Did I say I don't like to shoot big boomers? Did I say they hurt me? I think not. I simply said that I can't shoot them with the same degree of accuracy as a lighter recoiling rifle for the simple reason that they require more muscle tension to deal with the recoil.
Have you ever fired a 7 pound .375 Ultra Mag with a scope? With my handloads, it comes back at 26 FPS with 82 ft/lbs of recoil-roughly four times that of a .30-06. Yeah, I can handle it. But I can't (nor can any other normal human being) settle into it and focus on breathing and trigger squeeze like you do with a smaller cartridge when you have that kind of energy coming back at you with a small metal ring aimed directly at your ocular socket. If you do, you're gonna get cut, maybe worse.
Your remarks suggest to me that you have limited experience behind heavy recoiling guns and fancy yourself tougher than the rest. I'll let you in on a little secret: There are a lot of members here with a whole lot of trigger time behind dangerous game rifles, many of them a lot more than I have. I promise you that we're all chuckling at anyone who claims they can shoot a firearm with severe recoil as well as one with light to moderate.
The offer is open; I will supply the range, the rifles and the ammo. If you can group as well with the .375 RUM as something .30-06 or less under the same shooting conditions (and not a lead sled or other recoil mitigating device), I will give you crisp $100 bill. Fail, you pay for the ammo consumed and start a thread here admitting it.
