Doing a search recently for Osa & Martin Johnson and the arsenal they took with them for their film making activities at Lake Paradise - see these two threads for more - Osa & Martin Johnson's Lake Paradise Arsenal and Osa & Martin Johnson Photo Archive - I saw this photo ... :

Osa Johnson, an obviously petite lady with her Thomas Bland .470 Nitro Express

... and wondered, if this petite little lady could shoot a .470 NE and shoot it well and often and in emergency life threatening circumstances, WITHIN REASON IS RECOIL ALMOST ENTIRELY MIND OVER MATTER?

What do the Gentlemen (and Ladies - I hope) of NE think?