I was truly impressed with the patterns the #9 TSS shells gave me. I was also impressed with the impressive recoil! Lol! Little 20 thought it was a 12, pretty lively and I've never been recoil sensative at all. Except when I fired one 3-1/2" 2-1/4oz turkey load from a Benelli Nova, I said nope! Haha! I've shot "elephant" guns, literally, both smokeless and blackpowder varieties that didn't recoil as much as the Nova.