My wife and I are going to a local Edmonton indoor handgun and long gun range in the near future to fire our new 12ga O/U and 12ga Mossberg shorty shotgun. Unfortunately, the only 12ga ammo the range allows is slugs.
My wife and I used to shoot our 7.62x39 rifle which is now, legally anyway, useless. So we're both familiar with the recoil of that firearm.
I shot some clays in my youth with a 12ga, but I have never shot slugs. My wife has never fired a shotgun. Therefore, we'd like to shoot the absolute lowest-recoil slugs available. After a bit of research, I've narrowed down the field to the following:
-Fiocchi 12 Gauge 2-3/4″ Low Recoil Slugs 7/8 oz, 1300 fps
-Aguila 12 Gauge 1-3/4" 5/8 Oz Lead Slug, 1250 fps
-Federal Shorty Shells 1 Oz, 1145 fps
-Challenger 12 Gauge Target Rifled Slug, 2-3/4" 1 Oz, 1300 fps
-Remington Managed-Recoil Slugger Rifled Slugs 2-3/4", 1 Oz, 1200 fps.
The Fiocchi are supposedly the 3-gunner's choice. The Aquila and Federal shortys are supposedly light recoil for a slug. The Challenger are the least expensive and Canadian made.
Anyone shot all of the above and, if so, which do you think has the lowest recoil? If you know of a lower-recoil slug, please let me know.
About recoil; does felt-recoil by different ammo in a single, specific shotgun/butt-pad combo just a matter of physics? To boil it all down, does the felt recoil vary directly with the slug's foot-lbs of energy at the muzzle -- that is, the lower the energy, the lower the felt recoil? Or do the powder and wad-design affect the felt-recoil -- say by "spreading out" the acceleration of the slug over the entire length of the barrel as a spring/shock-absorber might?
Thanks for the education.
My wife and I used to shoot our 7.62x39 rifle which is now, legally anyway, useless. So we're both familiar with the recoil of that firearm.
I shot some clays in my youth with a 12ga, but I have never shot slugs. My wife has never fired a shotgun. Therefore, we'd like to shoot the absolute lowest-recoil slugs available. After a bit of research, I've narrowed down the field to the following:
-Fiocchi 12 Gauge 2-3/4″ Low Recoil Slugs 7/8 oz, 1300 fps
-Aguila 12 Gauge 1-3/4" 5/8 Oz Lead Slug, 1250 fps
-Federal Shorty Shells 1 Oz, 1145 fps
-Challenger 12 Gauge Target Rifled Slug, 2-3/4" 1 Oz, 1300 fps
-Remington Managed-Recoil Slugger Rifled Slugs 2-3/4", 1 Oz, 1200 fps.
The Fiocchi are supposedly the 3-gunner's choice. The Aquila and Federal shortys are supposedly light recoil for a slug. The Challenger are the least expensive and Canadian made.
Anyone shot all of the above and, if so, which do you think has the lowest recoil? If you know of a lower-recoil slug, please let me know.
About recoil; does felt-recoil by different ammo in a single, specific shotgun/butt-pad combo just a matter of physics? To boil it all down, does the felt recoil vary directly with the slug's foot-lbs of energy at the muzzle -- that is, the lower the energy, the lower the felt recoil? Or do the powder and wad-design affect the felt-recoil -- say by "spreading out" the acceleration of the slug over the entire length of the barrel as a spring/shock-absorber might?
Thanks for the education.
