That's a "beauty
of a beast", Gil. I'd pay hard earned money to shoot that old girl.
I have always agreed with Mukarram Jah about the body absorbing recoil when allowed to freely move backwards. I have offered to shoot any gun that anybody owns, which they claim kicks too hard to shoot, and have always done so offhand, standing with my feet close together. IMO, a small man feels less of the actual recoil in his nervous system than a big, heavy man, because he moves with it more.
My youngest son used to shoot a Ruger #3, in .45-70, loaded hot with 300 gr. Rem. hollow points, when he was 9 years old. Grown men would just watch him shoot, and make weird faces and shake their heads. He was deadly with that little 6 3/4 lb. rifle. I'll admit, it would jump around in your hands little.
SRH
