Jonny English
Well-known member
Morning all.
I have a Yildiz 20 gauge that I have been trying to get my 11 year old son to use to learn to shoot. He set off very well initially but then started to get recoil shy, even with the Hull 23 gram subsonics. It got that bad that he was starting to get trigger freeze and was refusing to pull the trigger. All was pretty much lost.
I somehow came across a thread on the internet somewhere about little skeeters gauge reducers. 20 gauge sleeve that accepts a 410 cartridge. I bit the bullet and ordered a pair from America from Brownells UK. 6 days later they arrived.
Took my lad out with them this weekend, what a difference it has made. Got him some 3" 16 gram 6's and you can hardly feel them go. Superb little bits of kit. Only down side I can see so far is that they produce quite a lot of soot and you have to push the empties out of the sleeves with a pen or rod each time to reload. But as a tool to reduce recoil or a bit of fun they are amazing for the outlay. To be fair the 410 cartridge performs pretty well too, they seem to pattern just the same diameter, just less dense, but they still broke clays very convincingly out to 30-40 yards. If anyone has a junior they wish to train on light loads or need to drastically reduce recoil for any other reason they are well worth looking at for cost effective option.
I have a Yildiz 20 gauge that I have been trying to get my 11 year old son to use to learn to shoot. He set off very well initially but then started to get recoil shy, even with the Hull 23 gram subsonics. It got that bad that he was starting to get trigger freeze and was refusing to pull the trigger. All was pretty much lost.
I somehow came across a thread on the internet somewhere about little skeeters gauge reducers. 20 gauge sleeve that accepts a 410 cartridge. I bit the bullet and ordered a pair from America from Brownells UK. 6 days later they arrived.
Took my lad out with them this weekend, what a difference it has made. Got him some 3" 16 gram 6's and you can hardly feel them go. Superb little bits of kit. Only down side I can see so far is that they produce quite a lot of soot and you have to push the empties out of the sleeves with a pen or rod each time to reload. But as a tool to reduce recoil or a bit of fun they are amazing for the outlay. To be fair the 410 cartridge performs pretty well too, they seem to pattern just the same diameter, just less dense, but they still broke clays very convincingly out to 30-40 yards. If anyone has a junior they wish to train on light loads or need to drastically reduce recoil for any other reason they are well worth looking at for cost effective option.