To my eternal shame, I didn't find out how much recoil effected you until I got my first custom rifle that was "fitted" to me. All my life I was shooting a LOP a 1/4 of an inch too short. I need at least 13 3/4 of an inch as I'm a knuckle dragger. The Weatherby rifles I owned all had 13.5 and it was an exercise in pain to shoot them. I ended up selling all but one. Finally I wised up, had all my rifles spaced to at least 13/3/4 and bought prescription shooting glasses from Decot. Then because I'm a geezer I put brakes on both rifles. Yes, I'm deaf too. When I listen to the radio in my home, so do my neighbors.... But now I can go to the range and not have to go to the ER on the way home.
