I agree 100% about the Gracoil unit. Even though my old Rem 1100 with a ported barrel, long forcing cone, and a Kickeze pad certainly recoils less than my Browning 525 clays gun, the Browning has a Graycoil unit on it, the second gun I have had with one. The Browning transmits more rearward thrust to my shoulder than my Rem 1100, but I still enjoy it better and shoot higher scores with it than with the 1100. It's a different feel to the recoil, but even with the arthritic inflammation in the rotator cuff and the bone spur in my shoulder, I shoot it better and have less discomfort than with the 1100, which everybody else says is much lighter recoiling to them. Have to agree with Stan on this one.