[RobM]

Hello everyone! Perhaps some of you can help me out.One of the biggest problems that I have run into when firing my pistol grip equipped 1300 Defender is the amount of recoil that it generates. I have tried several different loads and seem to be best off with a light target load.I Have just finished reading an article in a magazine called, "Special Weapons for law enforcement" about the new reduced recoil loads that are being offered by Remington, Winchester, and Federal. All three are offering various loads ranging from Buckshot to slugs.Their testing results seemed to be very positive.I have also read about a round referred to as a "Mini 12 shell " Being made by Aquila. I really like the idea behind the mini shell, as any encounters that I might have in my residence would be at very close range (10-15 feet). So I doubt that I would really need a high power round. I also understand that due to the shells smaller size, more rounds will fit in the Magazine. I also read that certain shotguns need modifications to reliable fire these shells, however the 1300 supposedly will fire them without any mods or problems.I am just curious to see if anyone here has used either of these rounds, and their opinions if they have. Thanks for your help--Rob

 

[RobM]

I picked up 3 boxes of the Aquila mini 12 slugs at a gun show today (they sold out of the shot shells in under an hour). I gave one box to a local gun shop employee who is going to run them through various types of shotguns that he owns (Benelli, Remington, etc) I will run a box through my 1300 and post results from the both of us here for all of you. I sure hope they function well as it appears that I can stuff a bunch of these in my 1300!--Rob

 

[RobM]

Well, bad news about the minis. They don't feed well at all in my 1300. I experianced several misfeeds (sticky describes them well) and several ejection problems. At this point I would not recommend them at all. They are a good idea but I'm not going to bet my life on them.Now on the other hand. I do highly recommend the Winchester, Super X, Low recoil, OO Buckshot shells. I shot them back to back with standard Buckshot loads and the reduction in recoil was VERY noticable. They functioned very well (No misfeeds) and seemed to still pack a very good punch. They are much more costly then standard shells however.The advantages of lower recoil should be obvious to everyone, IE: Less muzzle flip, Faster back on target times etc. They were primarily designed to accomedate the trend of current law officers being of a smaller builds then the officers of past generations.I find the lower recoil to be extremely benifitial when firing my pistol gripped 1300.I hope this is good info for some of you--Rob