Because of age/health issues that magnify impact of recoil I have been looking closely at even slight differences in recoil that I didn't even think about when younger and pain free.
Looking for experience of people that have used low recoil 8 pellet loads and if they could perceive any difference in recoil from low recoil 9 pellet? And in what specific guns. I know that will be subjective.
I know in my gf's 20 gauge 11-87 nether of us can tell difference between 2.75" buck/slugs vs 3" buck/slugs even when one of us loads mag with mix so shooter doesn't know which shot is which load.
I suspect we would feel the difference between those if it was a pump 20 gauge instead of a semi auto.
I am working on essentially zero recoil carbines like 5.56, 357 mag, etc as covered https://pistol-forum.com/showthread....anual-repeater but have a strong personal bias in favor of shotgun so still trying to find shotgun solution that can work for current me.
I have a 12 gauge 11-87 that will be getting Vent rib barrel and testing with low recoil 9 pellet and slug based on NH Shooter's excellent setup https://pistol-forum.com/showthread.php?37084-1187P
Even with standard slug barrel my 12 gauge 11-87 cycles low recoil Federal 9 pellet OO smoothly with dozen or so rounds I tested it with but the action cycles so slowly I would not trust it with standard slug barrel for low recoil ammo for defensive use.