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I'm helping a fellow work up loads for a his 8.5 pound 460 Van Horn. It ain't pleasant. The .460 Van Horn is the .378/.460 Wby shortened,correct? Sounds like you found your new jackrabbit rifle!
Molɔ̀ːn Labé Skýla!
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I'm helping a fellow work up loads for a his 8.5 pound 460 Van Horn. It ain't pleasant. The .460 Van Horn is the .378/.460 Wby shortened,correct? Sounds like you found your new jackrabbit rifle! Could be.
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Take your responsibilities seriously, never yourself-Ken Howell Proper bullet placement + sufficient penetration = quick, clean kill. Finn Aagard
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My Stevens double barrel 12, both barrels go off sometimes. It's OK, when you cut them loose in purpose, hell when you don't. Ha. My cousins old Stevens Double 12 deer ahead of hounds gun did thst too.
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Aluminum ramrod out of a 50 cal muzzle loader with 300gr cast bullets and 120gr of pyrodex. The ramrod hit the 50yd target,don't know where the bullet landed. Flipped me over backwards in my chair at the bench. This wasn't planned. that's good to know!
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Worst is Moss 835 with 3.5 turkey loads. Next was an old 30-06 Mossberg bolt gun. Third is my Win.#94, 32 special. Funny, last year I sighted in a .300 Wby. mag. Thought it was light kicker.
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My 870 with 3" turkey loads. Most painful at the bench is my 760 30-06.
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Rem 600 in 308 Win shooting 165gr heavy loads. Rifle has only a plastic butt plate and is darn light little gun.
I'm loading up some 125 gr "reduced recoil" ammo to if I can enjoy this little rifle a bit more. Should about like a .243 Win in the load I'm planning.
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Then again, it might have been my 870 pump in 12 gauge. Was going turkey hunting for the first time and bought some brand of "Turkey Utra-Mag High Brass Double Express Anti-Aircraft" shells. DAMN! Knocked my hat off and almost lost my glasses.
Gave the remaining 9 shells to a buddy.
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A Dakota 76 in .458 Lott and a Winchester 1300 Defender 12ga./3" chambered 18-1/2" barrel with 1.5oz. slug. Ouch!!
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Funny that lots of people mention the 3.5" loads as being such high recoil loads. The thing is, you actually get very little real world difference in a 3.5" load, and a 3" load. But it does kick more. Certainly not enough difference to justify the recoil. This^^^. Win ss mod 37 12 ga full choke was no fun for a 9 yo shooting high base 6s for squirrels. Made the mistake of firing a slug out the bottom barrel of a G 1V english straight grip ltwt 20 ga once years ago. Had to stop doing pushups for 3 mo. I cant imagine it didnt break at the grip. Cousin had SShot 12 ga HanH or some crap with the side lever. First shot wasnt too bad as it only got hide, second got meat, third got into the bone at the base of the index finger joint. Thinking my uncle must have gotten it real cheap.
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Ecc 10:2 The heart of the wise inclines to the right, but that of a fool to the left.
A Nation which leaves God behind is soon left behind.
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Weatherby 30-378 with no brake.
TC Contender 375JDJ handgun.
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A Stevens single shot 20 gauge. For a smallish 9 year old, that thing with high brass shells was an absolute terror. I had to really enjoy squirrel hunting to put up with that thing.
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Weatherby mark V in 300 weatherby mag with the pencil barrel. Abusive rifle.
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Weatherby 460 ultra lite.
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Ruger #3 in .45-70. If I remember right, the handload pushed a 400 grain Speer bullet to 2178 fps from that 6 pound rifle.
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I carry a S&W 360PD in 357mag when I walk the dogs in the mountains. I avoid shooting it because it is literally painful. I guess the snap of a 357 is too much for the 12 ounce weight. Interestingly I also have the 329PD in 44mag, and it is not as bad.
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I'm helping a fellow work up loads for a his 8.5 pound 460 Van Horn. It ain't pleasant. The .460 Van Horn is the .378/.460 Wby shortened,correct? Yes it is. The young man who owns it is an assistant guide and wanted an open sighted thumper for a bear stopper. This one ought to do the trick.
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I had a plastic Wby 300 mag ltwt with thin grooved barrel and Monte Carlo. It had a good pad and I had no problems with it.
That dayom Rem 300 RUM was dis-enjoyable to shoot with 150s, miserable with 180s. Dayom but it would group them. 3/4 inch gun with 150s or 180s. It shot better than the WBY. Got a freaking semi-expensive REM after market recoil pad and it was mobetter.
Now why the hell they couldnt put a decent pad on that kicking sob from the get go?
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Ecc 10:2 The heart of the wise inclines to the right, but that of a fool to the left.
A Nation which leaves God behind is soon left behind.
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Bob Hagel did an article on the .460 VH in either Handloader or Rifle magazine some years ago.
Should do the job on bears.
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I had two .308's, one a Savage 99 and the other a Parker Hale. The Parker Hale was a p ussy cat, but the 99 recoil was worse than a friend's 7mm Remington Magnum.
The 99 is now a .243 and because I wanted one, the Parker Hale became a .257 Roberts.
The 99 has almost zero recoil now.
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