Tactical 12G Recoil

[tomray3of4]

How much of a difference will adding a tactical stock with pistol grip make to the kick of a Mossberg 12 gauge? Looking to shorten up the gun to make it easier to maneuver and rack comfortably.

 

[SSGSAD]

How much of a difference will adding a tactical stock with pistol grip make to the kick of a Mossberg 12 gauge? Looking to shorten up the gun to make it easier to maneuver and rack comfortably.

The biggest factor, is loss of weight .....

More weight less FELT recoil .....

 

[Tactically Fat]

Recoil mitigation is also a function of technique.

Pulling "out" with your off hand whilst pulling "in" with your strong hand, as if you're trying to stretch the firearm, is fantastic technique to mitigate felt recoil of a shotgun.

 

[redpitbull44]

You will be wasting money buying things like the Blackhawk recoil reduction stock (formerly Knoxx).
Get a Limbsaver recoil pad and low recoil buckshot. Then use the above technique.

 

[GIJEW]

You will be wasting money buying things like the Blackhawk recoil reduction stock (formerly Knoxx).
Get a Limbsaver recoil pad and low recoil buckshot. Then use the above technique.

What brands of low recoil buck shot have you tried--any recommendations?

 

[DRob]

Full house 00 buck loads can be quite unpleasant to shoot. Especially so in a short barreled (light weight) shotgun. For HD use I am confident Hornady Critical Defense 2 3/4" 00 buck will do the job in our Mossberg 500 Persuader. Prior to the Hornady CD round appearing on the market, we kept it loaded with "managed recoil" 00 buck. Federal and Remington both make "low recoil" 00 buck loads.

 

[GIJEW]

Full house 00 buck loads can be quite unpleasant to shoot. Especially so in a short barreled (light weight) shotgun. For HD use I am confident Hornady Critical Defense 2 3/4" 00 buck will do the job in our Mossberg 500 Persuader. Prior to the Hornady CD round appearing on the market, we kept it loaded with "managed recoil" 00 buck. Federal and Remington both make "low recoil" 00 buck loads.

Thanks. What's different about Hornady CD as opposed to low recoil or "managed recoil" loads, that made you choose it? Maybe this is just "thread evolution"?

 

[bwframe]

[video=youtube;iV5ozz38SQ4]https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=iV5ozz38SQ4[/video]

[video=youtube;1b5s7_9lEqs]https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1b5s7_9lEqs[/video]

 

[DRob]

Thanks. What's different about Hornady CD as opposed to low recoil or "managed recoil" loads, that made you choose it? Maybe this is just "thread evolution"?

The Hornady has a bit more perceived recoil. I just figured the Hornady was designed and intended for reasonably short range self defense. Beside the heavy recoil of 3" magnum rounds in the little shotgun, the other factor I always consider for home defense ammo is the longest possible shot inside the house. Longest physically possible for us, but very highly unlikely, is about 60' but a much more probable shot would be closer to 20' max. It contains eight 00 buck pellets (about .34") and patterns tightly. At 1600 FPS it is hotter than the low recoil rounds by about 400 FPS. I suggest you give them both a try.

 

[Zoub]

The fit of the gun is #1.

If you watch the videos above you see techniques from 40's years ago now finding their way into tac shotguns. Why is that? Because now there are tac shotgun "games" being played more and more. These game guns are merely clays gun dressed in black plastic.

So if you find the gun a bit long, a shorter LOP will help you overcome recoil. After that, a lot of the complaints about PG stocks come from self inflicted pain due to improper grip, mount and cheek weld. All things they do wrong anyway but are magnified by the PG stock and magnum loads.

For you, overall the shorter LOP and better feel/control with your weak hand will help a lot. Practice with cheap 1oz or 7/8oz rounds of bird shot. Pain proves nothing but screws up a lot.

Have you chosen a stock yet? You do not have to go with a PG stock to accomplish the above. It has unique advantages some like, some don't. I like them but use both.


Down the road doing these things will also help.

1) practice
2) eat more red meat, garlic and fish
3) buy a semi auto

 

[bwframe]

...Down the road doing these things will also help.

1) practice
2) eat more red meat, garlic and fish
3) buy a semi auto

I'm pretty good with the bottom two.

 

[Zoub]

Then you are set!