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9/9/2025 2:37:59 PM EDT
Looking for a 12 or 20 gauge semi auto shotgun that functions reliably and has reduced recoil. Any suggestions?
9/9/2025 2:58:53 PM EDT
[#1]
1301
9/9/2025 3:21:56 PM EDT
[#2]
Remington Versamax….if you can find one
9/11/2025 2:44:44 PM EDT
[#3]
Beretta 1301 Comp Pro is a pussycat.
Darren was here.

Is Wayne Brady Gonna Have To Choke A Bitch?
9/11/2025 3:55:14 PM EDT
[#4]
The Stoeger/Franchi/Benelli  M2 in 20 ga is very mild and very fun.  Three levels of price point.
9/27/2025 11:26:55 AM EDT
[#5]
Benelli Ethos Super Sport.
9/27/2025 11:31:57 AM EDT
[#6]
Here's slo-mo of my TS-12 running federal 9 pellet buck shot.  At 87000fps, the muzzle really doesn't move very much.  

Tavor TS-12 Slow-mo shooting
10/13/2025 6:01:53 PM EDT
[#7]
Beretta A400.
10/14/2025 6:32:16 PM EDT
[#8]
For sporting or hunting the A400 is the softest shooting 12ga I have shot and mine does not have the recoil absorbing stock.



1/29/2026 2:17:53 AM EDT
[#9]
Bought my 4'11" daughter a mossberg 20ga that's Turkish made.  Synthetic stock.  Light weight. Seems reliable.  Won't  shoot very light skeet loads well.
1/29/2026 6:47:57 AM EDT
[#10]
When hunting or clays, I never notice recoil. I shoot a Benelli, but really not that much difference in the top brands.
Lower recoil, go smaller gauges or heavier gun.
17 And that no man might buy or sell, save he that had the mark, or the name of the beast, or the number of his name.
3/16/2026 12:26:50 AM EDT
[#11]
What are you looking for it to do? If a clays gun, heavier is better. If a field gun, better off going to 20 gauge. I shoot “competitively” and we have plenty of guys in the league who are more than competitive with 20s of all kinds of make//model.

One of the keys is gun fit, and mount. A gun that fits feels far lower recoil than one that doesn’t. I’ll fitting guns generate cheek slap, and all kinds of other discomfort.

-shooter
3/16/2026 2:04:41 AM EDT
[#12]
Beretta A-400 with 00 Buckshot...
Kind to my 70 Y.O. Paramore.

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3/16/2026 5:03:57 AM EDT
[#13]
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Originally Posted By ATLDiver:
Beretta A400.
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