



They also offer positive grasping surfaces that are not at all abrasive to the hands during recoil. The pad is ergonomically shaped to rest comfortably inside the shoulder pocket of the shooter and its surface is grooved to prevent slippage.ĭimpled areas formed into the stock at its wrist and forearm (called Air-Touch) serve to partially isolate the hands from shock. They accomplished this by creating a stock that absorbs a big chunk of the pain before it reaches the shooter.Ĭalled ComforTech, the stock is made of a lightweight synthetic material and it wears an extremely thick recoil pad made of a super shock-absorbing, rubber-like material developed for the medical industry. Leave it to the guys at Benelli to come up with a way to make their Inertia-Driven shotguns kick like gas guns. I can carry that handsome little thing all day long in one hand while pushing brush with the other and then when a fleeting shot does come it will get on the bird just a tad quicker than lightning.Ī recoil-operated gun would kick me into the next county if I fed it extremely heavy loads, but shots in the grouse woods are usually so close nothing more potent than the lightest 7„8-ounce loads available are needed. One of my favorite ruffed grouse guns is a 51„2-pound Franchi 48AL in 20 gauge.
