ORIGINAL: eldeguello
I put one on my Ruger No. 1 .45/70 in which I was shooting a 400-grain bullet at 2270 FPS, with 58 foot-pounds of recoil. It sure helped take SOME of the bite out of it vs the Ruger factory pad (actually more of a hard rubber buttplate than a recoil pad). However, when shooting from a bench rest, I STILL have to loop the index finger of my left hand over the barrel to keep the gun from completely jumping off the sandbag! Maybe I should Magna-port it.....
Huh? Man, there's no way the 45-70 can do that, heck, the 45-70 is just a big fat lumbering piece of lead, very effective, no doubt, but it in no way achieves that velocity!
Maybe you mistyped? You say you shoot a .416 Rigby pretty often, maybe that's what you meant? The 45-70 has that much recoil? I thought it had more like 40 lbs of recoil.