It boggles the mind.
My 1963 model Sweet Sixteen with 28" VR weighs 7 pounds on the nose.
Shockingly, it's 1/4 pound heavier than that recommended by The Authorities using the ever famous 'rule of 96' for 1 1/8 ounce loads.
A brief session with a recoil calculator shows that the Fiocchi 'Golden Pheasant' in my S16 develops THE SAME free recoil energy as an 8.5 pound 12 gauge with the ever popular and traditional American pheasant load of 3 3/4 Deq. 1 1/4 ounce that we've been using forever.
The same free recoil.
Can you feel it? If you're not dead, yes you can.
Is it excessive? When the pheasant falls and you're watching a nice canine retrieve, you never notice recoil.
