Was shooting my son's new Mossberg 500 12ga. today(Christmas present). Well, he had already fired a few 2 3/4" 00 buck rounds, no sweat. I had brought a box of Federal Premium 3" turkey loads, and I'll tell you, they about loosened my teeth! (I pretty much knew what to expect, but it had been a while). I imagine if this were a rifle, I would have to be very careful pacing my practice to not develop the mother of all flinches.

So my question is, what rifles/calibers have an equivalent level of recoil as this shotgun? The load was a 2oz. 4dram eq. 3" Fed. Prem. Turkey, and the gun a Mossberg 500 pump, weighs 7 1/2lbs. I suppose if I knew the shot velocity, I could figure it out, but maybe someone has some experience in this area. Thanks, Mike.



Well, the Federal site showed that load at 1175fps. What I guess I really want to know is where this falls on the recoil index chart in the FAQ section on Recoil Observations.

Go to Google and punch in the phrase "recoil calculator," in quotes.

If you can tell me how much powder is in the load I can calulate the recoil.

From personal experience, I would say that a 3" shell with a one ounce slug generates more felt recoil than my 30-06 with 150 gr. bullets (my 06 has a decelerator pad, my shotgun is just a hard rubber pad). A two ounce (are you sure they are two ounces, thats 875 grains!!) Turkey load has to be close to a 416 Rigby. I guessed that the load you mention has around 50 grains of powder. That gives it 67 pounds of recoil! A 7.5 pound 30-06 has around 20 pounds of recoil.

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my 6 lb 358 norma is the only gun I have that can outkick that beast of a shotgun, my 375 ICL with full house loads isn't even close

I have a .375 JDJ shooting 260gr. bullets at 2400fps and the whole rifle goes just under 6 lbs. It will get your attention, but stock shape and design mean everything when the recoil gets up there. The straight stocks on shotguns aren't good for putting up with recoil.

Felt recoil: 1949 model 70 30 06 with original checkered steel ,meat tenderizer butt plate, 180 gr bullet , light T shirt , no pading. 20 rds .

Might not be real heavy felt recoil , but it sure did chew up my skin on my deltoid. Need another stock with a recoil pad . Dont want to cut that stock......Terrible situmacation

You are getting around 61 Ft/Lb of recoil from that combination - about equal to an 8-pound .458 Winchester!!

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I know what the recoil calculators say but in my very personal and subjective opinion (Felt recoil is always personal and subjective)the "PUSH" factor is left out. What I mean is that a low velocity load hurts me much less than a high velocity load even when the gun weight and projectile weight balance out to give similar recoil calculations.

GSP,

Try a slip-on recoil pad. Might do the trick for you.