Gentlemen, Thank you for all for your responses and good information. It's exactly what I needed to hear. My question originated from trying my friend's SKB 20 ga. model 100 with 26" bbls. two weeks ago at some easy clay birds and being real surprised at the unpleasant recoil experience. However, that gun was way too short for me and I wondered how much that effected the experience. I'm looking at an AOC/SG model Ugartechea, but didn't want to buy something that kicked like that little SKB.