I shot the T/C for a magazine article way back when. Shots for the magazine were basically dry fire then for poops and giggles I decided ti fire one live round.

Yep,that was the first and last 444 Marlin I fired out of that T/C.

But........some years later,I got a 444 Marlin 16 inch bbl for my T/C and had a shoulder stock on it. Big difference. Recoil was somewhat there but not really that bad.

I don't even want to know about what a 500 S&W would be like.

I guess the trick is to get the bear to shoot it?????

Yet,I have no real problem with shooting my Ruger Alaskan 44 Mag but now that I am (quite) old,pretty much prefer the milder calibers.

Wayne