(11-24-2020, 07:57 PM)homebiscuit Wrote: I don't know what kind of shotguns my uncle brought with him but I always opted for the 20ga because being small for my age until 15, the 12ga would start to beat me to death after a while.

He once brought an old Browning with the high receiver and had me shoot it. I swung it up, took quick aim and shot. The receiver kicked back straight into my nose. Why it didn't start bleeding, I don't know. It was just like a hard punch. I thought it was cruel my uncle was laughing until he pointed out that I killed the clay. Btw, I always beaded just below the target too. There's a fine edge there between clean and wing.

Ha, a Browning Auto 5. Good old gun! 12 gauge will beat me up still unless I'm shooting really regularly or it's a gas action.

When I was a kid, and space was way more open than it is now, my dad took me out to the ranch and handed me his 7mm Mag to go shoot with while he worked. If anyone has ever shot one, or really anything close to that size, you know they kick like a mule. Not only did it knock me to the ground, I scoped my eye pretty good as well.

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