I often read here and other places how bad the 1300's kick and since thats my only turkey gun, I didnt know it was worse than other pumps. My question is why, is it lighter, stock design or what? Just curious.
i dont think it is worse than all other pumps. with a 3" or a 3.5" turkey load they will all rattle you without the right add ons. the 835 is about the worst shotgun for recoil i have found. i added a Limbsaver recoil pad and a Beartooth comb kit and they both helped a lot.
Ahh...the 1300!
I have one and really dislike it. If it was not my brothers gun I would have sold it! It is a light gun with some positive features like the safety position and a non-rattling slide.
Winchester made the 1300 with a "Speed Pump" feature. Basically, even the lightest load will assist in ejecting the shell. So when you shoot, by design you are already cycling the shot as the recoil is kicking your butt. You are sending more force you way! This 1300 caused me to get some serious flinching issues. At the time, I was shooting Winchester HV #6 and a Kicks .655.
I gave up on the gun last year and bought an 835 with a 20" tube. I grew up with a 500 (never should have sold that gun :(). I did add a Limbsaver Precision fit pad to it (also have a LS pad on the 1300). IMO the gun is a dream to shoot compared to the 1300. I only shoot 3" shells though.
1300 DONT KICK .......SHOOT A MOSSY 500 or 835!!!
i put a Limbsaver recoil pad on all my 1300's and its like shooting a B.B.gun now.
brian
My 1300 dont kick near as bad as a MB, I love mine. I got Browning silver too, put you 3 1/2 2.25 oz 7 and it will knock the taste out your mouth.
I do have a simm's and a JH ported choke and I never thought it to bad myself and I'm a skinny guy at 6'1" 176. BTW I never saw the need to go bigger, I'm headed back down on my next turkey slayer.
I have a 1300 and I love it, it doesnt kick all that bad to me. Mine has a wood stock and forend and factory but pad. I'm eventually gonna get a limbsaver pad but it's not that bad to me. I had a mb before my 1300 and that thing kicked like a mule.
Quote from: GOLD HUNTER on March 05, 2011, 09:59:37 AM
1300 DONT KICK .......SHOOT A MOSSY 500 or 835!!!
i put a Limbsaver recoil pad on all my 1300's and its like shooting a B.B.gun now.
brian
Brian,
A slip over pad, or a pad specifically for the 1300 to replace the factory one?
God Bless,
David B.
My 1300 with synthetic stock kicked like an angry mule with a headache.
As mentioned above, mine with its factory recoil pad would knock the taste out of your mouth. I put a fitted limbsaver on, and that helped tremendously. Its still terrible, but they all are with these 3"+ magnum loads.
That said....last bird I dropped with it, I remember thinking, 'that wasn't too bad...' Never is when the real deal is going down.
Been shooting 1300s for a long time and never thought of them as having bad recoil. Feel the same as any other pump to me. They all kick with turkey loads.
I've used many diff pumps and the 1300 is the most dependable IME.
Quote from: BOFF on March 05, 2011, 03:15:09 PM
Quote from: GOLD HUNTER on March 05, 2011, 09:59:37 AM
1300 DONT KICK .......SHOOT A MOSSY 500 or 835!!!
i put a Limbsaver recoil pad on all my 1300's and its like shooting a B.B.gun now.
brian
Brian,
A slip over pad, or a pad specifically for the 1300 to replace the factory one?
God Bless,
David B.
i got one that is specifically for my 1300 synthetic stock