Recoil is a non issue with the 91, It is an excellent weapon and I would go as far as to say comparable to an HK manufactured rifle. I have owned and used both and I still have the PTR-91K. I will acknowledge some issues with the JLD pieces, likely a manufacturing learning curve but the weapon I own has zero malfunctions ever. I do recommend shooting berdan primed ammo though because anything domestic is going to suffer the same fate.
