There is also something to the over/under versus side by side thing going on here as well. I shoot this target gun differently somehow, perhaps more deliberately? It's not "aiming" per se, as you would a rifle, but more-so than with my sxs guns. It clearly works better for me on targets (especially the long ones) than my game guns do. Now, part of that is choking, but there seems to be something else going on too. I tend to shoot my sxs guns more quickly, more "instinctively" perhaps, and with far-less deliberation. The mount is clearly different as well (straight hand versus the pistol grip). There is more control of the gun with a pistol grip, with much-more deliberate placement of the hands. That really helps me with recoil, and along with the increased weight of the target gun, I barely notice 100 rounds of 12-gauge. With my Arrieta 557 (at 6 3/4 lbs), 100 12-gauge rounds leaves me feeling like I was just in a fistfight.
I suppose my next move will be to acquire a "heavy" side by side (with a pistol grip and long, heavy, and tightly choked tubes) that fits me well-enough to compare to my SKB? Darn it....yet another gun!
Last edited by Lloyd3; 07/03/23 10:49 AM.
