577 NE @ 11.5 # was very severe

500 NE @ 12# pretty bearable

470 NE @ 11 # walk in the park

458 Lott @ 11 # all day shooter

458 Lott @ 8.7 # interesting

12 gauge 6.5 # 870 slug gun hurts

It's pretty much a matter of proper fit of the rifle and a lot of mental preparation .. Tho' some of these puppies will reduce you to a bundle of useless functionless nerves ..

FC Selous said that all those years of the 4 bores really rattled him in later years , and that , to do over again , he wouldnt have used them at all , or if he did , not as much ..

The one four I did shoot was " very interesting "