Kalamity Kate
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There are posts for women ( Prev. posts- 5'5" - 5'7" is average, NOT short) that are mostly 10 years old. They weren't helpful back when I bought my first shotgun. I have a Benelli Montefeltro 20 ga. I like the gun, but I had to settle. I got a good make in a youth gun so it would fit.
Now I want a 12 ga. and don't want to settle for whatever comes in a youth model that I can locate. I am 5' 2" and cannot fit the Mossberg 500 pump action that I wanted. A search of newer model shotguns shows possibilities. Kel-Tec makes a bull pup model- KSG. and Mossberg makes a model with a pistol grip. I still can't reach the distance if mounted on the shoulder, but the gun shop owner showed me a grip with the stock tucked under the right arm. Don't know if this would work or if recoil would send the shot wild and knock me back.
Mossberg has models with a strange rounded stock (birdhead?), but the same question applies. Without a firm placement at the shoulder, will it knock me back and send the shot wildly off target?
I want the shotgun for home defense (I already own several handguns) and for short distance hikes in the lands around my town. The area is now home to grizzlies, migrants relocating themselves out of Yellowstone. Don't plan to hunt them anymore than I would hunt the normally two legged beast, but I want more protection than the underwhelming force of my handguns and 20 ga. Yes, I carry bear spray. That is just as likely to blow back and incapacitate me. So I want more firepower.
Any thoughts?
Now I want a 12 ga. and don't want to settle for whatever comes in a youth model that I can locate. I am 5' 2" and cannot fit the Mossberg 500 pump action that I wanted. A search of newer model shotguns shows possibilities. Kel-Tec makes a bull pup model- KSG. and Mossberg makes a model with a pistol grip. I still can't reach the distance if mounted on the shoulder, but the gun shop owner showed me a grip with the stock tucked under the right arm. Don't know if this would work or if recoil would send the shot wild and knock me back.
Mossberg has models with a strange rounded stock (birdhead?), but the same question applies. Without a firm placement at the shoulder, will it knock me back and send the shot wildly off target?
I want the shotgun for home defense (I already own several handguns) and for short distance hikes in the lands around my town. The area is now home to grizzlies, migrants relocating themselves out of Yellowstone. Don't plan to hunt them anymore than I would hunt the normally two legged beast, but I want more protection than the underwhelming force of my handguns and 20 ga. Yes, I carry bear spray. That is just as likely to blow back and incapacitate me. So I want more firepower.
Any thoughts?