Recoil is a non-issue with Me when it comes to a 45-70..I have owned many including several Marlin 1895's, Henry H010's and one CVA Apex single shot, but I never reloaded for any of them..My main concern is accuracy, I have owned several Encore rifles (.300 Win, 7 Mag, 243, 7mm-08) but I never found them to be especially accurate with several factory ammo's I tried, more like 2 MOA .....Hb
