Love it even though it hurts?

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"Other than that, bring it on. Many of the russian WWII surplus rifles have steel butt plates 7.62 x 54r after 50 rounds or so."

Yeah, I finally fired my new Saiga 7.62x39... 4 boxes of it Saturday. As John Melencamp would say, "it hurts so good!"
 
Not exactly a recoil junkie but I foolishly bought a .300WinMag when I was in college because I thought you 'needed' that much power to hunt deer in heavy brush...:)

Funny. Now, when I take it out if the safe, my wife asks me if I want her to go ahead and get an ice pack ready for when I get home.
 
jpthegeek, you think you have it bad?

My only boltie is a .300 weatherby. Five shots is a range trip with it.
The positive: I don't feel recoil from any other guns now.

It was only $200 brand new ;).
 
If it hurts I don't like to shoot it. Turkey loads are my main example, I only shoot enough to pattern the gun. I don't bruise very easily and one shot is usually enough to make me black and blue (and yes it is in the right spot!)

The other gun I hate to shoot is my friends .454. Just too much recoil for me. After a couple of rounds the web of my hand hurts pretty bad.
 
The majority of guns I shoot are handguns. They tend to be more painful for me since I have small hands. Also many of them that hurt are dad's so they are made to fit his hand not mine. I don't mind the .357 that was my first gun. I also don't mind making things go boom with some of dad's bigger guns, but won't do it long since it'll hurt and I have bruised the web between my thumb and pointer finger.

So I like when I set off big noises and all, but when it hurts too much I don't do it much. I would also never buy any hand gun stronger than a .357.

I haven't shot many rifles. The ones I have I could handle. I got hit once in the wrong spot and it didn't bruise, but hurt. My shoulders are much stronger than my hands so they can take more of a beating. I was told by several people I have swimmers shoulders, but I'm not a big swimmer. I'd like to try some bigger rifles, but have no access to them yet.

This is a fun thread. :D I'm surprised at the recoil junkies, but hey I figured there'd be some. :neener:

Gus
 
When I saw the thread title I thought it must have been started by one of my ex-girlfriends :uhoh: :neener:

I'll shoot anything once, but I'm not a glutton for punishment. A little soreness after a range trip is just part of the zen though :)
 
I tend to stick with low recoiling rounds, .22lr and 9mm for pistols and .223 for rifles.

However, I have yet to have a loudenboomer leave me with anything but a big smile on my face. :D

Getting to put a couple rounds through that .480 Ruger at the last Colorado THR get together was a blast. (Hey, I even hit what I was aiming at, too.)
 
Well....

Why do ya think I have a 300 Win mag and an 835..... :)

They don't get shot much though, usually only drug out when it counts...

Maybe that's why I am lookin at an 11 pound varmint rifle...heh
 
Now I have a feeling no one will talk about it cause y'all are all so manly nothing hurts you.
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Wrong. I haven't shot my .45-70 Contender for many years. No plans to. It hurts, and that's not fun. My fun seems to stop at about .44 magnum level these days. Preferably 9, 10, and .45 ACP, with a lot of good ol .22 thrown in for real fun.
 
Nope, Gus, we "Reel He-Men" rely on the image that goes something like: "I ain't got nuthin' ta prove; Been There, Done That, they patched me up and my wife/GF keeps tellin' me to get rid of that worn-out old T-shirt."

I like to try other people's biggenloudenstompenboomers -- once. Walking arsenal put my reaction down pretty well in post #7, above:
BLAAAAAAAAMMMMMM!!!!! OW!!! @#$@#.................that was kinda cool.
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--but I don't own them or shoot them regularly; I'm a recoil wussy.
 
I'm a fairly stout fellow & can absorb a good deal of reacoil without complaint. Generally, if I feel pain it is because of poor technique. It is then time to stop & re-evaluate, not keep hurting myself & reinforcing bad technique.

I own one of the Taurus Total Titanium .357mag snubbies (See more about it HERE. ). It's subjective recoil is not nearly as bad as the lighter S&W Scandium .357, or even the S&W Ti .38spl. I stoke it with Winchester Supreme .357mag 180gr Nosler Partition HP, since they shoot to point of aim. Recoil is stout, but not painful, IMO.

The most painful-recoiling pistols I have shot was an Astra .25ACP (also imported by Colt, back in the day). What a poorly designed gun, at least for me. No matter what I did, the sucker hurt me.
 
It's subjective recoil is not nearly as bad as the lighter S&W Scandium .357
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I've got one of those, and it stung until we broke each other in. Now we get along just fine. :D
 
worst recoil trip i ever had was 16rds of 410 2.5"thru a american deringer m4.
it didnt hurt much when i did it but the next day i went to write something and couldnt grip the pen,,so i swapped it.
 
That, or change the grip. That's what worked for me. I had previously fired a 9mm, years ago, and fired a 1911 .45 recently. Liked it, but liked the "safe action system" better, so got a G21. I had injured my shooting wrist a few months prior in a fall, and anticipated wrist pain from the new-to-me bigger caliber. That never happened, but...

When firing a lot of rounds in 1 range session, I discovered that the first knuckle on my middle finger (with my natural grip) is in contact with the trigger guard and gets sore from the transmitted shock. If I change my grip slightly, so the part of the finger between the first and second knuckles touch the trigger guard, no pain. I feel this may help the principle of applying pressure to the grip straight to the rear.

Because my interest is concealing and self-defense, I have no personal interest in large handguns chambered for the wrist-damaging .44, .454 Casuul, etc. I leave that to the real men.
 
Riley, I make up for my deficiency...

By knocking over steel rams at 200 meters. Using one of these cute little things, chambered in a rifle cartridge:

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And, yes, it hurts to shoot, especially if I don't wear a pair of shooting gloves. 7mm 140gr bullets moving at 2000+ fps generate a wee bit of recoil.
 
I will be getting the super redhawk alaskan chambered in .454 casull/.45 long colt. as soon as they come out. The first thing Im gonna do is load it with .454s. :)
 
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I remember a .44 mag I shot one handed once (trying to be like clint, of course), it didn't really hurt at the time but my shoulder and back was sore for the next few days. I attribute it mostly to age.

:uhoh:

Ladysmith with the Scandium .357,,,Impressive!

:)
 
I have a Handi rifle in 450marlin. I got the rifle in a trade with my stepbrother I got the rifle new and 1 box of ammo shot it 3 times and put it away. He says ammo cost was his main reason for trading it off. I shot the other 17 rounds of factory ammo. Then I ordered dies, a bag of brass and bullets. 167 rounds later I still Love this rifle. Its a manbeater but I enjoy it. I love to see the look on others, when I touch it off at the range. It jumps off the rest on the bench and has been know to brush an eye or two.
 
I don't like pistols that "bite" my hands. Many do, it does not hurt, but it diminishes the enjoyment. Hundreds of full power three inch twelve gauge rounds do not phase me, nor do full size pistol rounds, I feel pretty lucky about that. The noise does really bother me though.
 
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