Okay, I know this is partially subjective and kind of a "justify my want" question, but here goes...
Is there really that big of a difference in the recoil of a recoil operated semi-auto, specifically the Benelli's "inertia" system, versus a gas operated shotgun like a Remington 1100 or 11-87? Obviously given same gauge and loads, similar weight guns and so forth.
How about a specific example of dissimilar guns - a 20 gauge Benelli vs. a 12 gauge 1100?
I'm looking at a 20 gauge Benelli M2 to take advantage of a lighter gun with lower recoil vs. my old 1100 12 gauge and one of the proverbial "guys at a gunstore" was saying how even though the 20 would obviously kick a little less there really wouldn't be that much difference due to the 12 gauge gas gun soaking up so much more recoil.
Seemed a bit odd to me but I'm not experienced with a bunch of different shotguns so I thought I'd run this by you guys.
