Recoil is a bit less if both are at the same fps because you have less total ejecta weight. 84-91gr of BH209 (by weight) vs about 40gr of a commonly used book powder are only about 150fps apart in fps.
In the Savage I use mostly slower burning powders though that require about 60gr for good ignition with a 300gr+ bullet. If you don't use enough, it wont build enough pressure and you will likely get vertical stringing. Faster book powders are not effected by this nearly as much but can get over 35K psi pretty quickly even with a 250gr bullet.
Last edited by Gm54-120; 05-24-2012 at 07:27 PM.