Solitary - good point. Especially this time of year when going to the range in a T shirt. I usually wear my sporting clays vest when shooting. Just yesterday I shot 40 rounds through my Browning Micro Hunter 325WSM. Today, no bruising or soreness. And that's a lot of shooting for that cartridge in a rifle that weighs no more than 7 1/2 lbs.
And when your worried about recoil, your groups are going to suffer.