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12 or 20 for clay pigeons????????
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<blockquote data-quote="ProBusiness" data-source="post: 879358" data-attributes="member: 6145"><p>for a woman, i would definitely recommend a 20 for a woman.</p><p></p><p>i think to answer your question, it does not take much to break a clay bird.</p><p></p><p>if the power of the gun is your question, for the same shells, both the 12 or 20 will shoot at the same fps. so you are shooting the same size lead, at the same speed, but with the 12 are are shooting more pellets and more recoil becaue it takes more powder to move 250 pellets at 1250 fps (12) than it does 150 pellets at 1250 fps (20). </p><p></p><p>a 20 is more than enough to break clay targets.</p><p></p><p>i teach women who are beginning shooters to shoot skeet. for most women, a 12 will hurt them. they won't say so in front of their husbands or on the range, but if you really ask them, it is too much gun for a lot of women and the result is they do not enjoy the pain and they do not come back.</p><p></p><p>to successfully shoot a shotgun, you have to hold the stock/comb aganist your cheek. most women do not like to do this as it hurts. a smaller gauge with less recol such as a 20 will help them hold the gun to their face. the trade off is a smaller pattern. </p><p></p><p>a good 20 semi for lower recoil is good for a woman. </p><p></p><p>an o/u will have more recoil than a semi. for a woman that does not compete either gun will serve her purposes. you can buy a 1100 or 1187, shoot it for a while, and sell it for about what you paid for it. some cheaper o/u do not work well and break down.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="ProBusiness, post: 879358, member: 6145"] for a woman, i would definitely recommend a 20 for a woman. i think to answer your question, it does not take much to break a clay bird. if the power of the gun is your question, for the same shells, both the 12 or 20 will shoot at the same fps. so you are shooting the same size lead, at the same speed, but with the 12 are are shooting more pellets and more recoil becaue it takes more powder to move 250 pellets at 1250 fps (12) than it does 150 pellets at 1250 fps (20). a 20 is more than enough to break clay targets. i teach women who are beginning shooters to shoot skeet. for most women, a 12 will hurt them. they won't say so in front of their husbands or on the range, but if you really ask them, it is too much gun for a lot of women and the result is they do not enjoy the pain and they do not come back. to successfully shoot a shotgun, you have to hold the stock/comb aganist your cheek. most women do not like to do this as it hurts. a smaller gauge with less recol such as a 20 will help them hold the gun to their face. the trade off is a smaller pattern. a good 20 semi for lower recoil is good for a woman. an o/u will have more recoil than a semi. for a woman that does not compete either gun will serve her purposes. you can buy a 1100 or 1187, shoot it for a while, and sell it for about what you paid for it. some cheaper o/u do not work well and break down. [/QUOTE]
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