100% agreement. Late late year I tried out a Ferlib-built Dakota badged 375 Flanged DR. Now the weight and the chambering (the rimmed half brother of the 375 H&H) should have made for a relatively mild recoil. I have a Ferlib round action DR hammergun in 9.3X74R, virtually the same weight and a round that is fairly close in normal recoil to the 375.

Now, this particular gun had the stock cut back severally to allow it to be sold to a small woman. She sent it back and the company was trying to sell it rather than restock. Five rounds and I switched over to my other Ferlib. The Dakota felt like a 470, not a 375 Flanged. The Ferlib had its usual firm but reasonable recoil.

Cutting the stock back had drastically altered the line, and therefore the feel, of the recoil. So the comments about fit are clearly accurate. Dave