Recoil, my 460 and 500 are the same, I took the side plate off and polished it with a diamond hone and I also polished the side of the hammer, the 460 has been behaving but I have to take the 500 back out and see what happens. I think what bugs me the most is that these guns are marketed as the ticket for dangerous game hunting or back up but I don't think I'd like to here "click" while being charged by a mad grizz or black bear. Slavage have you thought about the 460 in a BFR, if I had to do again my 500 and 460 would both be BFRs' but I think I'm going to either pick up a 500WE from FA or have a 500 linebaugh or maybe a 500 max built when the funds are there, for now I'm relying heavily on my Reeder 475s. Actually a good case and point would be the run in I had with that cougar, I may not have got him but if I had the 500 instead of the 475 and got a click instead of a boom I might have been kitty chow.