These seem real popular on some other sights, and since you guys shoot bigger guns than them, I figure there must be some good ones. I guess fire away!

Tyler,

See bigdoggy700 reply under big bore pistol thread. That is the wort recoil I have ever expierenced by far!

Two come to mind.....I shot a friend's 8 bore double and it "doubled" on me...don't know if I didn't have the other hammer all the way cocked or I hit the second trigger or what, but to tell you the truth it was quite an experience. Someplace I have a pic and will post it if I can find it.
Second was I had a Marlin 1895. I trimmed the barrel to 16 1/4" to make my own "trapper". Everything else was stock, including the recoil pad. Loaded up some 500 gr Hornady .458 bullets at maximum loads and let her rip....damn near brought tears to my eyes....worst recoil of anything I ever shot. Couldn't shoot more than 3 rounds without fear of developing a "fatal" flinch. I kept it for awhile and let friends and anyone else who wanted to shoot it. No one ever took more than 2 shots.
I sent it back to Marlin, had it returned to standard configuration, and now shoot mild loads in it.

I recently was given a 458 Lott by a good friend. I kicks the shit out of me. I deal with it.

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I recently was given a 458 Lott by a good friend. I kicks the shit out of me. I deal with it.

1115, make up some reduced loads and gradually work your way up to full house loads. After a while none of them will bother you.

If this program does not work out for you, just pass that rifle on to ME. It has a reeeaally purty stock on it. It'll be it my, Sunday go to meeting, fancy hog killer.

Hog Killer

I am looking forward to shooting Doc52's Searcy 577NE, again someday. That "fat girl" will lead you on the dance but she's still fun.

Hog Killer

One fine day while doing an extended shooting session with my Anschutz 54,a friend came by with his M-70 in 270.Picking it up + cradling it with no serious grip whatsoever (being used to the M 54) I fired off 1 round that immediately brought Weatherby eyebrow.Not so much painful as shocking.Another time,an ex-girlfriend had purchased a S+W M-39 (9MM),but was afraid to shoot it,due to recoil concerns.Being young + full of knowledge,I got my Super Blackhawk + told her "Once you've fired this,everything else will pale in comparison",thus no recoil fears.Being helpful as I am,I snuggled up behind her,using my hands as a rest + was just starting to tell her,"Squeeze,squeeze,squeeze",when she jerked the trigger;revolver came back over her shoulder + caught me right across the bridge of the nose.Sometimes stupid acts are rewarded immediately.

Hog Killer,

I didn't say the recoil bothered me. In fact, I think the recoil isn't nearly as bad as it is made out to be. It does kick, but I have no problem with it. It took me about ten rounds to get used to it. I kinda enjoy it now.

One of the funniest recoil shows I've seen was a guy shooting a 460 WBY. When he touched the trigger the force of the recoil made his false teeth fly out of his mouth. Had to sit down I was laughing so hard.

I had an M95 mauser 8X57, steel buttplate, too short stock and cut it down to 18". Most everytime I fired it I would hit my nose with the knuckle on my thumb.

My 458 lotts and 500 Jeffrey have never been a problem, I give them the respect due and limit full power loads.

The most uncomfortable Firearm, I've ever fired, is my M-37 Ithaca "featherlite" 12 gauge pump. I have a slug barrel (smooth bore) inwhich when you fire it the recoil is very heavy. Once I placed a scope on it and sighted it in. I could only fire three shot per session before my shoulder was so sore I couldn't raise my arm above my head. I've since bought a Browning Gold in 20 gauge with rifled barrel and it is MUCH more taimer than the Ithaca!

The most painful for me has to have been a light weight 10 gauge single shot shotgun with magnum turkey loads. My muzzle loading 4 bore is not painful but it makes me want to lay down and rest after 3 or 4 shots.

Do they make 460 Weatherbys without a muzzlebreak? Did they ever? They claim their break is like 50% reduction or something. That would bring it down to the 50 ft-lbs range.

worst so far is my 458lott rifle weighs 10 1/2lb with 500grns at 2150fps it's not that bad just not pleasant to shoot.

Tyler if you want to see recoil go look in the video section on this forum at the trex being fired.
In the same section there is a guy shooting a 460 built on a Ruger No.1

T.K.;

The 460 weatherby dangerous game rifle has a removable brake. It can be screwed on and off with no problem. I notice an obvious reduction in in recoil, but I am not sure it feels like 50 %. My mark 5 460 does not have a removable brake it is permanent.

Ok- Here is a good one. My buddy in Ukiah california desperately wanted to fire the .600Ok at FULL TILT BOOGEY. He is a experienced Big Bore shooter and I have survived the same load so I said OK. 900grs at 2400 plus. I watched! His head came back (on the stock) and I swear I saw his eyeballs pop out of his head with the recoil! Then they kinda popped back in.He never lost control, but like me, the fore-end nearly came out of his grasp. He complained of double vision for days afterwards. I have had the same sensation with a full house load in the 12 GaFH and my vision was blurred for awhile afterwards. I was unhurt bodily, but remain concerned about retinal detachment at some level of recoil. We are talking at over 200ftlbs in both cases.-Rob

You are a sick, sick man.

6 1/2lb Ruger #3 .45-70 with 405grainers at 2300.

The ridiculous steel butt plate, square comb, and light weight are totally wrong for the 75ft/lbs of recoil that load produces. It was my buddy's rifle and we both egged each other on for three shots when the "survival instinct" kicked in.

I was at my local range in Florida one day, shooting my 8 lb. .416 Remington and my then new CZ 550 .458 Lott. Both pleasant to shoot off hand, but not so much fun off the bench -- the Lott in particular. I was giving my shoulder a bit of a break, taking a walk down the line to see what people were shooting. There was this guy shooting a bolt gun with a brake, making all kinds of racket. I stood behind him trying to figure out what it was that he was shooting. He noticed me wathing and offered that I shoot his .300 RUM. I never pass up on a chance to shoot something that I have never before shot, so I thanked him and sat at the bench. He then asked me if I wanted to shoot it with or without the brake. I declined on the brake and he warned me that the recoil was severe. Well, I touched it off and it was a pleasant little kick. I then reciprocated by suggesting he should try my CZ -- off the bench of course (okay, so I'm a bit mean). He touched it off, and nearly threw the rifle down in pain. The flinch stayed with him the rest of the day!

with the break my .460 weatherby isn't too terrible. its still not something i would like to shoot all day long, but not too bad.

without the break it is much worse.

i have a mark V custom and the break is removable. there is a collar that protects the threads and you're good to go.

First time I took my rechambered #1 in .460 WBY out I was a little worried on the first shot.I had seen the videos. I put a sandbag between the gun and my shoulder and torched one off. Wasn't that bad (from standing) I proceeded to blast off 8 more rounds fairly quickly with a big grin. After the last round I felt like I'd been kicked in the head. After that I limited it to 6-8 rds, not all at once.

saw a guy hit himself in the forehead with a HOT loaded blackhawk.... he was(is?) a fancy card shooter, with the associated one hand stance.(and had only shot powder puff 45lc loads EVER).. he had a big vaquerro like trigger put on it.... and had a HANDFUL of w296 under a 300gr bullet...

BANG! (sound of a hammer hitting a watermelon)
"oh %$#$"
<screams>

sold it for $100 RIGHT THERE.. then had to pay me $120 for it back a couple weeks later, I had to cleaned the blood off it!!!



Saw another guy, at carter's country, buy a brand new 300 RUM... and a 6x18 scope (yes, 6x18).. with the associated short eye relief.....(i don't like shooting rums, btw)...

I look over at him and his just bore sighted rifle... and tried to STOP him from pulling the trigger the first time... he had "benchrested" it, laidup right there with it... about 2" from the scope.. then poked his face out a little more...
"Stoo(BANG!!!!..... itttttt!!"
<big gory scope cut.. blood down his face>
Guy was TOUGH (may have been just knocked silly).. taped himself back up and did it AGAIN!!!


A buddy bought a griffinmaadi-type bullpup 50BMG... it's totally legal, and just as ugly...

leupold 12X fixed on it (no joke)... with a tank muzzle brake.. wanted to shoot it off hand.. he's a little skinny long neked fella...snaked his neck out when he pulled the trigger... again, with the hammer and melon sound.... 3/4 round cut in the center of his FOREHEAD (you tell me how he did that, other than bowing to the gun) and a concussion!!

jeffe

Some perspective please for this non-big bore (yet) shooter...how would some of these compare to my 870 Express, 3.5" 12 gauge with 1 9/16 oz goose loads? At a listed 1300 fps...

FWIW 3 times straight up at an overflight of birds is not recommended with the terrible factory recoil pad included with a synthetic stock. It'll leave a mark.

CDH,
the 550 Express is 700gr at 2130, with 100gr of powder... that's 1.602oz vz 1 9/16oz or 1.563oz...

treble felt recoil?

jeffe

The first time i shot the .450 NE Ruger nr 1

when i loaded the rifle i got the sequence from 2Guns of Navarone " playing through the mind, you know when the Germans loaded the mighty cannon, up to the opoint when the officer said "Feuer"

Then i fired and it was a nice hefty thump in both ends!!

I had t-shirt and shooter vest on me , plus pants ofcourse

I was revarded with a nice black&blue bruise on my shoulder that had the exact diameter and shape of the Pachmayr Decelroator pad that is on the rifle.

It was worse for a second,but then it was fun and no problem for me to shoot. the 300 was like a .22 afterwards though!1

Wouldn't it be as much fun and a whole lot cheeper if we just beat our heads against an iron girder?


465H&H

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Wouldn't it be as much fun and a whole lot cheeper if we just beat our heads against an iron girder?


465H&H

HEEELLLL NO! I still have a head ache after seven weeks from cracking my scalp open with a piece of 3" sch80 pipe.

I would MUCH rather shoot 470mbogo and larger big bores, than to have a repeat with the pipe.

Hog Killer

Maadi- Griffins are kinda fun to shoot offhand. One of the few .50BMG's you actually can shoot that way. Recoil is not bad either. No worse than my light .50BMG target gun. Last weekend in Reno I fired about 130 rds through it off the bench. -Rob

130 rounds of 50 BMG? I wouldn't be worried about the recoil really, as compared to the cost. How much does it cost to reload for the 50 BMG? I've heard that a 50 BMG has the recoil of a .243 when braked, but insanely loud and that's what will give you a bad flinch.

I would think a breaked 50 bmg would be a bit stiffer than a .243

Lesse 200 odd grs of powder per shot at $20/pound say 70 cents a shot, about a buck a bullet, add the primer and call it $2 a shot.

600 grains at 2,500 fps in a .500 A-Square got my attention. Plenty manageable, however, with practice, and in a 12 pound rifle. Getting the second shot off with any dispatch is the problem.

In a 12 pound .500 A2, that level of recoil energy is on a par with a 13.5 pound .577 Nitro Express.

The .500 A2 delivers more recoil velocity, however, and recoil velocity is the rabid dog of recoil.

It's recoil energy, PLUS recoil velocity, that rolls your eyeballs back in your head, and dribbles the foamy spittle out of the corners of your mouth, and gives you nightmares, when you're coherent, of blindness, incipient Parkinson's and other delightful brain malfunctions.

It also keeps the makers of Advil, Bayer, Tylenol, Alleve, Excedrin, Solpadeine, Dewars, Johnny Walker, Glenlivet, Lagavulin, Jack Daniels, Early Times and Oxycontin in business, too!

(Sorry, but given the topic, I couldn't help just a little bit of hyperbole!)

Hogkiller,

Hey Keith, did that pipe knock any sense into you........

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Hogkiller,

Hey Keith, did that pipe knock any sense into you........

Oh, yeah..

and let's not for get little billy getting knocked UP hill from a 550 express!!!

jeffe

First, I invested in very good pair of elbow pads. I'm a quick lerner, now I use Anglo style stand-up rest for "dailing in".

I don't know about the 50 BMG actually recoiling like a .243. The guy ws reviewing a very heavy gun too though.