Adam Striegel
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My wife is 5' tall and weights 98 pounds soak and wet. She can shoot my .40 Sig P226, but it throws her back pretty good. My Glock 26 she gets a good handle on. I found an old 1979 Walther PPK .380 in cherry condition and got that for her to have as her own gun. She loves the way it feels and shoots, so it was a match made in heaven.
We were talking about getting a shotgun that we could keep next to the bed, but also be able to use for clay bird shooting. I've seen several Mossberg setups that come with the pistol / standard butt setup that are easy to change out. Good friend of mine that is a Deputy told me we needed to get a Remmington 870 or go home.
My concern is that my wife might not be able to handle the recoil of a 12gauge pistol grip shotgun for home defense. Is there anything like a 20g or 410 that could reliability pass out acute cases of lead poison without rolling my wife over backwards or dislocating a shoulder?
My experience with shotguns is extremely limited. I shot a break-over 410 for years. I've shot a pump action 20 and semi-auto 20 a few times and that's about it. So any advise would be appreciated.
The goal is to get a nice short shotgun with 00 type loads that we can use as defense, but on the rare occasion, take it clay bird hunting.
Thanks,
Adam
We were talking about getting a shotgun that we could keep next to the bed, but also be able to use for clay bird shooting. I've seen several Mossberg setups that come with the pistol / standard butt setup that are easy to change out. Good friend of mine that is a Deputy told me we needed to get a Remmington 870 or go home.
My concern is that my wife might not be able to handle the recoil of a 12gauge pistol grip shotgun for home defense. Is there anything like a 20g or 410 that could reliability pass out acute cases of lead poison without rolling my wife over backwards or dislocating a shoulder?
My experience with shotguns is extremely limited. I shot a break-over 410 for years. I've shot a pump action 20 and semi-auto 20 a few times and that's about it. So any advise would be appreciated.
The goal is to get a nice short shotgun with 00 type loads that we can use as defense, but on the rare occasion, take it clay bird hunting.
Thanks,
Adam