The new Benellis have all kinds of recoil mitigating stuff built in- that said, they will never be as easy to shoot, recoil wise, as a Browning gas gun.
I own one Benelli, have shot several, and own two Browning Golds, one Browning Gold Fusion, and a Browning Maxus. The Benelli I own is a 28 ga. Legacy, and even at under 5 lb. recoil is almost negligible- but is still a sharper kick than the softer push of the gas guns.
