New here, been lurking but cant make up my mind. Just got a hear creek 16"upper, and this gun will be for hunting only here in Iowa. The 2 I keep coming back to based on reviews are the next level armament and the KAW linear.
From my reading the NLA does a decent job with recoil/lift and helps with the noise a little,and the KAW doesnt do much for recoil or lift but pushes the blast away and really helps with noise. I dont wear hearing protection... and I'm used to hunting with a 12 gauge, so is recoil even an issue? Havent shot it yet so I dont know how the recoil compares to a 12g. Also not overly concerned with muzzle rise as like I said it's for hunting only, hopefully only taking 1 or 2 shots at a time.
What would you guys do? What would you thread on the end? Is the recoil as bad as I am reading? Or is it better than a 12? How about noise?