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Posted On: 3/12/2022
By: Thomas Schreiber
A: Thanks for reaching out Thomas! Recoil energy is determined by five factors in the case of a shotshell: shotgun weight, propellant weight, wad weight, shot weight and muzzle velocity. Increase the shotgun weight or decrease any of the other factors, and recoil energy will necessarily decrease in turn. In addition to having a wad that is specially engineered to absorb and mitigate felt recoil, this shell's muzzle velocity clocks in at a modest 1,200 fps. That's considered on the low end for sporting clays, let alone a buckshot load! In other words, this shell's relatively low muzzle velocity utilizes Newton's Third Law to reduce recoil energy.