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#434582 01/30/16 04:58 PM
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I've been reading Stephen Bodio's book "Good Guns" and he wrote that Parker's were known as hard recoiling guns because of their "short forcing cones or chambers". I've not found this to be the case, but I use 2 inch or 2 and a half inch loads. No duck loads yet. Has anyone else found this comparison to be true and if so, are there doubles of this vintage that are considered soft shooters?

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I think it all depends on the loads going through any gun. The more lead the more recoil. Also a gun not fitting right will seem like it has more recoil because it does not fit.


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I had a 12 ga. Parker DH years ago that would regularly "double". Now THAT was a hard kicking Parker!

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Originally Posted By: baldrick
I've been reading Stephen Bodio's book "Good Guns" and he wrote that Parker's were known as hard recoiling guns because of their "short forcing cones or chambers". I've not found this to be the case, but I use 2 inch or 2 and a half inch loads. No duck loads yet. Has anyone else found this comparison to be true and if so, are there doubles of this vintage that are considered soft shooters?
The same book where Stevie discussed the Model 21 as coming on the market in 1941-ooops-make that 1931- A Mike McIntosh Bodio ain't--Although he does like the Model 12--


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This is a new one for me. I have been shooting original and unaltered Parkers for several decades and have not noticed anything unusual about recoil. Now, once upon a time I had an Elsie that would jar loose my fillings....


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Sounds as if Bodio has been Believing all those fairytales about how yo can do all sorts of gimmicks to your barrel which will increase the velocity of the shot load while simultaneously reducing the Gun's recoil.
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Nothing worse than a gun that recoils too hard and hurts your breasts and vagina.

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Think of excessive drop, short chambers (2 5/8 on 12's), sharp combs, and short forcing cones. This can add up to recoil if you just grabbed a box at Walmart they are made to cycle an A-5
and kick hard in any gun.

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heavy loads in a light gun will kick more than heavy loads in a heavy gun... therefore logic dictates that one shoot loads that do not kick beyond ones tolerance for such...

back in the day, a light field gun was 6 to 7 pounds and was made to shoot light loads.

a heavy water fowling gun was 8 to 9 pounds and was made to shoot heavy loads.

and now we have the all purpose 7 1/2 to 8 pound gun...

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Bill Shodlatz nailed it.

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