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A neighbor brought a marlin 94 in 44mag out to the ranch and said shoot it. I fired it once and handed it back. He shot it twice and took it to the next gun show. That little turd was brutal. I've shot a 375h&h(not to bad) and a 458 that took some hanging on to. That little marlin was just evil.
Fred

I had an 1895 Browning leveraction in 30-06 rebored to 35 Whelen.

It kept the factory steel but plate. As soon as I got it from the gunsmith, I shot 40 rds of 250 gr factory loads from the bench. Afterwards,I had a bruise the size of a dinner plate on my shoulder.

I shoulda' spent a little extra and had a nice, soft recoil pad installed when I had all of the work done. Live and learn.

Dan

Two that come to mind, the worse, a cheap, piece of c--- H&R or New England single shot 12 ga. weighing in at about 6 lbs and taking the 3.5" shells; muzzle-light to boot. Touched off a round thinking it would be a down 'n dirty turkey snuffer. Conditions were such that I was on my haunches, Indian style, and it promptly dumped me, blunt end down, into a pool of water.

The second a 458 Lott 500-grainer at top end, about 2400 fps off the bench--sitting; about a 9.5 lb rifle. Though finely made, my love affair with that rifle ended quite soon.

As some have stated....3" turkey loads out of my Benelli M2 which has a 24" barrel...TC Contender with the 44 mag barrel.....the darn trigger guard slaps so hard that my middle finger was continuously purple...and my grand dad's 10ga. single shot with 30" barrel.....yikes! My own .375 H&H doesn't hurt THAT bad!!

Well, lessee here ...

I shot a bunch of custom five-shot Blackhawks once for a story. A 45-70, a 475 Linebaugh, a 500 Linebaugh, and a 444 Marlin. The 444 had to be the worst - it had a very sharp snap instead of a push like the others. Hurt my wrist like the devil.

Then there was the .585 Nyati elephant rifle on a 10-pound Winchester M-70 action. It has double the recoil of a .458 Winchester - 200+ ft-lbs of recoil. Even with a muzzle brake (removable!!!) it kicked twice as hard as a .375 H&H. With the brake screwed on, the back blast would neatly remove your hat with every shot - and off of every bystander within 20 feet. I fired it twice, just to prove I'm a slow learner, LOL!

A Ruger #3 in .45-70 with it's metal buttpad made me say ouch. The loads were the #3 loads in the Hornady Manual. 500g RN at 1800 fps!

I'll put the 3.5" Nitro loads up there for plain brutal!

I have shot 2 that were harder than they should have been.
Both are 308win,one a early savage bolt rifle ,the other a savage m99.
I put a recoil pad on the bolt rifle and it is better,but the savage m99 is still a brute to shoot.
I have shot a 30-378 and it feels so much lighter in the recoil dept.

Well, at the risk of sounding like a blithering female reproductive organ, I once had a 700 remington BDL chambered for .270 WCF that would kick all the fillings out of my teeth, everytime I touched it off. I put 20 rounds through that hateful wretch one afternoon, shortly after I got it, and immediately before I got rid of it.

PM replied.

3" magnum 20 guage loads in a Savage Model 24c -- a 5 pound gun with a steel butplate.

BMT

I had a similar experience with a 700 ADL, iron sights, and some 160 grain corelokt loads.

BMT

Per others posts here, I will agree that light little carbines in 45/70 can be awful. I had one of the early straigh stocked lightweight Marlins so chambered and loaded it with the #3 loads out of the Speer Manual and firing thaqt little beast caused me to see stars! Hmmmmm did this about the same time as the 8 bore punt gun experience and right before marrying my first wife. Hmmmm...a pattern is beginning to develop! I was a budding Masochist!!!

Winchester 1895 carbine 30-40. The comb was that flat-topped carbine style.

Bruce

Westley Richards with the classic old stock chambered in 425. Great looking rifle with extended magazine, horn bolt knob, steel butt plate and lots of drop in the stock. Ever been hit so hard you get the impression you need to wait for your eyes and brain to start vibrating in sync to continue?

Anymore and anything above a .22 mag at the bench, I use a Past ambidex, strap on, recoil pad for the shoulders (practice left handed, too). Some of the better money I've spent on shooting stuff. I'm a wuss. I confess.

Absolutely correct! That splinter of a straight stock on the old Long Tom 10ga was a killer.

my uncle had a Beretta 413,folding shotgun,he handed it to me when I was about 12,with little shooting experience,he put a duck load in it and let me fire it,that was a bit of an eye opener.

The first was a Winchester model 11 with some sort of buckshot when I was about 11 or 12 that belonged to my uncle. He gave it to me after that and I had it about 12 or 15 years and don't think I ever shot again. He asked for it once he got married and had a son of his own and I was happy to give it back.

After the third shot with a .600 NE I developed a flinch and stopped shooting it.

Same here - my brothers ADL 30-06 bought in the late 60's.
No recoil pad. That thing was a holy terror! I talked a school pal of mine into shooting it and he still cusses me out about it !

Then there's my brother in laws .300 Whinney. Another pal and I took it to the range to sight it in for him. We each fired maybe 3 shots apiece, before we loaded the damned thing in the truck and took it back to him, telling him to sight the miserable SOB in himself. It wears an awkward ( to me ) California style stock and a skinny little brick hard rifle pad.

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