Gun rest?? Hamburger arm

[fabsroman]

I use a shooting rest and it helps to tame the recoil because it essentially adds weight to the gun. Unlike you, I am 5'9" and 150 lbs and I used to feel like a toddler when I pulled the trigger on my .300 Win or my slug gun. A couple of times I got caught by the scope on both guns. Since then, I have added weight to the .300 Win and gone to an auto slug gun with 2 recoil reducers on it. With those mods, I barely feel any recoil in the field. With the addition of the shooting rest on the bench I barely feel any recoil on the bench.

When I bought my last gun/sighting in rest, the lead sled wasn't out yet. If I were in your shoes I would go out and buy the lead sled, a couple of bags of lead shot, and head back out to the range.