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The softest recoiling semi-autos will be gas operated guns ...vs inertia operated guns....
Weight of the gun also reduces recoil...so either add weight ( without screwing up the balance point of a current gun ) - or go to a heavier gun ( typically the older generation guns are heavier - like the Rem 1100's )....
The other way to reduce recoil ...is to shoot less shot in a shell ( so in a 12ga ...go to a 1 oz shell, or even 7/8 oz ( but if you go to 7/8 oz, balistically, its the same as a 20ga )....but the good news is today you can shoot a shell in a 12ga - that makes it act like a 16ga, or 20ga ...or even a 28ga ...and with really light recoil. ---- or shoot a shell with less velocity ( stay away from the 1300 fps shells...and drop down to 1200 fps ...or even 1150 fps )....
Depending on what you're doing with the gun ..there may be no disadvantage to shooting a 20ga ......a pellet from a 12ga leaving the gun at 1200 fps.....vs a ..20ga pellet...leaving the gun at 1200 fps ...hits with exactly the same force...( so there is no disadvantage to shooting a 20ga )....
and personally, while I shoot a lot of 1 oz shells in a 12ga, more and more I'm shooting 7/8 oz or even 3/4 oz shells....
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