All my life I shot an 1100 (with a Pachmayr pad). Then I got an M2 12 ga. At first I thought it kicked a tiny bit more than the 1100 (light field and target loads). After a while I decided it felt like it kicked a little lighter than the 1100. The M2 weighed about a lb. less than the 1100. Carrying in the field, the weight difference seemed more like 5 lbs.
