1. Recoil in any gun is inevitable.
2. You'll "feel" less of it with a good recoil pad.
3. Ian's experience with the wrong pitch is another very real factor in "felt recoil". The most important function of pitch is to provide maximum contact between the butt and your shoulder, not to make the gun shoot high or low, as is often blathered about. Back in "ancient" times, before American shooters learned to cheek the combs, as we do now, it probably had some effect on the high/low impact. Not now.
BTW, bending forward at the waist is not the best shooting form. Bending forward is tiring and usually suggests that your body will try to swing at the waist. The body should swing from the ankles up.
