believe it or not, his 8th shot, scope hit him in the nose, i dont know how, i think he was leaning into it to much, and yes, he was wearing hearing protection. i did tell him this spring we will bring it out again, and as for recoil, it kicks less than my 30-06, at least i thought so. however, i am 36, still a lad somewhat, but i have been shooting since i was 6, and reloaded with my dad since then to, my buddy has been shooting for a year or so, so i think he just needs more bench time. i managed to put my first round in the bulls, tried it 2 more times with a 1" group at 50 yds. experience counts. he did, however, get a deer this year with his 06, she ran 50 feet, shot placement was a little off, i know cause i dressed her and skinned her for him. im gonna try the old board and wet phonebook tests this spring to see what the powerbelt will do for expansion. I was afraid to have him get a larger bullet because recoil was one of my main concerns.
as far as the 357 bullet in a sabo, can u just buy sabos, and what kind of charge are u using? i dnt have a **** ton of experience with these inlines. will it have enough velocity to expand the way it should, i do have some 180 grain hornady xtps i use in my 357 maximum contender. at this point he has winchester 209 primers, and pyrodex rs for propellant.