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10 ga shotgun for me i wish i lived in rifle country but i don't
i have a franchi 28ga that kicks like a mule i would of never thought that a 28 would kick at all but the franchi is so light

I own a M70 African in .458 Win Mag and a M70 XTR in .338 Win Mag - both are sharp kickers, but neither is as bad as my relatively light Model 1300 pumpgun loaded with 12 gauge, 3" MAG, 2oz turkey loads - OUCH! Odessa

This momma grabs the attenion of most folks who fire it.

As a side note I'll add he shot it well not being privy to knowledge of it's recoil.....figured it be the case if he had a turkey in his sights.....

348 winchester nailed me pretty good. even got a hint of scope-eye from it.

Forget to mention the 4 bore I handled at our SCI banquet a few years ago. Each shell was $25. The owner said the recoil was memorial. If you watch the hunting shows the owner shot an elephant & buffalo with the gun. Each fell like they had been pole axed. I referenced shell, not cartridge, because it resembled a small artillery shell.

I forgot the fact that when I was 18, a cousin of mine managed to borrow a freinds 8GA punt gun. We had no idea how much powder or shot to put in the damned thing but I was determined to fire it! As I recall we put about 1/2 lb. of black gunpowder down the tube and 'about a cup' of reclaimed shot..... Wadding was torn up rags dipped in candle wax. It is a GOOD thing that my guardian angle was on duty and on high alert that day! Upon getting it to fire (after 5 or 6 misfires) I was knocked back several steps and barely hung onto the 25lb gun. Whoo BOY that was a ride!

MARK

I once arrested two 13-year-old trailer park punks for stealing something. While mom and I were retrieving the loot I noticed a sawed-off shotgun in the closet. Mom said she had never seen it before (good answer). When I looked closer, there were two. Both had cotton shoe strings tied around them. The kids told me that they hung them under their trench coats when they dealt drugs!! I then had them turn over the drugs( brilliant kids these two)

I found the shot shells and several had very leaky crimps. When I asked one about it he told me that they took them apart and dumped all the powder from 2 shells into one!

I asked him if he fired it. He said the other kid did (they had sawed the stocks into pistol grips- sort of)

He mentioned that it had hurt the other kids hand and arm pretty good (he told mom it was a bike wreck or something) I guess the shotgun blew out of his hand and stuck his arm- splintering the stock and cutting him deeply.

I would love to have seen him touch that double charge off!

You know, the 45-70 doesn't need to be loaded so hot to kill thin-skinned game. I have one made in 1972 (first year of the modern 1895s) complete with the cresent buttplate. I reserve that gun for light loads ("light" as in 400 grain cast at 1000 fips). I bump the 1895G up a little more than that, but not crazily so. A 400 grain jacketed flatpoint at 1500 fips will kill any elk or moose that ever walked, and you get to keep your shoulder joint intact too!

Same deal with turkeys. I found out that they die just fine when shot with cheapy field loads. Last year I shot a tom at 30 yards with my old Stevens 5100 16ga and a 1-ounch loads of number 6s, and he died on the spot.

But we all go through the phase of shooting hard-kicking guns. It's like a right of passage into gunny maturity, or something (sounds good anyway).

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I haven't had too many hard kickers (7mm WBY, 300WM, 7mm STW), but the hardest hitter was my Marlin 45-70 Guide Gun with hotter loads. Even though it was a hard recoil, it still was a lot of fun to shoot.

By far and away the most painful shooter I've ever owned was Model 7 synthetic stainless in 7mm-08. I bet my dentist still hasn't fixed all the fillings that thing knocked loose.

I think the 300 Winchester and 300 Wby are a little "sharper" to stand behind than the .338. Worst one I've put a bullet through was a 378 Wby.

I'll vouch for DVD on the 3.5" turkey loads....

So far my hardest kicking experience has been firing turkey loads out of a Winchester 37 single shot 12 gauge. I did some patterning with Winchester 1 3/4 ounce high velocity loads and Remington 2 ounce loads. Heavy loads and a light gun do make things interesting.

I did the shooting from sitting rather than from the bench and after each shot I had to re-adjust my hat (sometimes a fair bit) and I had a slight head ache for sure. Then again, it was one of those gun nut things where it was actually kind of fun to see the way the recoil would smack the snot out of you. LOL

.378 is the only rifle that I have fired that actually hurt..for a while. The recoil went through my shoulder, down through my elbow and to my wrist. Just plain bone jarring. The .460 is pretty bad as well but not as fast and jarring. If that makes any sense

LC

378Roy

378 Wby

Mossberg 835 with 3.5"mags #4 shot, patterning that gun from the bench is a real buzz killer, Im getting a stinger from just thinking about it

I will second the Ultimag Mossberg 835 with 3.5" mags.

That is flat out VICIOUS. It's the only thing I've ever put a sandbag on my shoulder to shoot!

The Marlin Guide Gun I used to have was pretty chippy with hot loads. That straight stock did NOT get along with the side of my face!

I'm not experienced with the big boomers. My .338 is a pussycat as are my .325 WSM's.

-jeff

my 7 lb 30-06 with out a recoil pad and 180 grainers knocks the dog snot out of me!

1. Sauer .375 H&H
2. Savage 110 in .270, for some reason that thing really hurt.
3. Rem 870 with 3 inch Foster slugs.

Ithaca Deerslayer 3" full boat slugs. Those Ithacas are FANTASTIC guns, but they do kick