Don't trade them in yet, you don't quite have all the facts.
Recoil is a function of bullet momentum, not kinetic energy. Momentum is mass x velocity. The greater the momentum, the greater the recoil everything else being equal.
But wait, there's more (Ginsu commercial): The recoil you feel depends on how fast it occurs - hence recoil pulse. A 180gr @1000fps and a
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I personally like the snappy recoil of the 180's better than the push of the heavier bullets. But that's my preference.
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