Good morning,
Just to touch base, the wife and I are new to the CAS world, and are gearing up. All the firearms are in, leather almost all in. My 12 yr old daughter Kennedy went to watch a match and now she is all bitten by the bug.
Kennedy isn't a new shooter, she's been shooting since age 8. She is a very good shooter with AR, her Glock 34, her lever action .357, .22 you name it. A great guy at our range let her shoot his .45 Uberti '73 and she was very accurate.
She has her pistols now in .38
I am worried about the shotgun portion. Our 97 and SxS have too long of LOP for Kennedy, and I worry about recoil (12 gauge).
I don't mean to sound cheap in the least, just more bang for the buck with 3 of us starting out at the same time.
I hate to spend money on a 20 gauge, cut the stock for her LOP, then have to replace that stock she grows.
In a year and a half she has to shoot 20 gauge or bigger anyway. and she is dead set on going to at least regional matches next year.
Single barrel .410? I've only shot 12 gauge so I'm not sure of recoil.
advice please?