When I had to start dealing with my bad shoulder and posterior vitreous detachment in the right eye, I went with a Rem 1100 .410 3", and had my smith drill out the gas port to cycle 2-1/2" loads. That is just about the lightest recoil that you could come up with, and kills doves and skeet just fine. Fortunately, I was able to work my way up to other guns and loads, and now I shoot Win SX3s in 12 and 20 with light loads that those guns cycle reliably. I'd rather shoot the old guns, but you gotta do what you gotta do.