Let's take the .45ACP:
Full pressure loads of 230gn bullets will twist my wrist and by 100 rounds hurt.
Full pressure loads for 200gn bullets can be shot all day.
Recoil will always be less with lighter bullets, all things equal (whether same speed or same pressure).
However, the recoil impulse can be very different for some people (not for me, I can't really tell a 9x19 from a .45ACP--except for the "hot" 230gn loads as the recoil I feel is mostly the slide). Some notice more snap with light bullets and more of a push into their grip with heavy bullets. This is not the same as the actual recoil, just they way it "feels" to the shooter.
IF you prefer the push rather than the snap, then go heavy. If you have a decent functioning compensator, then the snap becomes a push and the push is less with light bullets.
Remember folks: all most all of you are talking perceived recoil and not the actual recoil force.
Full pressure loads of 230gn bullets will twist my wrist and by 100 rounds hurt.
Full pressure loads for 200gn bullets can be shot all day.
Recoil will always be less with lighter bullets, all things equal (whether same speed or same pressure).
However, the recoil impulse can be very different for some people (not for me, I can't really tell a 9x19 from a .45ACP--except for the "hot" 230gn loads as the recoil I feel is mostly the slide). Some notice more snap with light bullets and more of a push into their grip with heavy bullets. This is not the same as the actual recoil, just they way it "feels" to the shooter.
IF you prefer the push rather than the snap, then go heavy. If you have a decent functioning compensator, then the snap becomes a push and the push is less with light bullets.
Remember folks: all most all of you are talking perceived recoil and not the actual recoil force.