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A few years back, I attended a defensive shotgun class given by Louis Awerbuck (Yavapai Firearms Academy). Louis is an old friend and has become one of acknowledged masters of shotgun instruction. Anyway, also in the class was a married couple who are friends of mine. The wife was using a 12-ga. 870 with the stock cut WAAAAY down to fit her (she's short). The buttstock fit her, but she had to reach WAAAAY forward for the forend...to the point that her left arm was almost fully extended. She fought that 870 all through the first day, but had to sit out the second day of class.
A year or so later, we had Louis back again for Level II of defensive shotgun. THIS TIME she had a 1100 lightweight 20-ga. with the butt cut down for her (the butt was actually a little long for her as the action spring therein limits how short you can cut it). The main difference was that she could now grasp the forend just in front of the receiver and not have to extend her left arm so far (also, with the autoloader she didn't need to manipulate the forend to cycle the action as she had to with her 870). The lesser weight of the new gun also helped keep her from getting fatigued. She did GREAT in the class and got very competent with her 20ga.
Rosco
[This message has been edited by Rosco Benson (edited June 01, 1999).]
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