The kick of my 20 ga Fieldmaster is not hard at all. Could shoot it all day in the dove fields and upland for hunting and never know you have been hunting that day. Even in 3” loads for turkey it way less kick than my 12 ga in guns I own. The recoil pad they using on my 20 ga is perfect fit/finish to the walnut stock. Still say you owe it to shoulder one of these guns and see for yourself what Remington is putting out.