Recoil Sensitive
We have a young shooter who is recoil sensitive. I will start by discribing the young shooter, 15 years old, Male, 5'11, 175 lbs with very little shooting experiance (3weeks). He uses the team gun a 12ga Savage 555 with an adjustable comb. We have patterned this gun to him, we have tried 7/8 loads along with 1oz, he flinches complains of the pain to the point he leaves and does not finish shooting his required rounds, As we know he will have to shoot 50rds for each score week, as of right now he wont finish it.
I know alot of this is a gun fit issue, he has a tendency of placing the gun. out of the pocket even though all the coaches have instructed him not to do that. Just to clarify this, he will move the gun out of the pocket right before he calls for the clay, moves around in the box at the stations. We have tried different coaches and the results are the same. We would like to see him succeed, I would appreciate any help or ideas.
Recoil Sensitive follow up: The shooter now is shooting a Browning semi (gas operated) 20ga and is really starting to enjoy trap shooting. He shot his first 50 with no recoil issues, in fact he asked to shoot another round that night. He is more engaged with his team now and is asking the more experienced shooters questions. Probably will introduce him to a 12ga semi after the season, with that said what woud be a good semi (gas operarated) for a left handed shooter? I'm a Beretta fan myself but I would like to give his dad multiple models and brands to choose from.
Thank you to everyone who left comments and advice about this young man.
Tim Hein