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Message: <blockquote data-quote="NightShade" data-source="post: 3319845" data-attributes="member: 29706">Right, it's a simple physics thing.  The heavier the bullet and the more powder the harder the recoil is going to kick.So a heavier pistol, like a 1911 compared to a polymer glock or M&P with a light bullet.  Something like a 95grain bullet with as light of a powder load as possible that will allow the weapon to reliably function.  You will have to drop the recoil spring way down though for it to reliably function with an extremely light loading.  It's going to be a dance of getting the light spring, developing a loading that will work with it correctly and then seeing if that will work for your son.So you may be better off with a slightly heavier pistol or developing a loading for a 380 instead and going that route.</blockquote>