I've owned two .458WM rifles, one custom, one Ruger 77, neither bothered me. Crossfireoops' 8Bore with 240gr of Fg was a handful and so was RIO7's .460 Howell, but they aren't obnoxious.

I shot tex_n_cal's #1 .458WM and I don't want to do that again.

Another friend of mine had a Remington 700 in .30-06 in a 1st Generation Bell & Carlson stock and that thing flat out hurt to shoot.

Stock design, proper gun mount, knowing how to roll with the recoil make all the difference in the world. grin

Ed

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