In 1959 when I was twelve a guy we met at the West Linn gravel pit talked me into shooting his lightweight 300 weatherby from prone, no sling.

I suppose he thought it was funny.

After that, 11/4 oz slugs out of my Ithaca Deerslayer are right up there.

Before I shot the Deerslayer I had a 81/2# 338 that I thought kicked pretty good. I now regard it as mild.