Whats the hardest kicking gun you ever fired?
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pisces-guy
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- West Kelowna, B.C.
This older gentleman in Kelowna has a European double rifle in .577 Nitro Express, and he offered to let me try it. I'm not very recoil sensitive, but the only way I'd fire that thing again is if an elephant was charging towards me! My shoulder ached for days!
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- North Western Ontario
I've given this a lot of thought and although not painful, the hardest recoil was a TC contender pistol(12") with a 500 gr lead bullet at 1600 ft on the chrono. The load was scary accurate, but standing holding the pistol in isosciles hold, your elbow lock released, your shoulder lock released and your hands hit your chest. the pistol torqued in your hands turning them about 45 degrees. The fact the recoil energy was absorbed over these separate events took any bite out of the recoil. After 20 rounds you were tired and the next day triceps were stiff a bit.
I only let a few people shoot that load. If they were experienced shooters and had witnessed me shooting it to see its power. There were always a surprised look followed by a huge smile.
My brother reminded me of the load the other day, which spurred this post.
Randy
I only let a few people shoot that load. If they were experienced shooters and had witnessed me shooting it to see its power. There were always a surprised look followed by a huge smile.
My brother reminded me of the load the other day, which spurred this post.
Randy
The worst rifle I remember firing was my dad's Weatherby mark V in 300 Weatherby. It kicked like a mule! Mind you, I was only 14 or so at the time, and weighed about 120 lbs. soaking wet. At that time, though, I routinely shot a Ruger #1 in 375 H&H and another #1 in 300 Win. with no problems. Another one that could be nasty on the shoulder was an HK G3, when fired on rapid fire. I was never able to fire more than 4 or 5 mags (20 rounds per, back in the good old days) without getting a nice dark bruise.
My benelli nova with kent 3-1/2" turkey loads would have to mine but il'll tell ya my father has an old single shot cooey with a solid butt and that thing I'm sure kills just as easily on that end as it would on the other. ouchh. I fire 5 or 6 2-3/4" number fours through that and I develope a flinch every time although I have tried a few times to fix it.
RememberTheSomme
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1899 seems to me the BDL you mentioned was a bastard to shoot even in 7RemMag compared to the Model 70. Is it the stock lines of those classic BDL's?
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Originally Posted by Ganderite
My 375 H&H double rifle, when it 'doubled" on me. The scope hit my head so hard it sheared off the bases.
OWCHHHH how long did it take for you to wake up?
I was out for a second. I came to with my head on the bench and I could see lots of blood. My head hurt. Of course, I am thinking "How bad is it?" And "What happened?"
One look at the rifle told me that it had not burst. I took that to mean that my injury could not be too bad. I broke the action open and two shells popped out. It only ejects empties. That told me it had doubled.
I had never been kissed by a scope before. The scope had punched a dent in my skull.
The next day I looked pretty bad, but is was just a cut and a bruise.
Originally Posted by Ganderite
My 375 H&H double rifle, when it 'doubled" on me. The scope hit my head so hard it sheared off the bases.
OWCHHHH how long did it take for you to wake up?
I was out for a second. I came to with my head on the bench and I could see lots of blood. My head hurt. Of course, I am thinking "How bad is it?" And "What happened?"
One look at the rifle told me that it had not burst. I took that to mean that my injury could not be too bad. I broke the action open and two shells popped out. It only ejects empties. That told me it had doubled.
I had never been kissed by a scope before. The scope had punched a dent in my skull.
The next day I looked pretty bad, but is was just a cut and a bruise.
Weatherby Vanguard in .340 Weatherby. Beautiful, expensive rifle, but damn that thing punished you when it unleashed. 100 grains of powder in each shell. Having said that, it was very accurate! Glad it wasn't mine and I was just trying it out!
So you bought one then? Factory Federal loads are a walk in the park,(a walk that will blow a hole in your bank account) but stiff handloads straying up into .416 Weatherby country are a whole 'nuther matter.
On mine its the difference between "what's the big deal?" and "what hit me?"
There is some slight consolation in knowing that whatever you shoot will get hit harder than you will.
I shot about 1000 rounds out of my .416 in the 4 months before my first buffalo hunt, with 30 per day being my sensible maximum. Looking back, I can safely say that I'm never going to do that again. Something inside my left ear clicked when I walked for the next two years.
