Attaboy! Shooting big stuff is all in the mind. If you don't mind the pounding, you'll just have that shiteating grin from ear to ear. My Ruger did pound me a bit and I just added one of those recoil thingies and some weight to the forearm to balance it out. Just remember that shooting it just once ain't enough. There are some days that no matter what I do, it just pounds me and the other times, it was exhiliarating.