Have to disagree on both counts. How is a 20 Ga. more versatile ? There are a lot more loadings in 12 Ga. than 20 Ga. Also I have been ammo hunting a LOT in the last year due to the ammo shortage ,and have not seen the first factory shell loaded in 3/4 oz.
Proper gun fit is always a must
100%. And with women, pitch is a critical factor in gun fit.
I should have clarified that I was comparing a 20 to a 28 ga. In my part of the country 20 ammo is a lot more available and cheaper than 28.
If you look around you can find some very light recoil factory loads, I picked up some for the wife to shoot after she had a shoulder replacement. Kent and Fiocchi both make “training loads” in 7/8 and 3/4 oz. I was able to pick 4 cases of each because they were sitting over in the corner of a store and passed them over. I shot a box or two of each in my 391 7/8 oz cycled fine, the 3/4 cycled about 2/3 of the time.
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Yeah Clever makes them and they are available in the states. My local shop has 35-40 flats of the 3/4 oz loads. Another range I visit to shoot sporting keeps several flats to shoot in their rental guns for the kids. Recoil is very light.
Look at the Benelli line. M2. SBE 3. Even the older m1 guns
Since you reload, I'm surprised you wouldn't stick with a 12 gauge. The little additional weight will help with actual recoil. There are so many 1oz recipes that feel like nothing and the larger payload will only help your spouse be more successful sooner... JMO.
I buy Federal Speed Shok 2.75" 3/4oz steel 4's for my wife and I to shoot ducks and geese over decoys. They are not always readily available at most retailers because everyone has the mindset you need 3" ammo for waterfowl so when I do come across them I buy everything they have in stock. The retailers are usually quite happy to unload them as they say most pass them up wanting 3" ammo. Too bad we can't post video or I'd post some Shotkam footage from this past week shooting big greenheads and canada's using the little 3/4oz loads nobody wants!!
