The problem with most of us, as regards our shooting, is that we have too many guns. It is nigh on to impossible to make two guns shoot exactly the same. We all may have a couple or three that we can interchange and shoot "pretty good". But, the old saw that goes "Beware the man with one gun" has it's roots in the fact that muscle memory is real. And especially so as it regards shooting a shotgun. A man can get used to almost any handling quality in a shotgun with enough trigger time ...... muzzle heavy, muzzle light, neutral ....... heavy gun, light gun ..... doesn't matter. You can get to where you can shoot it well if the stock dims reasonably fit you.
The fly in the ointment is when you are used to shooting a 8 1/2# duck gun and you pick up a 5# 12 oz. bird gun and expect to shoot it well right off the bat. Ain't gonna happen.
Recoil pads change the dynamics, sure. But, not so much that you cannot compensate for it if you spend enough time behind the trigger on it.
SRH
Last edited by Stan; 03/18/17 08:41 PM. Reason: misspelling
