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Originally Posted by Ken Hill
I may have missed something reading through this thread. With any older gun, I would be more concerned with pressure. Pressure and recoil have two different effects on the gun. Pressure is generated from the shell loading and if the barrels are thin, then problems happen. Pressure is based on the powder type and grains; and shot charge. As Bruce mentioned, recoil is based on shot charge and velocity. Felt recoil can also vary based on the gun weight and fit.
As others mentioned, have the barrels checked for minimal wall thickness. Additionally, find out the pressure being produced by the shell.
Ken
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I am absolutely not an expert, but I agree with Ken, and although I know that recoil is [I]related[I] to velocity of load and that load's mass, recoil and pressure are not one and the same. You can get standard loads for a 16 gauge (or any other gauge for that matter) to produce a variety of pressures and speeds by changing the components. You can make some adjustments to the [U]felt[U] recoil (not the same as recoil) by adding or subtracting gun weight, reconfiguring the degree of drop in the stock, etc.
I still can't see why we need to shoot high pressure and/or high speed loads in these guns we cherish so much.
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