recoil on semi's

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so my Dad had a bad experience when he was younger letting both barrels go on a 10ga when he was in his early teens and hasn't liked them since. I showed him the FPS Russian YouTube video of him playing with the AA12 and he really liked the idea of him holding it one hand and shooting full auto.

I haven't shot a semi before, they've all been break or pumps. Would a semi be that much softer or is it just a matter of balance of that with the large drum mag and the recoil system? Or is a semi just that much softer recoiling?

This is the video I was talking about, right around the 5 min mark he goes one handed... is it possible to do with with an M4 or another Canada legal shotty?

 
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The other rule of thumb is a light weight firearm will recoil harder compared to a heavier one in the same cartridge.

And scaring someone with both barrels on a 10ga is just plain mean. That is no way to teach anyone about guns.
 
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And scaring someone with both barrels on a 10ga is just plain mean. That is no way to teach anyone about guns.
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Well this was 50 years or so ago my dad and his buddy grabbed one of their dads shotguns on the farm and went out into the field to try it out. Teen boys with no supervision before people thought to lock up their guns... so he taught himself a lesson which was stay the F away from shotty's... lol
I have been trying to get him more involved in shooting and he's been buying firearms for me as well and I'm missing a shotgun from the collection. He'd be all over buying me an AA12 but the fully auto part makes it difficult, so was looking at the M4 or the Hatsun knock-off of it and just wondered what the recoil is like with them.
 
...Hatsun knock-off of it and just wondered what the recoil is like with them.
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I've got the Hatsan Escort MP-A. Does the job, and doesn't get me as sore as a pump. I put 100 shells through it the weekend before last and i was A-ok the day after.
 
Hmm.... well this is recoil from a Hatsan MP-A
What you are seeing is about a 1300 splits in-between trigger pulls.

I would let my friend do that all day if he brought his own ammo !

Maybe this will help you decide if there is too much recoil ?

Just to get a comparison, here is a pump w/ a 12.5 inch barrel going as fast as the course will fire accurately.

 
That's actually a slow pump gun shooter and the short gun isn't helping matters either!

To answer the OP's question...yes a semi-auto is softer recoiling (especially the gas operated ones) for two reasons. 1: because some of the recoil energy is used to operate the action and 2: because (this creates more of an illusion than an actual reduction) the recoil impulse is spread out over a longer period of time.
 
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For waterfowling, I use two shotguns... A semi auto baikal mp153 and a pump action benelli nova.

The nova rattles the fillings in my teeth with the magnum shells! The mp153 tames that to a modest 'punch'...

The mp153 is what goes with me & the nova is backup... If you're worried about recoil, get a semi...

Cheers
Jay
 
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