It amazes me that this discussion continues to come up. I did a test of "perceieved" recoil a couple of years ago by doing a blind test with short and lengthened forcing cones. I had over 300 people shoot my Test gun with identical shells and fill out the questionaire.

I can assure you that you cannot feel minor difference in recoil. You can however, apply your own personal beliefs conciously or unconciously.

I also have a test cradle from my days of testing M14 rifles for accuracy that could be used to test actual recoil I suppose, but any arguments about this subject are of no consequence since no ones mind is going to be changed.

Best, Dick