I think part of it is the "shorty" stock. I have a few kinks in my left shoulder and elbow, maybe bursitis, and it feels better when its stretched out. I think the longer butt stock may cure that. The recoil isn't too bad, I have recoil pads on those stocks. They aren't Simms pads but they do a good job. Mostly it's the sight picture and how my eyes focus on targets. 24" and longer seems to be better for me. Which kinda stinks, 'cause there are no 20ga barrels available in that length. I will have to have one cut down, if I find that works best for me. As I said, I still have to play around with different length stocks to see what changes it makes in my sight picture.