I'm pretty close to buying a Beretta A400 Xcel for some occasional trap shooting. That's a 2K shotgun for the summer and fall shooting I want to do. I'll be honest, I've never owned a semi-auto except an 1100 I sold years ago to a friend that I never used. Mostly I'm an O/U type person for target shooting which I left 10 years ago. I sold my 682 Beretta and all my loading equipment. I'm not planning on re-loading shot shells again. I'm getting up in years (74) and don't want the recoil from a 12 ga O/U. I have an 870 but it's not designed to reduce recoil. I want to shoot 1 oz loads in this new shotgun, hoping that a gas gun will mitigate some of that recoil.
Anyone shooting clays with a 12 ga Beretta A400? If so what are your impressions about the KO system to reduce recoil?