable for shooting lots of rounds? I actually had a cheap ($10) slip on buttstock pad on the gun and still had a bruised shoulder. I have been looking at limbsaver and kick-eez as higher performance options for reducing the felt recoil. Who has experience with these and how well they might work? My biggest issue with these (slip on or the screw on type) is the impact they have on the LOP. I was having a hard time mounting the shotgun with an extra inch on the stock. I could cut the stock, except I'm the 4th generation to have this shotgun (my uncle recently gave it to me) and I inherited another 37 from my dad a couple years ago, so I'd really like to keep both original.
This leads to the next point. I started considering getting a semi auto gas gun as a lower recoil alternative, with the added benefit of faster follow up shots, for sporting clays. The A400 seems like it's one of the best options, but I don't want to spend $2k. In fact, I would like to be under $1000. So with that said, I think I've narrowed it down to the Winchester SX4, Mossberg 940 Pro, or Beretta A300 Ultima. The internet tells me the SX4 doesn't come with shims and the A300 has trigger reset issues. There isn't much info on the 940 pro field. Does anyone here have experience with any (or multiple??) of these options and can offer any input on recoil, reliability, tuning the fit, etc etc? Are there any other options you think I'm overlooking? Thanks.