How does recoil compare with the heavies in the /06? The more I look at the 30/06, the more I think I don't even need to worry about an additional gun.
Looking at a straight deer/sheep load, I was considering a 168 Berger at around 3000 FPS. When I run the numbers, recoil looks like this:
Load One Load Two
Bullet weight in grains 168 200
Velocity in fps 3002 2688
Powder charge in grains 63 58
Weight of firearm in lbs 9 9
Recoil Impulse in (lbs sec) 3.36 3.41
Velocity of recoiling firearm (fps) 12.01 12.22
Free recoil energy in (ft/lbs) 20.14 20.85
That seems pretty much identical to me. Is that the reality? I always thought the 200 PT would be noticeably stouter that a 165 class bullet?
