Recoil energy of 1 oz foster slug at 1600 fps (2.75" 12 gauge) ?

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Recoil energy is easy to find for rifle calibers: just check Chuck Hawks' table, but for shotgun slugs it's quite hard to find. You have to pay a subscription to get that info from Chuck Hawks.

Does anyone know the recoil energy of Winchester Super-X slugs (12 gauge 2.75"), shoots 1 oz slug at 1600 fps?

Thanks!
 
I was reading up on the .300 win mag and they likened recoil to a 1 oz slug. Its not too bad if you lean into it offhand.
 
To actually figure it out by formula you need to know the propellent charge weight and the weight of the gun along with the projectile weight . but on a guess I would say in the 30 ft/lbs range plus or minus .
 
I have some 1600 fps 1 oz slugs and some 1700 fps 1 oz slugs.
The keyword here is "have" because I'm not shooting them anymore.
The recoil is too much.
I can shoot dozens of stiff 30-06 loads in a session but only a few such nasty slugs.
 
If that's the case I hope the turkeys never move in here! LOL.

I was at the range this summer with the KSG and I was only in light clothing. 1st slug really rang my bells. Later in the fall with heavy clothing and more shells in the gun for weight was a different story. Still it makes a .270 feel like a .22.
 
BigUglyMan said:
Shotgun guys must be softies.
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1 1/2 oz. of shot, plus the weight of the wad= 720 grs, @ 1315 fps. The shells are too damned expensive to cut open, so I picked a nominal 35 grs for the powder charge. That comes out to 63 ft-lbs of recoil hitting your shoulder at 25 fps in a 6 1/2 lb. gun. Rottweil slugs only come up with 40 ft-lbs of recoil @ 20 fps. By comparison, a 10 lb. 458 churns up the same 63 ft-lbs of recoil, but recoil velocity is only 20 fps.
 
BigUglyMan said:
Shotgun guys must be softies.
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More likely their LOP is too long, a stock that's too long increases perceived recoil, particularly if you try to shoot the gun like its a rifle. Some time ago I chronographed a number of slug loads, the 1 oz, Winchesters were pretty gentle while Federals and Challengers were harsher. That's because the Winchesters (Super X silver box) didn't make the speed that the others did. Federal's 3" ounce and a quarter is the harshest slug load I've used. When I posted the velocities, it didn't generate much interest or discussion, the fact that it was a slug seemed to be enough for most folks.
 
Weight and stock dimensions play a major role. 600 gr brenneke gold 3" mags in my mossberg pump with an ati pistol grip downright pound me. Traditional wood stock not so much. 2 oz turkey load 3.5" in my synthetic mossberg with a .650 choke feel " Lively" when shooting paper so I get to pattern my buddies gins and loads because they flinch to much
I don't know the actual numbers but the type of gun makes a difference to. Semi pump hinge
 
the biggest thing about slugs is the hollow based pure lead slugs was never designed to be pushed at 1600fps they fragment like no tomorrow. I can shoot my slug loads all day long im using 1oz shot load data and they are pushing about 1350fps and stay together after going through a deer.

gun weight and proper LOP is the biggest thing with heavy recoiling guns because if a gun weighed the same as the projectile it would be deadly on both ends
 
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