I know exactly what you mean Jim, I have an '86 in 50-110 WCF, it fires a 700gr flat nosed grease groove bullet at a very mild 1240 fps with black powder, that steel crescent butt was NOT made for men like us, those cowpokes back in the day were probably 130lbs soaking wet, that sombitch frogs the hell out of a mans shoulder.
I remember buying the '86 I had at a gunshop just north of where I sit on my ass. The guy had two for sale...mine, a standard octagon barreled rifle and another, a 45-90 like Jim's, with a pewter-colored, engraved receiver. I don't remember how much that one was. Too much for a poor college student, but it wasn't a whole lot more than the one I bought. Wish I had them both now.
