Recoil: Benelli M2 Comfortech - v. - HK Benelli M1 S90 - v. - 870P?

[M2CattleCo]

I shot an 870 when I was in highschool, and it kicked like a beast. Maybe it was due to the thin buttpad (it was an old 18.5" wood-stocked gun from another era) I can't imagine another shotgun managing recoil delivery to the shoulder more violently. For comparison, I view the Benelli M4 with buckshot/slugs to be "fun for hundreds of rounds", so long as it's not fired from the bench.

I had been using a Mossber 500, 18.5" for about ten years until last month when I got myself into a Benelli M4.

I will NEVER shoulder another little pump shotgun. The M4 has maybe 1/2 the recoil, is faster, and easier to shoot. Learning to reload it has been a challenge, but I'm getting there.

[Peally]

M4s are awesome to shoot, it's basically like having AR recoil to me.

M1/M2s, not so much. I used an M1 Super 90 for casual 3-gun and that thing was the king of purple shoulders.

[Rex G]

M4s are awesome to shoot, it's basically like having AR recoil to me.

M1/M2s, not so much. I used an M1 Super 90 for casual 3-gun and that thing was the king of purple shoulders.

I hear you! The final straw for my shoulder, with my M1 Super 90, was a "select slug" training/certification class. I endured, but then had to lie down on a bench for about half an hour, to let a nausea-like feeling subside, before I drove home. I soon sold the Benelli, and bought another pump gun. I did not try another Benelli for over twenty years.