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3.5" turkey loads in my Mossberg pump. That gun is too light, and the stock puts the recoil on my cheek. I also have a light 458 Win Mag, but it fits me better.
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Some of those 12 ga. turkey loads are brutal. Fired a couple of those out of an old 12 ga. break open my buddy picked up at a garage sale over 20 years ago. Also got to put a few rounds through an AR-50 bolt action in 50 BMG about 1999 or so at my local range. I thought that thing was gonna kick the snot out of me...... But it wasn't bad at all..... Then I found out why;.... It weighed 30-something pounds.
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Kinda skimmed through so may have missed it, surprised the old M-79 hasn't been mentioned.
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With all the references to these H&R single-shot 12's, i'm remembering the one i have.
Admittedly, i've only shot 2 3/4" out of it.
That little bugger seemed just a bit light to be shooting 3" loads even though it's chambered for 'em. The 2 3/4" seemed to give plenty of "feedback".
3" loads in that thing?!!? No thanks!!!
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Ruger revolver in .44 mag.
I am 6-3 and 225 and thought I was a tough guy. Shot that damn pistol three times and handed it back to the owner.
Damn! Guess I am a wimp I will stick with the .38 Special or the 9mm Beretta.
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LCR 327 mag has quite a bit of recoil, maybe I'm just getting old and weak.  My Marlin 45/70 I just shoot off hand, so it's not bad. Only other one I have is a 45/70 Sharps that after 20 or so hurts. I just going to have to stand using sticks on that one in the future. I have got that OK'd at the club range.
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With all the references to these H&R single-shot 12's, i'm remembering the one i have.
Admittedly, i've only shot 2 3/4" out of it.
That little bugger seemed just a bit light to be shooting 3" loads even though it's chambered for 'em. The 2 3/4" seemed to give plenty of "feedback".
3" loads in that thing?!!? No thanks!!! Got one of those in a 16 gauge that I had since I was a kid. Other than the obvious disadvantages of a single shot, I always liked that gun. Best of both worlds in my opinion. Always seemed to kill like a 12 gauge but doesn't come close to kicking like one.
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My 12 ga 870 mag used to beat me up a bit with 3 in loads, and an old Parker Hale in 7 Rem mag was a bit sharp on the shoulder.
But sharp recoiling handguns are the ones which bust my threshold of pain.
Taurus Tracker Titanium in 41 mag is a sweetheart with 170's at 750 fps. 210's or 250's pushing 1400 fps hurt. But I had to try them.
Actually a Glock in any cartridge including 9mm feels like a ball peen hammer slamming right into my arthritic base thumb joint.
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Having worked in a gunshop for over 34 years, I have owned or still own about everything above mentioned. The 600 350mag has a strange kick that causes bone pain. Sort of like a tuning fork running through your body. But for shear punch a Mossberg 835 with 3.5" 2 1/4oz loads holds the title over 416 Rigbys, 458 Wm and a light weight Ruger No 3 in 45-70 with hot loads. I have not gotten an opportunity to fire a 600 Nitro or 755 Tyrannosaurus nor do I want to just to say I have.
A bowhunter at heart but a gun guy at soul. I'll take craftsmanship, wood and blue steel over plastic and composite any day.
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For sure a single shot H&R, shooting a 3 1/2" turkey load. Rough but doable.
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Ruger #3 in .45-70. If I remember right, the handload pushed a 400 grain Speer bullet to 2178 fps from that 6 pound rifle.
Tom Wow, a double winner: a kicker and ugly as a mud fence.
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In my case, it's all relative to age and size:
8th birthday - my grandfather's Ithaca 12ga SxS with exposed hammers. It had a malfunctioning trigger group that most of the time fired both barrels if you pulled the front trigger - which was required to prove your manhood! Steel butt plate and cracked grip probably added to the pain. It was a family rite of passage and all the grandsons had to do it. Not sure whether the hype from my older cousins on the run-up to it or the actual shot was worse. Without an adult behind us, the shot probably would have put us on the ground. No doubt would be classed as child abuse today...
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My cousin has a sporterized winchester 1917 that has a bishop stock and was rebarreled and smithed to a 358 norma magnum. The stock was too long so he had the smith remove the recoil pad and fit a steel buttplate from a pre-64 model 70. That thing is God awful brutal. Shot it once and handed it back to him. It is still his go to rifle for about everything he hunts. It makes my Marlin guide gun 45/70 with stout Buffalo Bore loads seem mild.
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If it sounds good, you'll hear it
If it's marketed right, you'll buy it
But...If it's real, you'll feel it
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I've never understood why someone would let a kid shoot a gun that hurts a man. Any joke that hurts someone just ain't funny.
Scope bites, and torn flesh are just about as funny as an adult arm wrestling a kid and breaking bones.
I'd toss anyone playing those kind of games out of camp. A large part of hunting, is passing on the knowledge and skills. Why would any kid come back to the sport after that? Damage a kid's growing shoulder for a laugh? Not my kind of humor.
I've introduced my kids, and a few neighbor's kids into hunting. Apprenticed 2 and ran them through the hunter safety course as well. The idea of knocking any on them on thier azzes for a laugh, just doesn't seem funny. Just my opinion, YMMV. +1 If I shot something that kicked when I was younger I did it with full knowledge ...... There was always a few %^% holes around that thought it was funny . It was always more then appropriate to put them in their place as I got older. Respect garners respect, some of them did not deserve respect. F
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I'm helping a fellow work up loads for a his 8.5 pound 460 Van Horn. It ain't pleasant. The .460 Van Horn is the .378/.460 Wby shortened,correct? Yes it is. The young man who owns it is an assistant guide and wanted an open sighted thumper for a bear stopper. This one ought to do the trick. A vanilla 458 Win. wouldn't do the job?
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My buddy's single shot 10 ga was not fun to shoot.
I have a Marlin 1895 GBL 45/70 that, with my (technically over-max) handload of H322 with a huge chunk of lead, is no fun.
No fun at all.
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No doubt would be classed as child abuse today...
I've seen several instances of such at our local range with both young kids and accompanying girl friends. I'm old enough now, that I'm going to start getting into the middle of those instances. Also, I agree on the hot rodded 45-70 Guide guns. There is no need to do that, and I'm looking for someone to take on the remaining 85 rounds I've got loaded up.
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I hadded a tauraus 450ti 2" titanium 45lc+P rated pistol that weighed 19oz. A 329pd weighs 28oz for comparison. I could never fire more than 3 365gr pills for the Lee factory crimp was not enough to keep from pulling the bullets enough to lock it up.
That gun was unreal when loaded with big heavies.
I would not buy something that runs on any kind of primer given the possibility of primer shortages and even regulations. In fact, why not buy a flintlock? Really. Rocks aren't going away anytime soon.
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