They all work together to provide a flexible interlocked shock absorber, and according to Benelli, provide a 50 percent reduction in felt recoil from their ComforTech system. All are constructed of a flexible plastic and the two outer branches' leaves interweave with those in the center. The PCS resembles a tree consisting of a center and two branches. So Benelli engineers and designers developed a new, somewhat similar Progressive Comfort System concealed within the buttstock. Many are familiar with Benelli's recoil-killing ComforTech stock with its collapsible chevrons that absorb much of the recoil.īut because of the Ethos' wooden stock and forend, the ComforTech system didn't fit with its aesthetics. Although most upland hunters shoot 2¾-inch loads, the Ethos is chambered for 3-inch shells too. Of course inertia-driven shotguns come with one distinct disadvantage: recoil. By the time the gun fully recoils against the shooter's shoulder the shot has cleared the barrel and, aided by the spring, the bolt begins to move rearward, rotating the bolt head out of engagement, ejecting the fired hull and picking up a fresh round from the magazine - all in milliseconds.
