One question...what gun do you have?

I had a FA 83 from 1999 to 2003+-. Most of my loads were in the "moderate" range looking for accuracy vs. maximum speed. Once velocities get over 1500 fps recoil gets to the point where shooting is unpleasant.

Ended up getting an identical gun in .41 Magnum and living happily ever after...

If you can not deal with reality, reality will deal with you....