Originally Posted by
BRUCE MOULDS
joe,
if you really want to reduce felt recoil, restocking would be a good idea.
a straighter stock is more user friendly.
then put a 32" barrel on it, as this allows a sight radius to be set up in true minutes of angle.
if you want to shoot silhouette, there is a weight limit for that.
as well as a rifle balanced to shoot chickens offhand is different to one balanced to shoot off a rest.
firther recoil reduction can be had by going to a 40/82 with a 1/12 or 1/13 twist barrel.
this will still use your current extractor, and allow bullets of 1.5" long for 13, and 1.55 long for 12.
these bullets, at the speed they do, give up nothig to a 45/2.4" in the wind out to 1000 yds.
for purely long range you can use a rifle up to 15 lb.
the 40 cal bullets that compete with 540 gn 45 cals will weigh about 440 gns, a significant reduction in recoil.
charges will be similar to the 45/70 with bullets designed for long range.
of course the best long range bullets are pp, as they have no drag inducing speed humps on them.
keep safe,
bruce.