well when i had mine!!!!!! i had a 50-90 in a rem. rolling block with a heavy barrel put on by montana rifleman. really tight bore. had globe front site and a buck horn laddersite! never did try any black powder but tried a couple of smokeless! first was acc.3100 62gr.s with a 635gr. gas check bullet coming out at almost 1200 f.p.s. the recoil was no worse than a 45-70 or about the same and it was very accurate. I had shot it enough to know where that bullet was going to hit at 800 and 1000, could hit the steal targets 3 out of 5 (most of the time),,, then i went to something with a little less recoil, 15gr.s of unique with the same bullet and that one came out at just over 1100 fps. very comfortable recoil and just as accurate. It had seem to take the heavier bullets a little better.
