In article s.com, "Karl Townsend" wrote:
Felt recoil is also a very subjective thing.

if you're a ten year kid that just got his first duck, quail, pheasant you
wouldn't have felt the kick even it it was an elephant gun.

Bingo!

I hunt deer and rabbit with a 12-ga that kicks pretty damn hard on a firing
range. Oddly enough, it doesn't seem to kick at all in the field.

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Doug Miller (alphageek at milmac dot com)

It's time to throw all their damned tea in the harbor again.