Why did you mention Beretta 96D?
Bad gun?
Having fired guns in .357Sig, I don't believe that it necessarily has less recoil. It's just that...It's ballistics fairly mimic the vaunted .357 magnum, yet... purportedly [has] less recoil.
If you were a highway patrolman whose greatest risk is probably a gunfight with someone who is in a car, would you rather have a .357 magnum classic, .357 Sig, .40, 10mm, .41 magnum, or .45 ACP?
I noticed during the late ammo shortage, even when the local Wal-mart was out of 9mm, 40 S&W, .38 Spec and .45 they always had several boxes of .357 Sig on the shelf.