Dfariswheel
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I'm going to go back to a shotgun as a home defense gun.
Due to serious shoulder problems I can no longer shoot standard buckshot loads, nor can I handle and maneuver a standard type shotgun.
I've bought a Kel-Tec KSG Bullpup shotgun which is the gun I'll be using.
I need advice on the lightest possible recoiling buckshot ammo available.
Limitations are:
1. I will only consider buckshot, NO birdshot.
I don't feel comfortable with birdshot in a Real World in-your-face encounter across the living room, which is where it would be used.
2. I have the gun I'll be using so I need no advice on other types of firearms, the KSG is it.
3. Reloading is not an option.
I haven't reloaded shot shells since the 70's and I don't know any reloader I'd care to trust.
4. Ammo needs to be readily available.
My first consideration was Aguila 1 3/4 inch Mini-Shells.
Problem with that is uncertain feed reliability even in guns known to usually work with them.
Also, the Aguila is virtually impossible to find and when you do the seller is usually scalping on the price.
For those reasons I've ruled the Aguila out.
My current possibility is the Nobelsport 2 1/4 inch #00 buckshot load.
These contain 6 pellets of #00 and are "apparently" a low recoil load.
I'd like to ask if anyone has any experience with Nobelsport 2 1/4 inch buck or standard Reduced Recoil buck shotgun shells as far as actual recoil.
I fully understand that felt recoil is subjective.
I had to stop shooting high power rifle years ago, and currently all I have to compare with is my AR-15 5.56mm.
I'm still familiar with recoil of the AK-47 in 7.62x39.
As example just HOW low recoil are the standard Reduced Recoil loads offered in 2 3/4 inch standard shells by Remington, Federal and others, and how would the low recoil shells compare to the 7.62x39?
If anyone can offer actual experience of low recoil shells and possibly recommend something as light as possible, I'd appreciate it.
Experience with the Noblesport 2 1/4 inch loads would be very useful.
Due to serious shoulder problems I can no longer shoot standard buckshot loads, nor can I handle and maneuver a standard type shotgun.
I've bought a Kel-Tec KSG Bullpup shotgun which is the gun I'll be using.
I need advice on the lightest possible recoiling buckshot ammo available.
Limitations are:
1. I will only consider buckshot, NO birdshot.
I don't feel comfortable with birdshot in a Real World in-your-face encounter across the living room, which is where it would be used.
2. I have the gun I'll be using so I need no advice on other types of firearms, the KSG is it.
3. Reloading is not an option.
I haven't reloaded shot shells since the 70's and I don't know any reloader I'd care to trust.
4. Ammo needs to be readily available.
My first consideration was Aguila 1 3/4 inch Mini-Shells.
Problem with that is uncertain feed reliability even in guns known to usually work with them.
Also, the Aguila is virtually impossible to find and when you do the seller is usually scalping on the price.
For those reasons I've ruled the Aguila out.
My current possibility is the Nobelsport 2 1/4 inch #00 buckshot load.
These contain 6 pellets of #00 and are "apparently" a low recoil load.
I'd like to ask if anyone has any experience with Nobelsport 2 1/4 inch buck or standard Reduced Recoil buck shotgun shells as far as actual recoil.
I fully understand that felt recoil is subjective.
I had to stop shooting high power rifle years ago, and currently all I have to compare with is my AR-15 5.56mm.
I'm still familiar with recoil of the AK-47 in 7.62x39.
As example just HOW low recoil are the standard Reduced Recoil loads offered in 2 3/4 inch standard shells by Remington, Federal and others, and how would the low recoil shells compare to the 7.62x39?
If anyone can offer actual experience of low recoil shells and possibly recommend something as light as possible, I'd appreciate it.
Experience with the Noblesport 2 1/4 inch loads would be very useful.