The combination of four-plus-pounds weight, interchangeable muzzle compensator, and finger-groove Sorbathane rubber grips all work together to keep felt recoil tolerable. With a full-house load launching a 395-grain bullet at close to 1,600 fps, I can truthfully say shooting this X-Frame is not that bad.
It is still not in the pleasant-shooting stage, but compared to the full-house factory load, it is pure pleasure. For my use, I cut the 440-grain load by about 200 fps. 500 “wasn’t that bad.” It was - and remains - way above bad with full-house loads.
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