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I WAS thinking about a 325 WSM... OUCH.

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Too much of recoil is subjective, my 375 H&H weighs 12 Lbs, fully dressed and at 36 Lbs of recoil doesn't feel nearly as bad as my 300 WSM (9.5 Lbs) at 23 Lbs of recoil or my 7Mag (9.5 Lbs) at 19 Lbs of recoil. I think in my case the weight of the 375 makes the recoil velocity slower as the heavy rifle can't accelerate as quickly as the lighter rifles.

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Here's another good link on recoil.

http://www.accuratereloading.com/recoil.html

Just read his article, that guy has no experience shooting rifles to make recomendations on what levels of recoil are objectionable. I'd venture to say that most folks with some training and properly set up can fire a rifle generating upwards of 40 ft pounds of recoil with no problems. I know I'd have little problem firing off 50-100 rounds from such a gun in a day. It's when you get to 80 ft pounds and more that range sessions need to be limited to say 10 rounds, or 20 if you spread it over an afternoon.

I also agree that fast jabby rifles are more unpleasant to shoot then heavier guns that roll you back with them.

I'd disagree. Strongly.

a 30.06 firing 180 gr bullets generates around 20 ft/lbs.

That's plenty for the average shooter. He/She doesn't want any more. Training will allow more, but who wants to get used to getting the sh*t kicked out of them by getting the Sh*t kicked out of them??

Not fun in my books. And that's why the 30.06 is the upper limit for most.

I'm with mauser96. Any time I go to the range with anything from my 260 rem up i take my 223 to shoot in between groups, I believe recoil is cumulative and all it takes is shot where the butt isn't positioned just right and the fun ends.

Any recoil is detrimental to accuracy .
it's a matter of how much recoil you are wiling to put up with as compared to the accuracy you are willing to lose.

I know enough about shooting and recoil to know that i don't like it in a target rifle , and don't really like it in a hunting rifle either, because I like to shoot
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