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Personally, if you are worried about recoil, I'd look at something other than a shotgun. A pistol caliber carbine has lower recoil, more ammunition, and is more accurate at longer range. A good lever action in .357 or .44 will cost about as much, and isn't much harder to work in terms of action (is harder to reload, but you have twice as many rounds), while still giving you a nice, intimidating metal-on-metal cycling noise.
+1.
If you're dead set on the 12 gauge then I would try a nice recoil pad first. Like others have already stated; your ammunition choices are going to play a huge role in the severity of the recoil.
If you're not dead set on the 12 gauge & the recoil is a major drawback then you might want to consider other options. A carbine, such as suggested by ironraven, is a real pussycat in the recoil department.
ETA...
I hate to say it but I witnessed some failures on Mossberg shotguns years ago that left me a little jaded. I would personally prefer a Remington or better.
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