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<blockquote data-quote="DaveR" data-source="post: 2917769" data-attributes="member: 111097"><p>Fun project, good on you!</p><p></p><p>O/Us are elegant, and I like the additional safety aspect. I agree with others that gas semis are softest recoiling.</p><p></p><p>If you want an O/U, here is a different perspective you might consider -</p><p></p><p>Get a 12 gauge and feed it reduced loads.</p><p></p><p>20s can have recoil that feels just as harsh as a 12. A less powerful cartridge in a lighter gun won't have less felt recoil, if the gun's mass is correspondingly reduced.</p><p></p><p>In my albeit limited experience years ago shooting 12 & 20 gauge Citoris side by side, recoil on the 20 felt worse than the 12 because the 20 was actually lighter in weight, and possibly proportionally lighter in weight as well - there was less mass to slow the recoil impulse.</p><p></p><p>(Same idea as when introducing folks to handguns - don't start them off with a little gun in a regular caliber, start them with a full-sized gun shooting a moderate load).</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="DaveR, post: 2917769, member: 111097"] Fun project, good on you! O/Us are elegant, and I like the additional safety aspect. I agree with others that gas semis are softest recoiling. If you want an O/U, here is a different perspective you might consider - Get a 12 gauge and feed it reduced loads. 20s can have recoil that feels just as harsh as a 12. A less powerful cartridge in a lighter gun won’t have less felt recoil, if the gun’s mass is correspondingly reduced. In my albeit limited experience years ago shooting 12 & 20 gauge Citoris side by side, recoil on the 20 felt worse than the 12 because the 20 was actually lighter in weight, and possibly proportionally lighter in weight as well - there was less mass to slow the recoil impulse. (Same idea as when introducing folks to handguns - don’t start them off with a little gun in a regular caliber, start them with a full-sized gun shooting a moderate load). [/QUOTE]
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