Hardest kicking gun you've ever shot?

[ricklin]

Hawken .50

It's not the caliber as much as the position! Prone hurts!!! Just can't soak up the recoil like you can from other shooting positions. The worst I ever beat myself up was a long afternoon with my Hawken and 500 grain bullets. From prone it left me black and blue.

 

[BHP FAN]

H&R single shot 12 ga....with a slug.Turned out that barrel was full choked...who knew?

 

[cottonmouth]

Not sure what model it was but it was a 12 gague double barrel that had been reamed out from 3" to 3-1/2". Buddy wanted me to shoot both barrels at one time so we put two buckshot in it and when I pulled both triggers my left foot came off the ground! Made my .458 Winchester seem mild.

J.B.

 

[Al LaVodka]

J.B.
I have some questionable guns I'd like you to proof for me -- when are you available?
Al

 

[Mp7]

... definitely the 59.95$ Wallywolrd single-shot.
It was the first shotgun i´ve ever shot.

A friend in highschool let me try Granpa´s collection
... to show the european what kentuckian gun obsession means.



compared to the 870 and a Remington semi 12.ga
the korean-times M14 and the 1903 .... i shot on that day
that walmart POS will forever be unforgettable.

Dunno what maker ... but it looked
like the "Sterling" of shotguns,
a steel pipe with hammer, trigger
and a "lock" that would put a german engineer to tears ....

(... call me a girl, but i liked my squirrel gun the Fox Savage 16.ga
SxS the most. Very elegant gun. Loved it.)

 

[boondock843]

Remington 870 Express Super Magnum loaded with 3 1/5 inch goose shot. It will make you sore.
All synthetic and almost as light as the shells.

 

[cottonmouth]

Al, I won't be back in the states for a while but Ill let you know!

J.B.

 

[coolcloo1019]

Has to be my grandfathers 12 gauge with 3" turkey magnums. I can't remember what it is, I believe a Remington (I know, very vague)

 

[Nick5182]

I'm not sure what model of shotgun it was, all I know is that it was a 12 ga, semi-auto, that you actually had to grasp the barrel and push the barrel down into the receiver to cock it, and every time you fired it, the barrel would move back into the receiver and cycle the action, but that thing kicked like you wouldn't believe.

 

[LeontheProfessional]

My Savage 511. Both triggers at once.

 

[HKGuns]

Browning BPS with 3.5" goose loads. Ouch.

 

[Oyeboten]

Long time ago, I was out with some people shooting Shotguns at Skeet.

Guy handed me a shell, said 'Try this one'...


I had a 1902 production Model 1897 Winchester, from which I had been shooting a hodge-podge of old 2-1/2 inch Paper low base shells my dad had since the 'thirties, of whatever sort of Birdshot.


I tried the Shell he had handed me, and 'BOOM!!!!" there was a noticable difference in recoil and report.

I felt worried I may have hurt my Shotgun it was so extreme.


My Gun was alright, far as I could tell...but the shell had been a Three or three-point-five Inch 'Magnum' of some kind, with a heavy rifled Slug...I had noticed it was longer, but, I was young and naive.


Not so good.


Later, learning more, I realized this was an error in judgement I would be careful to never make again.


Since then, with whatever Arm, if someone says 'Here...try one of these', and hands me a round, I say, "No thank you..."


Lol...

 

[ol' scratch]

A Winchester model 71 in .348. Also, a double-barrel 10 gauge that touched off both barrels. It wasn't one big boom, but BaBOOM as one barrel fired and then the other.

 

[Gordon]

Back in the bad old days of early 60s a neighbor youth had a Winchester 37 12 ga.with the barrel cut off even with the forearm maybe about 11" or so. He hands me the gun out at the "dumps" with a slug and tells me to shoot the dumpster about 20 feet awy. Well it DID put a slug thru the side of the dumpster allright, but also put the hammer spur thru the web of my 15 YO hand ! THAT was the hardest kicking SG I've ever fired!

 

[Hornet 6]

thanks for the inset. definitely appreciated. its a reality EVERYONE here will have to deal with.

I already am, these days although I can still use the SxS 12 it is with 2 3/4 shells only, and not many of them.
95% of my shotgunning is now done with a 6 1/4 lb O/U 28 bore, and even then I use 16 or 21 gram loads for clays (once or twice a year), and not too many of them.
I can still cope with 1 oz 28 bore loads for game, but I have more or less given up rabbiting with the shotgun, now I use the .17HMR, no kick and cheaper to run than the 28 bore.

Neil.

 

[RUGER SCOUT RIFLE]

When I was in 6th grade I got my first shotgun NEF Pardner 12gauge, with a hard plastic butt plate. I used to really hate the recoil. 20 years later it's my favorite squirrel gun.
Hardest kicking though would be a Mossberg 835 with 3 1/2 high velocity turkey loads.

 

[Dr. Tad Hussein Winslow]

Remington 870 Express Supermag pump, with 18.5" home defense barrel, and 3.5" 2 oz turkey loads, from the bench - man, what a BEAST!!

This should be moved to General discussions, since it also involved rifles.

 

[Sav .250]

With out a doubt...............An Old Winchester 97, 12 ga. Plus, it was ..heavy. Mean and heavy! Still have it thought.

 

[Skeeter_Killer]

My old man had a single shot 10ga, used to feel like it was tearing off my entire left side.

 

[dirty dave]

I will agree on the 10 gauge.Had a slug gun 10 gauge 24 inch barrel shot it at the range to check it out put two holes for evey shot at 25 yards.I told the other shooter to stop being a ise ass and dont shoot at my target.felt stupid whrn looking closer to see it shoots so hard it puts the wad in a hole to.KICKS LIKE A MULE both ends.traded it off after a season or two.

 

[msrtex]

Browning 525 over and under, 12 gauge. Left a big bruise after every round of sporting clays.

 

[MattTheHat]

A .458 Lott Scout rifle. MOTHER OF GENE DAVID!


-Matt

 

[Deltaboy1984]

H&R Topper 30 inch barrel full choke 12 gauge 3inch Mag. No recoil pad it has popped some mens shoulder out of the joint.

But back in the days of Lead shot duck hunting late in the season I could reach out and touch mr Mallard at 70 yards with those Peter's Tru-Blue Buffered Copper plated #4's .

With winter hunting clothes and a float coat it did not hurt but with just a shirt OH MY!

 

[billdeserthills]

American Derringer Model #4 with two Wolf 3" Magnum .410 shells
the wolf shells are solid brass, not plastic and when you fire them you'll know why!

 

[SpeedAKL]

Hot 12-gauge loads seem to be a common theme here. I'm in that boat - hot 3-inchers out of a Mossberg 500 with a worn-down buttpad are fun for about two shots and get old afterwards. I've seen recoil calculations for heavy 3-inch loads and they run roughly 50-55 ft-lbs of recoil, comparable to a .416 Rigby or .375RUM. 3.5-inch loads in a standard-weight gun are up near .458 Win Mag territory....thankfully most of us fire shotguns standing rather than on the bench!

I have not fired any rifles that bother me recoil-use. Stoutest has to be the Mosin-Nagant M44 but that is perfectly tolerable once you get used to it.

The most brutal handgun I fired was a T/C Contender in 6.8SPC. Made the .44 Mag look almost mild.