I got my own single barrel when I was 6. My buddies and me were yammering for 410s. The old man gave me a Stevens 94
12g. He bought me light sport loads from Sears. He claimed it
wouldn't kick much more and would be a better game killer than
410. At 6 I was small & OM bandsawed about 1" off the butt and
put a slip on pad on it. When squirrel hunting OM gave me 5
shells, 4Sport loads and a Mk 5 23/4"mg in case I got a long
shot. I had shot lots of Sport Loads but never Mk 5s. The first
time I touched one of them off I made a promise to my shoulder,
I wouldn't shoot another unless I was being attacked buy a
dinosaur! That load thrashed me properly.