[jester]

Shotgun A the pump action will have the most recoil because in many it will operated the slide which will take some of it off the shooter, but for the most part the recoil is all being transfered to the shooter.

An autoloader will bleed off some of the gas usualy, in gas piston models anyhow and thus reduce the recoil as it is used to cycle the action and bring the next round into battery.

And a bolt action or single or double, the shooter takes ALL the recoil.

The same goes for rifles, a recoil operatated and and gas operated rifle will reduced the recoil as it is used to operate the weapon, a single shot or bolt, or lever or pump action the shooter takes the recoil.

A note, most pump action shotguns <not sure about rifles as I have never fired a pump action rifle> some of the recoil will be absorbed as the recoil usualy is part of what unlocks the bolt, so the recoil is distributed to the pump and absorbed into the hand/arm making the felt recoil seem less, as well as the opening of the bolt and using the momentum to send it partialy back.