Whats the hardest kicking gun you ever fired?

firemachine69 said:
My #1mkIII *will* be the hardest kicking.

Now I understand why people call my .22 a peashooter! :eek:
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Laf, that thing will be a pussy cat, .303's nothing to worry about by any measure, in fact it's downright mild. Give an Ultra Mag, .458 Win Mag, or a lightweight H&H etc a whirl and you'll be shooting your .303 with a big grin and stroking it appreciatively. :p
 
My 375 H%H Ackley kicks pretty hard loaded up with 300 gr RN.

Also shot a 45/120 Sharps, with I think 400 gr pills, a different kind of recoil...but the set trigger got me, i just touched the 2nd trigger, and boom!
 
Ruger no 3 in 45/70 which was quite punishing because of the stock, also I had a Ruger no 1 in 45/70 which was a pleasant rifle to shoot, maybe the difference was in the weight as well as the stock design!
 
The worst fitting (hence highest perceived recoil) rifle that I own is a CZ in 416 Rigby. After 5 or 6 shots, you just have to take a break! As a fair comparison, my TRG-S in 338 Lapua is not near as bad. I can fire it from prone and group in 5 shots at about 10", which ain't too bad for a fat little guy not using a sling!
 
I have a Savage in 300RUM. Its got a light syn stock and a barrel thats thin. I fired 4 rounds through it in one sitting. Been in the back of the cabinet ever since.
 
My first inline .50 cal w/400 grain conical and 120 grains or pyrodex off a bench. Felt my shoulder pop, and and a searing pain start at my shoulder, all the way down to my big toe of my right foot.

That freakin hurt.
 
Hardest kicking sporting rifle was a friends 458 in a Ruger M77, scope got me in the nose and recoil put me on my but.

Hardest non sporting rifle was a .50 BMG I built in my gunsmithing days using a surplus machinegun barrell... probably the heaviest rifle I have ever held and it pretty much made you dizzy to shoot. We estimated that you would be guaranteed a first round hit on a man size target out to almost a mile.

Absolute biggest kicker ever is a 105mm Leopard tank round. Not shoulder fired <grin> but it sure rocks a 46 ton vehicle.
 
Both of my guns tickle a bit...particularly the 444 Marlin. I sighted it in at the range a few months ago and I was pretty sore the next day.
Still probably pretty tame compared to other's out there.
 
375 H&H in a Sako L61R.

Factory loads and brutal. The scope left a small mark in the eye brow area. I have since sold the gun and bought another Sako in the same caliber but this time will probably have it magna ported and install a limbsaver recoil pad.

I shoot regularly 300 WM and find it to be somewhat comfortable. I have a 338 WM but have not fired it yet - can't wait to see how it will compare to the 375. I also acquired recently a 300 Weatherby Magnum and might convert it into a 340 Weatherby and this should be interesting.

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Girls like Guns too said:
Both of my guns tickle a bit...particularly the 444 Marlin. I sighted it in at the range a few months ago and I was pretty sore the next day.
Still probably pretty tame compared to other's out there.
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I like your style Girls' :cool: And welcome to the site :)
 
105mm Howitzer at Charge 7



This thing fires about a 35 pound bullet and the recoil rattles your pantlegs. Good thing it wasn't in my shoulder :D

One time at a gun salute in Winnipeg at the Legislative Building, we were setting off car alarms in vehicles that were blocks away from us when we fired the blanks :eek:



As for handheld gun stories, some friends and I were firing my pistol grip 12g with 2 3/4 inch shells "Terminator Style" (one handed) at some targets.

A buddy of mine slipped a 3 inch Magnum into the shotgun unknown to me for when it was my turn as a joke. :mad:

When I finally got to the Magnum and fired it, the gun torqued upwards out of my hand and went a couple of feet up in the air. It was probably about 8-10 feet off the ground.

Everyone dove for cover, but thankfully no one got hurt.

Pretty stupid, but we still laugh about it :D
 
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cant remember if I mentioned the Boys anti tank rifle or not, but a buddy has one and we put a few rounds downrange with it.

now that was awesome

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Calum said:
So far for me it was a friends #5 Enfield jungle carbine...I don't know what they did to that design in the day, but they are freaky kickers IMHO. :D

Second up is my ill fated experiment of firing Slugs out of my 12 gauge using a Pistol grip...after 5 shots of slugs and 5 shots of 000 Buck something went "crack" in my wrist. :eek: :(

Needless to say the original Stock is back on the shotgun. :D
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a friend of mine took a 12 gauge slug recoil w/ pistol grip right in the face...

it was pretty funny..

but yeah, that 12 gauge with slugs w/ pistol grip... im a girly man and I couldnt hold that thing for the first few rounds as it surprised me!
 
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