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Originally Posted by AkMike1
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Hey there Mike, fun trip eh? Cal did tell me with full house loads that Bland is a nasty piece. Those loads Bob had were very pleasant.

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So as not to keep everybody wondering what the results of said trip were. This was a DR trip to OZ a bunch of us did in June this year. Noted Double Rifle author and gentlemen, Cal Pappas was on hand and wrote a nice article that came out in Dangerous Game magazine last issue.

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Originally Posted by AkMike1
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Dang, that thing kicks so hard it tore the right side of your shirt up. grin

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12 gauge with 2 3/4" slugs. The day i bought my Rem. 870 i shot 60 rnds. thru it...the next day i was back n blue!! The only thing that recoiled more was my buddys 12 gauge w/ 3" slugs.

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12ga H&R with a hard plastic buttplate shooting 3" 00 Buck. eek


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416 Wby.
With the KDF brake it was almost tolerable (15 rds/ session). I removed the brake to see if point of impact changed. On the second shot the bolt handle bruised the outside of my hand. The brake went back on and stayed on until I sold the rifle.


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Yep! That was a very nice trip! the only thing better would have been getting my permits a tad earlier so I could have taken my 450 NE.. But it would have been lost along with my baggage so maybe it's better that it didn't go?


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Why is it that a couple hundred fps more goes from Ok recoil to ouch? My 500 Jeffery shooting 570g TSX's at 2300 fps is fun to shoot offhand at least for the first 10 shots. Shooting the same bullet at 2400 fps is less fun and at 2500 fps it's no fun at all! Recoil at 2300 fps is 83.62 ft/lbs with recoil velocity at 21.88. At 2500 fps recoil is 102.22 ft/lbs with recoil velocity of 24.19. Maybe I've just reached my tolerance (or I'm just a wuss)?


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I know it's not in the same class as a 500, but a 18" 45-75 P+ 300gr rung my bell unexpectedly. crazy


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Originally Posted by AkMike1
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Yikes!! eek

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Yes Yikes! No desire to shoot that big boy


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500 A Square
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They all hurt me when I shoot them

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Ok, let's see best scope cut or shoulder bruise lol ...


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I had a 20" 458lott in a Kevlar stock that was around the 7lb range. The 500grainers would shake the snot out of you. It was dropped more than once by folks who werent quite ready, of course i always told them the truth on the recoil :)never wanted to scope it.

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458 Lott. Then there was the 12 ga with a metal base plate but the 338 from the prone position rattled my cage. The snot shaker par exellance was the 460 Wby.

I now have reason to believe the most dangerous place on one of those cannot clearly be defined as the muzzle.

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"Most felt recoil" does not necessarily mean biggest cartridge. Some stock deigns are rude and exagerate recoil sensations unreasonably.


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Along with stock design and weight of rifle, I'd have to say that weight or rather lack of it, really is the reason for painful kicks. I'v owned and shot a bunch of big bore double rifles and bolt actions and since the heavy ones created less felt recoil, I found them OK to shoot. I have a 10# 338 that I really like to shoot....but since I'm not able to do much anymore, it's going up for sale.

A guy I know had a #1 customized to a 416 Rigby and I vowed that never again would I shoot it. Light weight rifles are for light weight ammo.....and just the reverse is true IMO.

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My 500 Jeffery weighs 11.25 lbs without scope (12 lbs with). It has two 12 oz mercury recoil reducers installed and the balance is perfect for me. If it was a pound and a half lighter it would be zero fun to shoot, for me at least.


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I own a CZ .458 Lott and it is a pussy cat compared to my light Model 700 in .338 RUM. I touched of about 7 rounds of the bench in that biyatch and I was speaking in tongues for about 3 days afterward!!! Too much for me! I sold it and use my .338-06 for 98% of my 338 needs.


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Originally Posted by colorado
My 500 Jeffery weighs 11.25 lbs without scope (12 lbs with). It has two 12 oz mercury recoil reducers installed and the balance is perfect for me. If it was a pound and a half lighter it would be zero fun to shoot, for me at least.

My 500 Jeffery was 9 lbs without scope, not quite 10 lbs with scope. I do not own that rifle anymore...


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