Depends on your build. I weigh 150 lbs soaking wet. I have fired the .375, .458, and .416 Rigby. Each time, I handed said rifle back to the owner, then wiped the tears from my eyes. Freaking OUCH! 2oz 12 gauge turkey loads I found to be almost as painful.
Reminds me of the time I took my then 10 year old son to the local range to fire our Ruger Old Army percussion cap & black powder revolvers...
Not wanting to fire more that 30 grains of powder at the 25 yd targets, we would use a volume trimmed nipple that dispensed just that amount - which only half filled the chamber -- so I elected to fill to the top with corn meal and then press the ball into the corn meal until the ball was below flush with top of cylinder. We would then wipe in a bit of grease.
Shooting two stations away from us was a nosy loudmouth that had already pissed me off by his excessive loud talking, rapid fire with junk guns, firing on the wrong targets - and I suspected he was under the influence of something other that good sense.
Well, he heard me ask my son to pass the corn meal to my station -- and uninvited, he approached me and watched me add the cornmeal to my chambers (AFTER THE BLACK POWDER HAD ALREADY BEEN LOADED)-- press the balls into place, install the caps and prepare to fire..
He asked me to confirm that I was really "using" corn meal in my pistol and I answered in the affirmative.
He then informed me that he didn't know that corn meal was an "explosive"....
Without explaining the error of his assumption - I simply said "watch this" -- and fired off 6 flaming and smoking black powder rounds...
He was SHOCKED.... he said he would immediately inform his wife to be a lot more careful with their corn meal!
Stupid bastards are everywhere -- be very afraid..
Semper Fi
Ever hear of a recoil pad. I have a winchester carbine 375. I put a cheap slip-on recoil pad on it. I carry it everywhere in the woods and shoot it occasionally too. :-)