Ok fellas i need some of your help. I talked to my doctor today and he said that i can go goose hunting this year but i have to shoot a light load. I was wondering if anybody knows of a load that doesnt kick to bad i would really apperciate it.
Andy,
I’m also going to post this under the Shooter’s test bench forum. Maybe some of those guys will have additional input.
Congrats on the go ahaed for hunting. Now lets see if we can get you on the road to whacking a few birds.
Just jump down to a 2 3/4″ 1550fps BB/1/2 with an i/c choke. That way you have the same knock down power as the 3 1/2″ with just less shot thrown in the air. Aim a little straighter and you should be just as effective with less kick. Shoot a gun with a gas chamber and/or a nice recoil pad for less joint. The adrenaline will be pumping anyway so you probably won’t feel it until later. 
Maybe I should have asked you what gun you are shooting first. I’d shy away from anything smaller than 2 shot this time of year.
Maybe the most important thing is that if you have an option of weapons, you choose the one that fits you the most correctly at this point. Make sure you don’t over do it. A goose is not worth getting injured over.
A heavy gas operated semi auto with a good recoil pad will also help reduce kick.
i havel benelli cordoba. It doesnt kick all that much and it has a pretty good re-coil reducer on it. I am recovering from a broken back and my doctors said that the only way that i am allowed to go is if i shoot an auto-loader with a light load. I really apperciate all the help
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i havel benelli cordoba. It doesnt kick all that much and it has a pretty good re-coil reducer on it. I am recovering from a broken back and my doctors said that the only way that i am allowed to go is if i shoot an auto-loader with a light load. I really apperciate all the help
You must be a strong young man. Congrats on the recovery and do what the DR tells you. There will be many more seasons after this. I know that’s easier said than done.
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i havel benelli cordoba. It doesnt kick all that much and it has a pretty good re-coil reducer on it. I am recovering from a broken back and my doctors said that the only way that i am allowed to go is if i shoot an auto-loader with a light load. I really apperciate all the help
Man those first couple shots may be a little scary, if it were me I’d stick with a crossbow 
j/k hope all goes well!
I haven’t shot a 2 3/4″ in years until this year, I did a water swat with one and man was there a difference in both recoil and noise.
You may want to look at putting on a Limbsaver Recoil pad. They are a bit spendy at $30.00 or so, but we put one on a 20ga for a young man who is afraid of recoil and he shoots everything out of it up 3in slugs. I tried his 870 and it kicked less then my Ithica 51. I bet on a auto loader like yours you could put an egg between the stock and your shoulder. (You Tube that if you do) 
good luck and speedy recovery.
Yup!
I’ve shot plenty of geese with a Rem 1100 2/34″.
I always shot #2 steel. Most of the time our shots on IA. geese are 40 yds. max., or at least that’s thats where I shoot em 
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