Savage, I could really give a crap about Mr. Hagel. We're talking about hunting rifles here.
BTW, I have a degree in Mathematics and used to teach physics. I understand the entire concept of recoil quite well. If you can distinguish such a slight difference (if at all) in felt recoil then you are already shooting beyond your maximum and that AGAIN would make it a non-issue.
Seriously, we're talking about a difference that is no more than the variance in what you'd find between one bullet and another in the SAME box of off the shelf ammo. Average handloads for that matter.
Once again, BS! -- particularly when you take it in context with the original question posed.
BTW, common courtesy would be to crunch some numbers before you tell somebody they're "wrong." If you had, you'd see how silly your recoil argument is!
