When I was in my early teen years the neighbor boys and I had a "Kickin shotgun" contest going. We found one single shot 12ga that was particularly vicious. We "doctored" the magnum loads and recoil was spectacular. We found that we could add powder by reducing other component space. We would then leave those loads in the kitchen stove warming oven for a week because we thought drying them out added some extra pop. Touching off one of those doctored loads in that kickin 12g split Ronnie's lip, loosened two teeth, and broke his nose. Bloody mess! That was the end of the kickin contest. That shot also broke the stock of our champion kicker. I had previously shot it with the doctored loads that day and firmly confirmed that though I could grin and say, "naw, it ain't bad," heavy recoil definitely is not a favored event in my life.
I have a lightweight 12ga Ithaca 37 and when it's loaded with magnum turkey loads it'll satisfy recoil cravings I might develop.
Jim
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