Hardest Kicking Mil-surp

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I was shooting my Finnish Mosin and forgot that I had a stainless steel pen cliped to the collar of my t-shirt. The buttplate happened to be resting on that pen and that pen happened to be resting on my collar bone.





Note to self, take the $%#ing pen out before shooting rifles....

 

[cracked butt]

The steyr 95 carbine is the hardest kicker I've experienced.

 

[rangerruck]

enfield jungle carbine, is second the first is mosin tanker carbine, using 200 or 205 grn bimetal rounds, even with the recoil pad, very ouchy!

 

[JimC]

It's been a long time but the one rifle that sticks in my mind as the hardest recoiling was a cherry 98K that I owned (I now wish I still had it) with some nasty 190 gr. German surplus ammo.

 

[foghornl]

With the right {or wrong!} ammo, my M-44 Mosin-Nagant is a fairly serious thumper on both ends....

 

[50 Shooter]

Hmmm, 650 gr. bullet, 240 grs of powder, .50 BMG upper on a AR lower... Seeing owner get scoped eyed... OUCH!!! Surplus .50 BMG really socks it to ya if you're not paying attention.

 

[hksw]

My M44 is stout and today I shot an Enfield No.4 Mk.2 rifle( I picked it up in very good condition with a bright bore for $129) and while shooting it from a bench I rested it to far on top of my shoulder bone and fired........owww. So what are your hardest kicking mil-surp rifles?

Found the same thing. When I first zeroed in my Enfield 2A off the bench (I had to bend forward more than usual as that particular bench was lower normal), it was quite painful. When I decided to shoot off-hand, it was the total opposite. Very easy to shoot and low felt recoil. Moral of the story? use the right height bench when shooting centerfire.

 

[yesterdaysyouth]

of the milsurps i've fired, i'd say the 06' chamber mauser, with m2 ball would be the worst...

having only handled the m95 carbine i'd bet that'll ruin your day...

 

[Ash]

Boyes anti-tank rifle, a milsurp, kicks pretty fierce.

Ash

 

[Niner]

My vote is with Cracked Butt

The Steyr Mannlicher M95 carbine in 8x56r will put a serious tap on your shoulder.

 

[swingset]

13mm Anti-tank Mauser kicked me harder than anything I've ever felt, gun wise. Unfricking believably brutal.

The hardest hitting carbine/rifle I've shot (and I've shot hundreds of milsurps) was a Berthier Carbine. Very very stout.

 

[Beemerguy53]

My Enfield Jungle Carbine kicks like a mule. I think it's the combination of that cone-shaped flash suppressor and that little hard rubber butt plate.

 

[bowfin]

Originally Posted by M.E.Eldridge

"How about 7.5 French, anyone shot a MAS 36. I found one at a gunshow the other day for $156 in near-mint condition(never shot, dropped once). I would have bought it, but I know of no sources for the 7.5 French ammo."

Graf & Sons carries it, new manufactured, boxer primed, reloadable.

 

[bowfin]

I nominate the Springfield Trapdoor Carbine in .45-70.

 

[Mikee Loxxer]

I have a MAS 36

They really don't kick more than any other 30 caliber milsurp using standard loads. But then again I haven't run into milsurps I consider to kick that hard anyway. I find them all quite manageable. The most severe recoil I have experienced came from a Marlin lever action guide gun chambered in 45-70 loaded with 550 grain bullets. They were reloads that were at higher pressures than factory ammo to boot.

 

[Farnham]

Another vote for the 8mm Mauser. Out of my little light Yugo 24/47, I can't take more than 20 rounds or so. Flat steel buttplate, light rifle, 198gr bullet. I'm not a recoil junky, so it's just not that much fun.

My K-31 is my favorite milsurp; I don't know why, but it seems to hit way softer than any MN or Mauser.

S/F

Farnham

 

[5ptdeerhunter]

I agree with everyone that said the M-95, that thing is painful. I had to put a rubber recoil pad on it. When I shoot from a bench I can handle just about any recoil. My M-44, my 30-06s, any rifles I have, but when it comes to that M-95 it is just ouch.

 

[M.E.Eldridge]

Originally Posted by M.E.Eldridge

"How about 7.5 French, anyone shot a MAS 36. I found one at a gunshow the other day for $156 in near-mint condition(never shot, dropped once). I would have bought it, but I know of no sources for the 7.5 French ammo."

Graf & Sons carries it, new manufactured, boxer primed, reloadable.

Hmmmm.....at the next gun show if these fellas still have the MAS I'll pick it up. It came with a bayonet and sling and was in near-mint condition and they wanted $159 for it. Is this a good price?

 

[KriegHund]

I dunno, my turk mauser uses turk ammo 9supposedly the hottest loades tuff out there) and it kicks pretty bad, but the kick is real sharp. Thin metal buttplate here too.

Although ive never had a bruised shoulder, even after firing 70 or so rounds in one sitting.

 

[M.E.Eldridge]

13mm Anti-tank Mauser kicked me harder than anything I've ever felt, gun wise. Unfricking believably brutal.

The hardest hitting carbine/rifle I've shot (and I've shot hundreds of milsurps) was a Berthier Carbine. Very very stout.

Berthier, isn't that one of those ugly French rifles from the First World War? Perhaps the one that was originally designed to fire a three round magazine? I can't quite remember; the only French guns I have an interest in are the Lebel and the MAS 36.

 

[KriegHund]

It came with a bayonet and sling and was in near-mint condition and they wanted $159 for it. Is this a good price?

159$ is a good price for just about any rifle that fires safely.

 

[dm1333]

Garand = pussy cat. The only problem was that I'm a lefty and the en bloc clips kept landing on my head for some reason. The owner found it very amusing.

Mauser K98 - not bad but it was light handloads

No.4 Mk1 Enfield - another pussy cat even with 174 grain loads

M38 - 147 gr loads, not bad at all

M38 - I have some 174 or 180 grain loads(little fuzzy on what they are without checking) that will leave a bruise, sound like sticks of dynamite, shoot an impressive fireball and will break large chunks of rock off the sides of the gravel pit

 

[Matthew748]

I would have to say my 91/30 Nagant is the hardest kicking surplus rifle I have. I have a case of ammo (Czech, I think) loaded with 180gr bullets that I usually tap into when I want to shoot.

 

[Darkside852003]

My M44 hurt more than my K31.

 

[RamblerReb]

A tie

The title for my harderst kicker is between my M39 Finn and my 1916 Guardia Civil 7.62. My M27 Finn, No 4 Mk 1/2, No 4 Mk I, 1921 Lithgow, and 1913 RSAF Enfield are pussycats by comparison. I have to admit, I went down to Wally World after my first session with the M39 and got a pushy pad. I don't like recoil and I don't want a flinch. I can't seem to hit anything when I cringe and pull my cheek off the stock just before firing, as crazy as I know that sounds. I'd rather be called names and have nice, tight groups than be known as a super-duper he-man who can't hit a bull in the butt with a bass fiddle.