Coastie

I'm not going to get into the shoulder or double lung thing since my experience is only on white tails and one Black Bear. I will offer this on recoil. Years ago I was priveleged to meet Art LaHa. Art was a long time friend and competitor of Fred Bear. Fred considered him the premier tracker in the world at that time and a recognized expert in all aspects of big game hunting. Art had film from various hunts in Alaska and other parts of the world for dangerous game. He made a point of remarking in one film sequence of a Lady (a very small Lady) taking a very large Brown Bear in Alaska using a .458 that people of smaller stature are typically less affected by the recoil of large caliber rifles than are those larger framed people. His theory was that there was less area in direct contact with the butt of the rifle and therefore there was less energy transferred to the shoulder of the shooter. I do not know if his theory has any accuracy to it but that is what he said.