Its still an 18 inch barrel, just the action is set back at your shoulder. Keltec makes their guns beefy, so there is a decent distribution of weight front to back. Kick is the same as any other shotgun, but it seems to me, compared to my 1300 defender, there is less muzzle rise to contend with.
Running this through tactical drills at the range shows the shorter total package makes for ease of sweeping and clearing your house. That is its greatest draw, behind the 14+1 2 3/4 inch shells, or 23 minishells, and I believe you can shoot magnum loads out of it, but I bet it would hurt like hell, just like in any other shotty without a recoil compensation system.
Get an angled foregrip, a nice red dot, and down the road a choke adapter and you can mitigate a little more of the muzzle rise or recoil, depending on how you set up with a brake, compensator, or standoff.
If stock photos are to go by, your Winchester 1300 Defender has a traditional stock which places the recoil above the point of interaction with your shoulder. Basically, like handguns if the force generation is above your point of control it creates a lever effect. Straight, in-line stocks like the AR-15 inherently help with recoil control. That’s why the Keltec has less muzzle rise if anything.
Seen this before but how is it any worse than any other pump shotgun? IIRC it’s not any lighter than any other pump.
I thought it was worse. But that’s also just my opinion. The short barrel means you’re going to have to fight to get that second shot on target.
Hmm, if it weighs average but is shorter that just means you have less of a lever effect to help fight the recoil.
Its still an 18 inch barrel, just the action is set back at your shoulder. Keltec makes their guns beefy, so there is a decent distribution of weight front to back. Kick is the same as any other shotgun, but it seems to me, compared to my 1300 defender, there is less muzzle rise to contend with.
Running this through tactical drills at the range shows the shorter total package makes for ease of sweeping and clearing your house. That is its greatest draw, behind the 14+1 2 3/4 inch shells, or 23 minishells, and I believe you can shoot magnum loads out of it, but I bet it would hurt like hell, just like in any other shotty without a recoil compensation system.
Get an angled foregrip, a nice red dot, and down the road a choke adapter and you can mitigate a little more of the muzzle rise or recoil, depending on how you set up with a brake, compensator, or standoff.
If stock photos are to go by, your Winchester 1300 Defender has a traditional stock which places the recoil above the point of interaction with your shoulder. Basically, like handguns if the force generation is above your point of control it creates a lever effect. Straight, in-line stocks like the AR-15 inherently help with recoil control. That’s why the Keltec has less muzzle rise if anything.