Funny that lots of people mention the 3.5" loads as being such high recoil loads.
The thing is, you actually get very little real world difference in a 3.5" load, and a 3" load. But it does kick more.
Certainly not enough difference to justify the recoil.
In my view out of certain guns the same could be said for jumping up from 2 3/4" to 3". Get a turkey in range and he's not going to like a concentrated 2 3/4" load one bit. Heck I killed 1 once stone cold dead with 7 1/2 shot out of a 20 gauge. Granted it's not what I was hunting for at the time and not what I'd of left with if I was, but it killed it dead outright.
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