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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.

Yes once Camp Lejune N.C. 1966 had no trouble in recalling the event. The deal was if you hit the target tank you did not hump ammo. I got a god hit and sat rubbing my shoulder as the rest of the PLT. took their shots.

Worst for me was shooting a Winchester Supreme turkey load, 3" @ 2oz load from an Aluminum receiver Charles Daly semi-auto shotgun that weighed around 7 lbs. I don't want a turkey that bad..! 2oz load = 875 gr...!

Those recoil (P-Pads) pads that Buffalo Arms sells are NICE, in that they are designed for PRONE shooting, ....and have a big old hank of the material wrapped up around one's collar bone.

Pretty hard to get into trouble with,.......

SEMPER BIG BORES !

GTC

For me it was a Model 24 Winchester S/S. The kick was'nt bad ,but everytime you shot it the damn trigger guard smacked your finger and cut it. 1Longbow

Worst recoiling rifle that I ever shot, my buddy's Weatherby Ultralight in .300 Weatherby Magnum. I fired 3 rounds through it at the bench and the bolt handle bloddied the knuckles on my right hand. My buddy got bit by the scope on the eyebrow. By far worse than my .340 Weatherby Accumark or my Winchester 70 in .375 H&H. Just a sharp quick snap that packs a punch.

A Marlin 94 in .44mag brutal???? I've fired those and it's less than a 30-30, which is basically nothin' ...

My father had an old 12ga. Stevens double barrel shotgun he used to carry on the floorboard of his truck. When out in the counrty he would shoot the occasional quail, rabbit, snake, etc., with it. When I was about 16 or so (some 40 years ago) I saw something, cannot recall what now, I wanted to shoot. I got the old gun out, aimed, and instead of pulling the front trigger as is usual proceedure, I pulled the rear trigger first. BOTH barrels fired at once with a thunderous explosion, whacking the fool out of me. That is the worst recoil experience I can remember. Still got that old shotgun. Have not shot it in years. It is pretty worn and beat up. I have thought of having a gunsmith try to refurbish it.

45-70 with crescent butt plate off the bench. Caught the lower corner in the pocket of my shoulder, brought tears to my eyes. Shooting 400 grain #3 loads. Didn't like that too much.

I also had a Marlin model 90 with straight English style stock in 12 gauge that bit me pretty good, even with standard 1 1/8 oz loads. Stock design had a lot to do with it, just barked the hell out of me. I shot fine with it, just didn't like gettin' bit all the time. Moved it down the road and picked up an Ithaca from Mr. Barsness.

An 03A3 with a grenade launcher fireing a flare. The manual said to fire it with the butt on the ground. Like a fool I did it from the shoulder.

HOLEY MACKEL KINGFISH.

I thougth my collar bone was broke.

BCR