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Anyone have a link to one of them websites that let you enter all your numbers and it burps out your recoil in ft-lbs and in fps? Gotta help a buddy prove to his wife that their daughter needs a new, light kicking deer rifle. Shameless, huh?

Heres what I've used for years:

1) 1.75 x powder charge(in grains)= CV
2) CV + bullet wt = A
3) A divided by 7000= B
4) muzzle vel x B = C
5) square C(mutiply C by itself)
6) 64.35 x gw(gun wt in lbs @ tenths) = D
7) C divided by D = GR(gun recoil in ft lbs)


1.75=(constant)compensates for velocity of gases
being higher than bullet velocity.
64.35=(constant)twice the accleration of gravity


Perceived recoil has ALOT to do with stock design and how it fits the shooter. So much so that a more powerful cartridge(within reason)in a properly fitting stock will have less perceived recoil than a lesser cartridge in a poorly designed/fitting one.

If you will Google Recoil Calculator you find a lot of them.
But here is one:
www.10xshooters.com/calculators/Rifle_Recoil_Calculator.

Here's a great site - all kinds of neat free stuff.

http://www.beartoothbullets.com/rescources/index.htm

Hey cole,I couldn't get your link to work.

Brian,yours is the first link I've used that evidently puts the constants in with their calculations. Matched mine exactly! THANK YA. Some have been off by as much as 8 ft lbs.

Hmmm, it says what I've known for a while

My 260 load with a 100 grain Partition at 3200 FPS is a cream-puff.

And both the Kimber Montana's (the 308 and 338) recoil as much and just as fast as an 8 Lb 30-06 with a 180.

Man my shoulder is good

AM I MISSING SOMETHING HERE...???????

Why does it take 15 guys...7 websites and a pile of Einstein Calculators to DETERMINE THAT A YOUNG LADY NEEDS A GUN THAT DOESNT BREAK HER SHOULDER ????

WHATEVER HAPPEND TO COMMON SENSE ?

First off ya don't have ta yell. Secondly,I reckin you ain't spent much time around a bunch of techno rifle looneys. And don't be bringin unimportant things like common sense and logic in to it. So there! Just picture us as a bunch of sots sittin around a campfire.

I just ran the numbers.

Bob should kick about half as hard as Blacky(.300WSM).

I would not let my gf shoot Blacky.....grin

GF????

I thought she was recently promoted to "Person that Is Going to Own Half Your Schitt"

How is she liking her new Kimber Bob by the way??

laughin'


I just asked her when see wants to shoot Bob.

"Never, maybe someday once it's Summer".

The 452 Hummer is more her speed....grin

452 Hummer???

Is that one of the bastid variants of AM Generals real 4x4 thats based on the Yukon chasis??

It's not an overpriced SUV that's for sure.


Peaceout.

Google turns up nothing on "452 Hummer"

And I really need to lay off the Rolling Rock...

EZ try it now

http://www.10xshooters.com/calculators/Rifle_Recoil_Calculator.htm

Common sense went out the window in the last presidential election

Got it Cole and it to is RIGHT ON at 38.4! THANK YA!

Too VERY TRUE BPHC2.

Handloads.com has a good recoil calculator as well as lots of other good stuff.

Got it saved to! THANK YA Wisam.