Why don’t I have one yet?
Um... I can’t afford the cost of orthopedic surgeons for my shoulder?
What do I win?
My M-38 cracked its stock, right behid the bolt, the first time I went to shoot it. I'm not certain what gave first, my shoulder, or the stock.
Cheaper than Dirt has a really nice aftermarket stock for about $60 (plus shipping) that takes a ton of the recoil out of it. It made it real nice to shoot.
It’s one of the few rifles where it is still manly to wear a recoil pad, especially the carbines!
I'm right handed.
In my misspent youth, I seriously screwed up my right shoulder, to the point of getting orthopedic surgery. Wanna see my railroad tracks?
I shoot both an M-44 carbine and an M-1891/30 rifle, in their original military configuration, with (mostly) Wolf 174gr ammo.
No jacket, no shoulder pad ...
If I can handle it, with my permanently effed-up shoulder ...
You have obviously never fired an 1891 Mosina ... the rifle weighs enough and is 48 inches long without the sticker, so the recoil is quite manageable.