malix
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+1 on the PX4. I have one in 9mm and the recoil is very mild.
I always hear that the pocket .380s kick, but due to their small size. Same with the pocket 9mms, such as Kel-Tec and Kahr. I am sure the Beretta 92 is great to shoot, but I am not sure if I can easily keep it on my person.
The Beretta 80 series in .380ACP might be a choice.
I personally don't believe polymers absorb much recoil by flexing during recoil. If they did flex enough to reduce recoil, they would do so in their weakest area (i.e. just ahead of the trigger guard). If that were so, the slide would bind in recoil due to misalignment of the steel inserts on the frame to the grooves of the slide.
The standard Government 1911 will recoil more. Both are all-steel autos. Both have a moderately high-moderately low bore axis. Yet, the .45 ACP hard ball is a 230 grain bullet. What ever goes forward causes something to go backwards equally.Can somebody tell me which one recoils more the 1911 (in .45 caliber) or the CZ-75 9mm?