I took my dad's 20 inch Remington Side by Side spartan outside earlier this evening and blasted both barrels at the same time into a woodpile. Man that was a punch. That is a cool coachgun. Has a nice simple appeal from my 870 Police Magnum. It affected me a lot more than I thought it did. I clamped the stock to my side with my arm and shot it form the hip holding on as tight as I could. Peppered exactly where I was looking. My hand didn't hurt, nor did my side or arm. Just a bump. Then...while I was taking the shells out a few minutes later, I noticed a big drop of blood that had sprouted up from an initially inseen and unfelt cut on the joint of my middle finger. Apparently the back of the first trigger had cut into it in the recoil. Then, a few hours ago I took my shirt off to take a shower and there was a red bruise on my side where I had been kicked. I'm amazed I never felt any pain from any of this.
My question of all this is, how do I prevent getting cut when firing both barrels (I mean the gun was designed to do that which is why it has two triggers). It's the one advantage that gun has to modern pump and semi auto shotguns with their higher 5-8 shell capacity. You can get double the punch. (the over and under ones I don't think are capable of this)
My question of all this is, how do I prevent getting cut when firing both barrels (I mean the gun was designed to do that which is why it has two triggers). It's the one advantage that gun has to modern pump and semi auto shotguns with their higher 5-8 shell capacity. You can get double the punch. (the over and under ones I don't think are capable of this)
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