Is a semi too hard to use??? (Sporting clays)

[rocky]

I’d convinced myself I needed a SA due to shoulder/recoil issues until I shot one, didn’t like the feel & sound of its innards bouncing about plus it still smacked me in the shoulder. 21g Comp X in a o/u solved my recoil problem but I’m now looking for an excuse to ‘need’ a pump gun. 

 

[philpot]

I had a Remmy 1100 with no less than three barrels, 26, 28 and 30 inches all in a fitted case. I used it for about 12 months then it was time to go but I must say the 30" barrel was like looking down a motorway compared to most of the 28" o/u guns being used for competition at that time as 30" o/u was only just starting to take off and this Remmy with the 30" on DTL was superb but not for the guy to my right.

One of the sweetest shooting semi auto guns of yesteryear was the Breda with add-on choke extensions, recoil operated and very effective.

I will say however they are brilliant in the hide for pigeon / crow shooting over decoys and I will get another before too long in camo just for that job.

Phil

 

[GulfCoast]

Just for funsies, I weighed my 3 clay shooting 391's last night by stepping on/off the bathroom scale with/without gun.  All were just a hair under 10 pounds, with a bit of added weight, kick-eez pads, and adjustable combs.  I was surprised by the weight (assuming the bathroom scale is really sensitive enough to notice a pound or two on the low end of the scale).  I thought they would be something like 8.5ish. 

 

[Hamster]

Just for funsies, I weighed my 3 clay shooting 391's last night by stepping on/off the bathroom scale with/without gun.  All were just a hair under 10 pounds, with a bit of added weight, kick-eez pads, and adjustable combs.  I was surprised by the weight (assuming the bathroom scale is really sensitive enough to notice a pound or two on the low end of the scale).  I thought they would be something like 8.5ish. 

I once had a thumbhole laminated stock made for a Teknys and together with a Gracoil reducer and Sorbothane pad plus an adjustable comb it weighted 10 lbs as measured on good kitchen scales, it felt heavier to lift and carry compared to my (also tricked) 682E which weights 9 lbs, yours must be heavy due mainly to the added weights as they're usually around 8 lbs. 

 

[Westward]

He’s 6’2” and a solid lad. He buggered it up last armistice day. He’s an RAF cadet and had to perform several hundred salutes, which appears to have damaged the rotator cuff. He’s generally ok shooting, but it’s normally past 40 shots it starts giving him grief.

If it's definitely rotator cuff - and I say that because it seems strange that repeated saluting would damage the cuff - then his problem might well not be recoil related but simply repeated lifting the gun. My point is that it's hard to distinguish between shoulder based RSI and rotator cuff injury. Why not suggest to him he self refers to the local physiotherapy department.

Both my wife and I have reason to recognise that physio practitioners know much more about such things than a non specialist doctor.