09-02-2017, 07:45 PM
(09-02-2017, 04:35 AM)Mike E. Wrote: ........The recoil was substantial when used with a shotgun shell.....
Mike, I had a buddy with a Contender chambered in .30-30. He let me try it out one day. One shot was enough for me - big fireball and very sore hand. I'd never thought of a .30-30 as being much of a cartridge until that day (although I'd briefly owned a Winchester 94 in the 'sixties).