Went to pattern a 28ga for turkey. Didn't give it a second thought. Holy crud, intense recoil. Im not recoil shy, having shot 505 Gibbs, 416,375 etc. But when you're expecting woosy 28s and fire 1 1/8 oz loads in a 6.5lb gun, its awakening!

I like autos for heavy loads I had an Ithaca 87 3” I bought for turkey hunting it killed on both ends. It had vicious recoil just trying to pattern it was torture. Sometimes a heavier gun can be your friend some of the new turkey models have recoil systems built into the stocks now because of recoil issues.

Had a SP-10 for a few years until I figured nothing needs killing that bad!

Yes throwing more shot slower was no advantage I found that out goose hunting.

Only throwing 1-1/8oz of shot your recoil shouldn't be that severe. Are these shells you loaded or something you bought?

1 1/8 oz is very heavy for a 28 gauge, I think 3/4, 7/8 is normal....

Well, if it has that extra shot, then it has less powder. Only so much room in that shell, lol.

That can be adjusted with various wad styles and powder types. Get a reloading manual and use the reloading data very carefully and don't deviate.

1-1/8oz is nothing for 28ga in the turkey load world. I have loads in 28ga all the way up to 1-3/4oz