Interested in getting a weapon for my girlfriend to use for HD when I am not home. I have a 12 gauge 870, but she has never fired it and refuses to because she is worried about the recoil. She has fired an AR-15 and enjoyed it, but doesn't want one for HD. Handguns are out of the question at the moment, but she fired exactly one shot out of a .45ACP PX4 Storm and wouldn't touch it, or any other .45, again. She is ok with 9mm out of even small guns. She won't touch my .308, but enjoys shooting .22LR.
So that gives you an idea of her recoil tolerances.
I have no experience with 20 gauge shotguns. Is the recoil enough less than the 12 gauge that someone who is very recoil-sensitive would be ok shooting buckshot out of it? I'd like to avoid going down to .410 if possible, but as a worst case scenario I guess I could fall back on that.
Any other ideas?
So that gives you an idea of her recoil tolerances.
I have no experience with 20 gauge shotguns. Is the recoil enough less than the 12 gauge that someone who is very recoil-sensitive would be ok shooting buckshot out of it? I'd like to avoid going down to .410 if possible, but as a worst case scenario I guess I could fall back on that.
Any other ideas?