1187 will kick less. Franchi will be brutal and will want upgrade to avoid Benelli click, even though it is a more reliable gun overall.
If you want forty yard performance and light recoil with factory loads, investigate .410 TSS loads from Browning.
"Benelli click" is a figment of your imagination. It's not a condition caused by design failure. It's caused completely by ooeator error
The franchi is a far superior gun to anything Remington has ever designed and built
