Ok, thanks. I appreciate the info.
Not being the greedy type, I may just buy the gun and take the Leupold 4X off it and sell the gun for what I'll have in it or just sell the barrel off and get a smaller caliber barrel for the contender. I have a 480 Ruger that I am hunting with and a Ruger 45 Colt.
I've already experimented with the 7-08 15", 454 10", 45-70 12", and 444 15" barrels in the encore, so my curiosity is satiated as far as how much recoil I can take without developing a permanent flinch,lol.
Seems I'm getting more nearsighted as time goes on so I am limited to 100yard shooting with pistol scopes and the 480 Ruger will fill the bill as far as that goes.