do you enjoy shooting the big magnums?

Do you enjoy shooting powerful magnum cartridges?

  • Yes

    Votes: 126 57.5%

  • No

    Votes: 93 42.5%
  • Total voters
    219
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I wouldn't exactly call them big magnums but I do love to shoot my thumpers.
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91/30 Mosin Nagant 7.62x54
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my 416 Taylor is a fun rifle to shoot. Admittedly it does cheat a bit with a muzzle-tamer, however. :)

And I also count my 45-70 as a mag due to the fact that it only weighs about 6 lbs with a round chambered. (16" TC with Rynite rifle stock and fore-end)


Something about shooting something with that much mass going down range...its cool. :evil:
 
I loved shooting my .375 H&H Mag, but hated the thought that it was $1.50 every time I pulled the trigger. I sold it to a guy that was going moose hunting in Alaska and bought a Beretta 92FS with the proceeds. I don't regret it, but I do miss it sometimes. Sure was fun to squeeze one off at the range and have the guy 8 benches down yell "What in the Sam Hill was THAT?"
 
+1 on Small Doses, and Expense Distasteful.

Oh, I find it occasionally a lot of fun to open up a real can of thunder on the range, but by and large, it's not something I do often.

Once in a great while when I'm at the range and some bozo decides to act oafish on the next lane, I will open up something really rude like a muzzle braked 7MM Mag, sort of just to clear the dust, :evil: but there's not much more I can do with a 7MM Mag at the local 200 yard range I can't do in a more civilized fashion with .30-06 or .308. My 6.5 Swede does most of what I want without creating flinch.
 
Nope, not really. Don't see much point in getting used to the recoil, either. I'd change my mind were I planning a hunt that actually required the extra power, but even then, I'd bring something that hovered near he bottom end of the acceptable range.

I do like to make noise on occasion and all, but small and loud does me fine. At this point my Mosin M44 is about all I desire to handle in the recoil department. :)
 
7.6x54R is NOT a magnum. It's a pop gun compared to a .375, for instance. :D

.costed a arm and a leg to shoot.....i made a few phone calls and traded it for a nice 1911
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When I buy a new rifle, I buy a supply of brass, dies, and bullets and find out which powder I wanna work with. My 7 mag has never seen a factory load. Bullets and brass have gone up, but I can still load a box a lot cheaper than I can buy it and it's better ammo, tailored to the gun, accurate and with a premium bullet matched to the game. Anyone who hunts with rifles needs to reload.

My son-in-law has a .270 WSM. It has the same problem with high priced ammo. I bought him a lee starter kit for christmas a year ago and have tutored him in the finer points of reloading. He kept it and shoots it a lot more, now. It's a good, hard shootin' gun, though I really don't go wild over all the short magnums, don't really see the need. I like some of 'em, though, like the .325 WSM chambered in the Browning BLR. That one, I'd kinda like to have, don't know why really. Nothing around here I can't handle with my .308, but it just looks impressive in the exterior ballistics charts and I like BLRs, friend has one in .308. I think if I lived in Alaska bear territory, I'd get one in a heart beat. I don't know if there's a better gun for such things. I bet it's a kicker, though.
 
MCgunner said:
7.6x54R is NOT a magnum. It's a pop gun compared to a .375, for instance.
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Exactly. I'm sayin, if it hits me harder than that M44, I don't want it. :) That takes most of the stuff with the word magnum in it out of the equation, at least so far as rifles are concerned. Hell, probably also quite a few that don't call themselves magnums, too.
 
Enjoy it more than I should, I suppose.

Bought a 30/378 Weatherby back in '96 when they had just come out. In '99 I had it rebarreled in 338/378 without the ridiculous brake and have since put 2000+ rounds through that barrel and now I'm on my 2nd 338/378 barrel sans brake. That doesn't include 2 300 H&H's, an 8mm/378Wby ZKK-602, 405 Winchester, and others. Sadly, at last count I own more "hammers" than non-hammers. No muzzle brakes on any of my guns. Too noisy for me.
 
I'm pretty much a recoil sissy, at least when it comes to rifles. (Big handguns don't bother me nearly as much, though I'm becoming more sissified there too...)

When younger I had a fetish for dangerous game rifles, and I still take them out to play with them on occasion. The .416 Rigby, in particular, is a rifle I love to handle but hate to shoot. The general pattern is 1) take it to the range, 2) shoot it a dozen times, 3) take it home and dump it disgustedly back into the safe, with a vow to never shoot the evil thing again, and 4) read a bunch of Ruark, fall in love with the .416 Rigby, and wonder why it's been six months since I took mine to the range.

Cast bullets and DuPont filler have considerably eased that relationship, but all told, I get more enjoyment out of the 7X57 than anything else.
 
I'd rather shoot my .300 Win. (Hogue stock), than my .30-06 with the original wood stock and hard buttplate anyday. I can sit down and shoot 2 boxes thru the .300 in a day (over several hours). Last time I shot the -06, I managed one, three shot, group of Hornady Light Magnums and put the gun back in the case.

I've had people call me crazy on this before, until they shot them.

My best comparison has always been
- .30-06 = light heavyweight roundhouse to the shoulder
- .300 WM = 300 pound offensive lineman shoving your shoulder
 
Been working up an elk load for my 358 Norma Mag... 225 gr. bullet at 2900+ fps isn't exactly pleasant, but I love shooting so much, that I don't find it too much of a bother.
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I like shooting my Remington 300 Win Mag with the original Police model stock and now even more with an Accuracy International stock. To be honest, I'm not so thrilled about shooting my Remington 300 WSM Alaskan Ti in the prone position because the scope has bashed me on the nose quite a few times already. The recoil in my shoulder is fine but it gets old when the scope catches you on the bridge of the nose :cuss: . I took off the original three-pillar stock and put on the stock that came with my Remington 308 which has a full length aluminum bedding block. It resulted in a slight weight increase but it's more comfortable to shoot. Once I get the scope position optimized I'll be happy.
 
Bought a 30/378 Weatherby back in '96 when they had just come out. In '99 I had it rebarreled in 338/378 without the ridiculous brake and have since put 2000+ rounds through that barrel and now I'm on my 2nd 338/378 barrel sans brake. That doesn't include 2 300 H&H's, an 8mm/378Wby ZKK-602, 405 Winchester, and others. Sadly, at last count I own more "hammers" than non-hammers. No muzzle brakes on any of my guns. Too noisy for me.
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You, my friend, are a true masochist.
 
I shoot my 450 Marlin all day . . I pay for it the next, but what a blast!
I call it my little lever cannon.
 
I voted no, 30-06 is all I want to handle on a regular basis. Truth be told, I haven't shot anything beyond the '06. With a good recoil padded jacket I might be willing to give the 300 mag a try. I am small statured however, so it would probably pound me pretty good.
 
I voted no I don't mind shooting them but I find pistol cal. carbines/rifles a blast.heaviest hitters I have are a 03A3 and a Marlin 1895cb 45/70.and while I have some hot loads for the Marlin I mostly shoot 405 hardcasts @1300fps.
 
I've shot a lot of things up to and including the .458 wm (if you don't count the .50bmg as a 'magnum'-I've shot that too). Its fun if its someone else's rifle and ammo, but 99.999% of my shooting is at paper where something like a .223, .308, or one of the 6.5mms will work much better.

Edit: I do like magnum handguns- them be fun.
 
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