My lever gun is a 45-70 Marlin and recoil is not an issue, but I load 300gr Hornady hollowpoints for deer, not the heavy stuff.
Yep.
Although, I am tall, and long in the arm, so I generally have a 2" pad on any rifle I have. Makes that 45/70 a whole lot easier...
And, since mine's the short one, I've got the feed tube off the long one, and got it machined down to fit mine... Gives two more rounds, one of which is the merc balancer at the top. It's beginning to be about like shooting a 30/30, even with big loads.
Nice gun.