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Originally Posted by Air&Road
Those are pretty heavy loads for dove. I expect that if you had your shoulder on slow motion video, you could have seen it move back about six inches.
Before I started shooting skeet and reloading about 15 years ago, I always used heavy field loads on quail and dove, and wondered why I had a bruised shoulder at the end of the day.
After I started shooting skeet I set up for reloading 12 and 28 gauge. As the bird seasons came and went since then I started loading very light 1 oz. 12 gauge loads with 8 shot for dove and started using my daughters 28 with skeet loads and just substituting 8 for 9 shot.
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Yep, the Peters shells said "Special Dove Load" on the box - and believe me, they certainly were "special"!
But I've shot heavier 3 inch loads thru that Stoeger all day long, with no more discomfort or effort than if I were shooting 7/8 oz lite target loads. Same with that Winchester 16 ga SXS - I've shot high brass loads in it that were obstensibly loaded the same as those Peters shells - in a gun lighter than the Stoeger or Fulton - again with no discomfort at the end of the day.
Main difference I can think is that the Fulton has noticeably more drop on the stock, especially at the heel, than the other two guns - so that more of the recoil wants to go up instead of back.