Recoil with the original Ruger Grips is as much as I can handle. I would strongly recommend Houge rubber finger groove grips. A friend just bought a Taurus in .480. His seems to have much less recoil and probably a bit more accurate. If I had to do it over again I think I would buy the Taurus. With the porting on the Taurus it is even more important than ever to bring hearing protection even if shooting only one shot while hunting.