Ballistically there isnt enough diff betwixt them to amount to enough to matter to a critter...both are capable of minute-of-deer shots at long ranges.
the whole issue about 'felt recoil' is a mute point, especially when hunting..You rattle in a huge bull or buck to 100 yards, the adrenalin is pumping,,, you will hardly remember the shot much less the shoulder tap
you should never feel the recoil when your safety is in 'go mode'...and if it does.... you ott be reconsidering why your in the feild in the first place.
the bench and site-in is when your recoil tolerance becomes known. I firmly beleive that pounding round after round on the bench gives rise to the dreaded flinch.
the flinch creates the miss.
the miss disolves the confidence.
the confidence is blamed on recoil.
plus, shooting from a seated position feels so wrong to me. (unless you hunt out of your truck
) change your targeting focus from paper to balloons or gongs at various yardages and focus on removing the target instead of making pretty little cloverleafs. this works for teaching kids to ignore the recoil factor too
sorry for straying