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BigJimP · September 11, 2009, 10:56 AM

OneOunce is right - to give you something to compare one gun to the other - if you shoot the same shell ( ounces of shot and velocity ) - adding 1 lb to the gun will reduce the recoil almost 12% ( which is a lot )...

If you reduce the weight of the gun by 1 lb - then the recoil increases 12% ...

So you have to be careful using these short ( and light ) guns for a new shooter - unless its a semi-auto that will absorb some of the recoil.

September 11, 2009, 10:56 AM	#15
BigJimP Senior Member Join Date: February 23, 2005 Posts: 13,195	OneOunce is right - to give you something to compare one gun to the other - if you shoot the same shell ( ounces of shot and velocity ) - adding 1 lb to the gun will reduce the recoil almost 12% ( which is a lot )... If you reduce the weight of the gun by 1 lb - then the recoil increases 12% ... So you have to be careful using these short ( and light ) guns for a new shooter - unless its a semi-auto that will absorb some of the recoil.