Adding a side saddle is a great way to add weight and firepower to your shotgun, and it will help reduce the shotgun recoil. They also tend to make the platform very stock heavy, which can make handling quite awkward. I would only suggest these for the most recoil sensitive or those who will NOT be carrying the firearm very far. There are mercury and steel ballasts that can be fitted into the stock of many shotgun brands. On the performance side, you now have double the round count, faster target acquisition, greater accuracy and better ability to see in the dark. That will result in a significant reduction in shotgun recoil. A gain of 1.5 pounds is roughly a 20% increase in weight for a seven-pound gun. The weight of the weapon has likely increased by at least one pound and maybe as much as two. Both the weight of your firearm and potential performance would go up. If you chose to add a magazine tube extension, a side-saddle, a red dot optic and a tactical light. The choice might also be a weapon-mounted light such as a Streamlight TL-Racker system or a Surefire 6PX with a tube mount. This could be a red-dot optic, like the Holosun HS403R or the Swampfox Kingslayer. It also provides a lot more on-board firepower, as well as the option to have specialty rounds on hand.Īdding weight can also be done in the form of useful tools. They are typically aluminum and weigh about four to six ounces, but hold four to seven rounds, so the total weight may increase by close to a pound. This idea can be expanded by also purchasing a side-saddle. The extra two rounds add additional firepower and the magazine tube is a lot cheaper than a new gun. The tube will add two rounds, each weighing about 1.5 ounces, as well as roughly six to eight ounces for the tube. Some better uses of money might be adding a +2 magazine tube extension. If you currently own a Mossberg 590-A1 synthetic stock at 18.5” (seven pounds), making a switch to a Remington 870 Express with an 18.5” barrel and synthetic stock (7.5 pounds) will gain you half a pound.Īt roughly $400, that is probably not the best method to gain half a pound. The first is to buy a new shotgun that is heavier. This results in both lower recoil and lower perceived recoil.Īlmost everyone knows the other term for recoil, “kick.” All other things being equal, a heavier gun “kicks” less.įor our purposes, there are several ways to increase the weight of a shotgun. Increase the Weight of the Shotgunįor those not willing to dive into the math, the higher “M” (for mass) is the slower the gun recoils and the less it moves. Finding the right load for your shotgun can help solve recoil problems. 410 Bore has very low recoil, but it also has very low knockdown power, except with slug loads. Although a standard buckshot load in 20 gauge has less energy, the six-pound gun may actually kick more into the shoulder than a seven-pound 12-gauge shotgun. Quite often the problem with moving to a 20-gauge shotgun is the platform weight drops too. Of these, 16 and 28-gauge shotguns have almost no defensive loads available, so they should not be strongly considered. Speaking of stopping power getting weaker, you can always drop the gauge to 16, 20, 28 or. In other words, your stopping power just got weaker. This will have a negative effect on terminal ballistics. The downside to this choice is you have fewer projectiles that are moving slower. It is not common, but using a lighter load (eight 00-buck pellets instead of nine) and using less of a slower-burning powder would have the most effect for reducing the shotgun recoil by changing the ammunition. This does the same thing as reducing the amount of powder as far as increasing the duration of the impulse, but it can keep velocity the same.
The burn rate of the powder can be made to be slower. It also increases the duration of the recoil impulse, which tends to lessen perceived recoil.
This decreases the velocity of the projectiles, which decreases total energy. This sends a lighter shot, which reduces the total energy of recoil, but it can shorten the shotgun recoil impulse, which may make it seem sharper.
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