No i mean recoil operated, the barrel moves backwards each shot... Not gas operated where just the bolt moves backwards...

Your right tho, it should take some recoil out because of the mass weight of the action, but logic is telling me that shoving a 30 inch barrel and action backward towards my shoulder could create significant recoil....

Like i said, I'm new to these old guns... Known about them, just never have shot them...

I've got another cool piece... It's a 1700s flintlock pistol.... Thinking about putting a red dot on it.....