Originally Posted by Muley Hunter

If case you forgot, or never read it.

I had cancer removed from my left cheek. Because I drove myself to Colorado Springs to have the operation they wouldn't knock me out, because they didn't want me driving after the operation. Of course I would have. So, I had to be awake for the operations. I had to have 4 operations before they finally got all the bad tissue out. 4 days, and 4 operations. They had to use a lot of lidocaine to numb the pain. They took out so much tissue it took 75 stitches to seal it up.

It left my cheek very sensitive. The doctor thinks it was a the lidocaine frying the nerves. That's what bothers me with recoil. I was never recoil sensitive before the operations, and thought shooting a Win .458 mag was fun.

Some stocks are much worse than others. Sidelocks are horrible with all the drop they have at the heel. The straighter the comb the better. That's why I bought the Optima with the TH stock. The comb is straight with the barrel. No drop at all. It helps a lot, but heavy bullets will still hurt my cheek. I don't want to start flinching.

btw It's why I was going to handgun hunt, and still might to save my cheek. I bought the muzzy in case the handgun hunting doesn't work out. I'll carry both guns on a hunt. I'll use the handgun if I can get close enough to use it. If not, i'll use the muzzy.