Ever had your butt kicked by a shotgun?

All I can say is HOLY CRAP
 
I recently bought a used T/C Encore rifle, 7mm-08, synthetic camo w. blued Bargara barrel, and with a Burris Fullfield II scope. Been looking for a good deal on one for sometime and found this one on Gunbroker for $600. It arrived and was in awesome shape as described. Quickly sighted in the rifle and was I'm really happy with it.
 
Sitting on one of my shelves was a TruGlo red dot sight that I bought several years ago for my Benelli. I intended on setting it up for turkeys but was not happy with the B-Square mount so I scrapped the idea. I got a wild hair and decided to buy a 24" turkey barrel for my Encore and once I received it I set it up with the TruGlo.
 
I sighted the gun yesterday........you should see my shoulder! Not many guns make me hurt but shooting 3" Winchester HV turkey loads through this gun is almost unbearable. I touched off  3 or 4 rounds and just couldn't take it anymore. I resorted to using lighter 2 3/4" 6 shot for sighting purposes, then I shot a few more of the Winchesters just to make sure they hit the same as the lighter loads and that the gun patterns well with them. I have settled on size 6 in the 3" Winchesters but holy crap, what a chore.
 
I went online and read some reviews, many Encore shooters have replaced the factory recoil pad with a Limbsaver recoil pad. I have ordered one just to try and tame the recoil some. My shoulder is kinda thanking me already.
 
Can't wait to try it out in the upcoming fall season.
 
Anyone else ready? I love the Fall season almost as much as Spring, don't get me wrong, I love gobbling birds, but I find it as fun to have a bird wistling it's head off while running in looking to regroup!
 
More to come..........I hope .

Try the 3 1/2" mags next time and let me know how you feel then

Hurts so good!

No thanks! I also shot a 10 ga and a 12 ga 3 1/2 once.....Never again!
 
I swear, this Encore rocks you just as much. I have black, blue and purple bruises on my right shoulder to prove it, LOL.
 
I'm REALLY hoping the Limbsaver pad does what I've read, I really like this gun.
 
 

Duud, that's low,  .
 
Maybe a good thing the gun didn't end up on the ground. I've seen novice shooters drop a gun after the recoil.....
 
Wish I could dig up that youtube video of the guys shooting some magnum rifle at an indoor sight. It's hilarious to see grown men thrown backwards around a small room.......

ORIGINAL: ready2fish
Wish I could dig up that youtube video of the guys shooting some magnum rifle at an indoor sight. It's hilarious to see grown men thrown backwards around a small room.......

You mean the .577 Tyranosaur??

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=X8imjiuOx1c

No thanks!!

Try an 835   31/2. Never ever again!!

ORIGINAL: ready2fish

Duud, that's low,  .

Maybe a good thing the gun didn't end up on the ground. I've seen novice shooters drop a gun after the recoil.....

Wish I could dig up that youtube video of the guys shooting some magnum rifle at an indoor sight. It's hilarious to see grown men thrown backwards around a small room.......

 
i think the video is called the T REX GUN. funny as all get out

ORIGINAL: Mikastorm

Try an 835   31/2. Never ever again!!

 
YEP... that's all I use. Paired wirth Federal 3 1/2" mags with #5 shot... never missed and never had a bird get up after takin one to the head. Love that gun.

ORIGINAL: Mikastorm

Try an 835   31/2. Never ever again!!

I sold mine.

Ironhed

UPDATE!
 
Installed the Limbsaver recoil pad, made a night and day difference. Don't get me wrong, it still kicks, but it is far more tolerable than the factory pad. Bring on the feathers!
 
May I also add, kudos to Midway USA. I ordered the pad on Sunday night and it was in my mailbox Wednesday.

That video that Pork posted had me in tears!

Midway USA..."Thanks for the business."
~L. Potterfield

Ironhed

That video is kinda scary... My old shoulders couldn't take that....
I remember once back in the 70's when I was a kid watching my Grandfather sight in his 06.
He was testing some reloads a buddy had made for him..Well one of the old duffers must have put a double charge in one of the shells.
Luckily the gun didn't come apart but it flopped Grandpa right over backwards in his wooden folding chair.
Never saw Grandpa quite so suprised as he was gathering himself up of the ground and a mumbling something about not letting "PUT" touch the reloading equipment again...
 
Sure do miss those old fellas...
 

I'm curious........
 
Don't take this as me saying mags as inferior to other loads etc, just looking for differng views/thoughts. With the punishment that goes with shooting the 3.5 inch 12 ga guns/loads OR a 10 guage, why do you guys still use them? Is it just a confidence thing?
 
I guess I'm away from the norm. I shoot the plain 3 inch Turkey loads loads with 6 shot. I have had others tell me that they would never go that small and use 4's or 5's. My pattern is awesome with the 6's and I've killed gobblers out to 47 yds although I prefer NOT to shoot more than 35 yds and that kill I was fooled by the birds distance. I guess I'm confident enough in my ability to get 'em in close and have never seen the need to have a gun that blows 'em over beyond 40 yds.
 
So, with all the advancements is chokes and loads, why go that big?

Shorter the barrel and lighter the gun=bigger the recoil-kick. I have a Browning 10 gauge 3 1/2 mag with 34 inch barrel and knocks geese from quite a ways out. You don*t really notice recoil when shooting at birds.

I have an 835 also never shot 3 1/2 though. I might this spring. Ive shot more gobblers with a 20 guage than a 12 the farthest one at 35 yards.