I received a Snake Slayer for Christmas and had a chance to fire it not long afterward. I bought some 45 colt range loads and used some 410 3″ animal load rounds that I keep. Expecting to have some serious “kick”, I was prepared. The surprise was that neither the 45 or 410 rounds had any greater kick that my XDS 45. Love the gun and have now found a second carry weapon for those times I need a smaller weapon.