In fact, it would be on my third or fourth dove hunt the following fall before I actually downed a dove. I think I shot 2 or 3 boxes of shells.all I had.and did not knock even so much as a feather out of a single bird. To this day, I don't think I have seen that many dove in one day. That experience was great.however a few days later, back home in North Carolina, we went on an amazing New Year's Day Dove Hunt. A nice Alabama bushy tail, couldn't be prouder. Later on that same day, we went out squirrel hunting and I got my first of many squirrels. Dad and my Uncle cut the stock down the day after Christmas to fit me better and that was that. It was an adult size gun from my Grandfather's Hardware Store that weighed roughly a ton. Patterning the gun is not fun at all.My own experience is not what I would suggest. At least for turkey loads, its one or two shots tops and you're adrenaline is pumping. A gas operated auto is almost a necessity when shooting these loads in any volume. Now if you want to talk about 3 1/2" magnums, the goose loads are bad, but the worst has got to be some of the very heavy turkey loads. You move into 3" magnum waterfowl loads, then to 3" buckshot or slug loads and the recoil becomes unpleasant, to say thge least. field loads, heavy slug and buckshot loads, the recoil becomes very harsh, well beyond the. 2 3/4" trap load with 7/8oz of shot, I'd say recoil is in the same general vicinity as the. 130grain and 150grain loads are the old standards. 270 Win is usually loaded with bullets from 100gr. A heavier gun has more inertia and therefore will have less recoil than a lighter gun shooting the same ammo. Gas operated semi-autos tend to have less felt recoil than other designs of the same weight. The type rifle and mass (weight) of the rifle or shotgun matters too. ammo available, you kind of have to narrow it down.
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