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Full-size 5" 1911's in 9mm are pretty tame. Same with the CZ SP-01 in all steel (the Shadow). Or the S&W long-slide 952 (I haven't shot the long slide, but the regular 952 was a pussycat). Look for the biggest possible chunk of steel that puts the crotch of your thumb as close as possible to the bore axis, and viola: low recoil.
...well... he did ask about "lowest felt-recoil", and the point is that it's all physics. I have shot some small ploymer frame 9's that I thought were a pain, and I'm generally not a "recoil-sensitive" guy,
CZ 75's are real nice and soft, better than the High Power IMO.
Sig P226 isn't bad, even with the alloy frame.
I like Glocks, but felt recoil isn't low.
As far as the Marlin camp carbine, I disagree, I think it has more recoil than expected because of the plain blow back action. A M1 carbine is much lower by comparison.
I was shooting my Camp 9 yesterday with hot handloads and the recoil felt like more than I was getting from my Glock 17L.
The Ruger PC-9 carbine was worse, it has a very heavy bolt, and felt recoil is very high for a 9mm.
i find it pretty amusing how many folks have mentioned the Browning Hi-Power (P35) as my experience (i've owned 3) has been that it has more disturbing recoil than every 9mm i've owned besides the Glock 19/17/26 (i've owned 4)
if you're also going to factor in accuracy and reliability i'd say the least recoiling 9mm i've shot would be the Sig 226ST...the all stainless construction really makes the 9mm a pussycat.
i'd think the Sig X-Five would be very low too, but i've only shot the .40 chambering...but that felt like a light 9mm
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