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So what is the most painful handgun you've shot?

Took out my .38 Special derringer for it's maiden flight this weekend after some repairs (bought it broken). Shooting 158 LRN bullets...three days later it still feels like someone wacked me in the palm with a ball-peen hammer. I shot some Hornady Critical Defense out of the sake of my hand and found that to be more bearable. So far my most painful experience, can't wait to shoot it again.
 
The only thing that has left my hand and wrist sore for well into the next day has been a magnum 12G slug out of a pistol grip only shotgun. That was just stupidly painful and the effect stuck around for almost a week.

A round of.454Casull out of a Super Redhawk comes awfully close to achieving longer term aching. A .410 slug round from a Bond Arms Snake Slayer was up there too.

Shot some .38Spl from a J frame snub nose a couple of weeks back. It hurt a little but mostly due to the grips being so small that I couldn't get a proper grip. The actual power of the gun and rounds were fine. And with better fitting grips it would have been a non issue.
 
Try a real .357 Mag out of a 14 oz Scandium S&W j-frame.
Most won't pull the trigger a second time.
After you do it five times in succession, get back to me. :)

I did it several times with each of the three I owned (a 360 and two 340s). What was I thinking? Don't know, but I no longer own any of them...and almost five years later, my wrist still hurts. :rolleyes:
 
I know a lot of people say this, but the PPK in .380 has a very sharp recoil unlike anything Ive felt in any other gun. I also remember shooting a .44 Mag when I was a scrawny little highschooler. Scared the s@*t out of me.
 
I can't say that I have shot a handgun that was so powerful that I remember it hurting that bad. But the most painful handgun I shot was a older Walther PPK, only because I held it wrong, and the slide really bit the web of my hand, also known as slide-bite. Bleed like a stuck pig & hurt to the point that I nearly dropped the gun. LM
 
Ruger SRA in .454. With full house loads, it has more felt recoil than my .500 S&W. In short, it is no fun to shoot. With reduced loads or .45 Colt cartridges, that becomes another matter entirely.
 
A while back I fired a .44 magnum out of a single action revolver. Apparently, you have to hold a single action revolver differently than a double action revolver, and because I have no idea how to shoot a single action revolver it felt like someone hit my hand with a hammer.
 
Try a real .357 Mag out of a 14 oz Scandium S&W j-frame
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And their N-frame cousin, the 25 ounce .44 Magnum 329 PD

My 41 ounce 3" 629 doesn't feel real good with heavy 300 grain loads, either. Right up there with my SRH .454.
 
How about a .44 Mag Ruger Redhawk that was modified into a 2" snubbie with wood grips (a well done modification, it was like factory), firing full-power .44 loads. I remember not feeling anything for a while after.
 
500 S&W Magnum long barrel with stout hand loads. As pleasant as having your hand whacked with a stick.
 
A friend of mine has some tiny little .380. Each round is like a hammer smack to your palm.
 
My P64's recoil was unbearable until I changed the recoil spring and added a rubber sleeve. I'm pretty tough and have a high pain tolerance (seven major surgeries) but that really hurt and could have caused nerve damage if I kept shooting.
 
I've shot various .44 Mag's, heavy loaded .45 Colts, S&W 500 mag and my FA .454 A LOT. TOP of my list has been a Freedom Arms (which is relatively light compared to some hand cannons) in .475 Linebaugh! THAT sucker was something else again!
 
320 or 330gr hard cast slug loads at about 1300fps. It was .45LC stuff from Georgia Arms. Had to pass it to my friend who uses those in his lever rifle. He says it is very accurate high quality ammo. Apparently brass with stars at the base is very good stuff.
 
I shoot 50S&W Mag out of 4" pistol, Beowulf 50 (AR), and 50BMG(rifle) and find them much easier than my 454Casual, 44mag, 357, 9MM, and 38 out of a snubbie. The .45ACP, 45C, & 50 cal firearms push back. The others have a sharp snap back.
Now my .45ACP Downsizer which is a single shot palm gun HURTS. I only shot it once.
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Yep i have them all.
 
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Apparently brass with stars at the base is very good stuff.
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Many botique ammo makers use Starline brass, which has two stars (asterisks) separated by a line (curved on the case head). Very good quality brass. Starline does not make loaded ammunition, though.

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.44 mag T/C Contender. It wasn't the recoil as such, it was that bleeping trigger guard whacking my fingers.
 
Try a real .357 Mag out of a 14 oz Scandium S&W j-frame.
Most won't pull the trigger a second time.
After you do it five times in succession, get back to me.
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Yep. I put a full cylinder through one. It was zero fun. I've shot a .480 Ruger and a Desert Eagle .50. They were tame in comparison.
 
S&W 500 snubnose with some wood "boot" grips. 5 shot of of "medium-hot" handloads would actually tear a little bit at the web of the hand from abrasion. A piece of duct tape was all that was neaded to "cushion" the recoil from hitting too hard to tear skin. A .45acp round is shown for comparison.
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^^^^^^
WHY
do you really need a broken hand that bad

Almost as bad as the Youtube of some guy breaking his wrist shooting a .45-70 derringer, yeah... that doesn't sound smart to begin with
 
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Most of the time, I have it loaded with 440gr lead bullets/10gr Unique/700fps. You talk about a FUN gun! Think of the simple ballistics of a heavy revolver (I believe it is 6-8oz heavier than a S&W .44 Mag "Dirty Harry Special", so it IS portable) that lauches a flatnose bullet almost twice as heavy as a .45acp, with a much wider cross section. Even that "mild" load will penetrate deep and knock down dangerous targets smaller than a bear with ease. AND, it's a pleasure to shoot. I put the rubber grips back on if I'm shooting a lot of heavier loads in a session. The wood grips put it on the playing field with other standard "big frame" revolvers (N frames, etc), and are fine with the low level loads.
 
orionengnr said:
Try a real .357 Mag out of a 14 oz Scandium S&W j-frame.
Most won't pull the trigger a second time.
After you do it five times in succession, get back to me. :)

I did it several times with each of the three I owned (a 360 and two 340s). What was I thinking? Don't know, but I no longer own any of them...and almost five years later, my wrist still hurts. :rolleyes:
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Tried it ONCE and will throw rocks before I will do it again.
 
Shot exactly that yesterday. Guy had it at the range. 3 shots and I was done. Can only imagine what it would feel like to be hit with that round.
 
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