I don't see the flinching problems apples and apples with a shotgun.

It's the moments of concentration with a rifle before the trigger is "pulled" that cause the thought of recoil that it is gonna hurt or "shock" you.

With a shotgun on clays it's so fast I don't think there is the same type of thought process or loss of trigger control. Heck maybe that's just how my brain works?

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