JB's article in the latest Sports Afield mentions starting new hunters with milder loads or cartridges and recoil pads. I started with a 30-30 with a curved steel butt plate which kicked the snot out of me at 12 years old and is no fun to shoot. Luckily I graduated to a 30-06 with a recoil pad a few years later.
Anybody else start off with a kicker?


I am continually astounded at how quickly people make up their minds on little evidence or none at all.
Jack O'Connor