On Wed, 7 Oct 2009 17:25:12 -0300, "Don White"
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"H the K" wrote in message
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On 10/7/09 3:51 PM, nom=de=plume wrote:
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On 10/7/09 2:07 AM, wrote:
On Tue, 6 Oct 2009 22:11:45 -0700, "nom=de=plume"
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Hey, I have a gun. You don't want to break into my place in the
middle
of
the night. I have a Remingten 20 guage youth model. I don't think I
would
be able to take more than one shot, since it would like to knock me
on
my
butt. My granddad got it for me a couple of years ago.


"Youth Model," funny. Did it come with a bible?


? You never heard of that? It's for women or smaller people. Look it
up.

You really should go shoot it and get used to the proper way to hold
it. It will NOT knock you on your butt.
We had lots of ladies on the skeet league I was on and they all shot
12 gauge.
Skeet is an excellent shooting sport if you have a facility nearby and
they usually have certified instructors there who will teach you
everything you need to know about safe shooting and the game in
general.


What? Shoot defenseless skeet?

Are you unaware of the good work done by the Save the Skeets Foundation?

http://www.cartalk.com/content/features/Skeets/

Seriously, the Rem 870 20 gauge youth model (i'm guessing here) is a
fine
shotgun, and "Ms. Nom" ought to learn to fire it safely. There's not
that
much kick, and if it is troublesome, a pad can be installed.


It's Em. I was not completely serious about it actually knocking me down,
but I don't think I'd be in much control after the first shot.


A 20-gauge doesn't have a lot of kick, not even to a woman who doesn't
weigh much.


Yup...not much kick from my 20 ga.
We used to like holding the 12 ga shotguns at hip level and blast off
whatever it was capable of holding. (just like in the movies)


A 20 ga. is a great gun for rabbit hunting, but my dad always made me
use a .22. Got lots of rabbits with it though. My grandfather gave me
a 20 ga. while in high school, and I got a lot of rabbits with it.