bigsqueeze - (sorry for the late reply) - My rebarreled and accurized Kimber in .300 WSM which averages 3150 fps muzzle velocity with 180 gn Barnes TSXs has a 25" barrel.
Your shoulder (and eyebrow if you crawl the stock) feels every bit of those 3150 fps when shooting off the bench. Never noticed the recoil when hunting, though.
--shinbone
..........Shinbone!..........For a 300WSM, 3150 fps is good velocity from a 25" barrel, or even from a 26" er using a 180 gr bullet. By chance with some RL17? What`s your powder and charge?
For my 300 WSM, I`m soon going to work up some loadings with 180 grainers using some RL17, which I haven`t done as of yet. Best so far with the 180s has been 2917 fps (max loading). Maybe some RL 17 can boost me to 3000? If so then fine. Although I don`t need that kind of speed, I`ll still be a happy camper with that kind of performance from only a 16.5" barreled compact...
....It`ll be a "little" noisy along with some good shoulder stimulating recoil, which I like.
