My shotgun is really heavy!

[sargenv]

Eh... Mossy is a lightweight compared to a "light" 10 ga Gold hunter.. all 9.5 pounds of it..

[mark501w]

T stick!

[a1rfreshener]

just keep it out unloaded and pick it up once everyday. you will learn quickly how to old one and wat kind of tips and tricks would feel right..if not id go with a 410 bore

[controlled_burst]

Dry fire drills and shotgun feeding drills. Practice with snap caps or dummy rounds as if you were working out. Pick up art of the dynamic shotgun and practice.

Only way you'll get used to doing it is by doing it.

My .02

CB

[Hoshnasi]

Thanks for the responses.

I will try weighing down the stock to balance the weight. I found that if I bring my hand way up the grip my trigger hand can help support the weight and I can hold it shouldered at a target for about a minute. I guess a handgun would be a better option for me since I could probably keep the handgun pointed for a lot longer than a shotgun which would be better in a home defense situation.

I don't know that I understand. Is there a medical reason you can't hold the gun up?

I shoot on average three to four rounds of skeet with my 870 and I don't get fatigue like that. I'm less rounds than you in the mag, but I assume a longer barrel.

[Castle50]

My Affinity is too light...kicks like a mule...

[Thefeeder]

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Weight and perceived weight...one is when its sitting on a scale and one is how it feels coming to mount/ mounted.

The gun is out of balance......add 12-14oz to the inside if the stock ,all the weight is in front of the reciever and you need to counter it....it will feel lighter coming to mount/mounted and come to target (point) better

[tpuig]

Wow. Tough room... ;-)

You're awakening muscles that might not have seen too much use. Practice makes perfect...

And if you shoot 5 full power buckshot loads or slugs, that muscle fatigue will not be at the forefront of your attention for a while. Then, later when you decide to NOT sell the gun, give it another try with some bird shot. You'll get used to it.

[IntoForever]

I have a Mossberg 500 with a short lop stock, and while it's pretty light unloaded or loaded with 2 or 3 rounds, when I load all 5 rounds in the tube, I can only hold it shouldered for less than half a minute without getting too fatigued. The problem is that all of the weight is at the end of the gun so the torque is really big.

Any suggestions on how to balance the shotgun so it isn't so front heavy? I shot an ar 15 at a range and it felt like a toy compared to my shotgun despite that they should weigh about the same (around 7 lbs).

Strap a cinder block to the stock? Seriously though, and it's been said before ^ just keep practicing and lifting weights to train those unused muscles. Soon, it won't be an issue.

[Altahick]

not trying to be insensitive, but on the real. the gun isint to heavy you need to build more muscle. and i do know what you are talking about. about 13 months ago i broke the T8 vertebrae in my back, its between my shoulder blades. and a month ago i was shooting a friends mosin 91/30 and after 10-20 seconds of holding the rifle i would start shaking a little due to lack of stabilizing muscles from 1 year of atrophy. its just a matter of getin back in the game and rebuilding muscle.

if a gun is to heavy, you need more muscle.