Most severely-recoiling firearms

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These may not be the overall worst, but fo rme personally:

Mosin-Nagant (Polish) M-44-that steel buttplate is just wicked, and the gun is relatively light

Mossberg 500A w/ folding stock, shooting S&B 15 pellet 00 3" magnum buckshot--I have no desire to even shoot anything that has a felt recoil more that this...

Note that I seperated my right shoulder a few years ago, and am probably more recoil sensative than most.
 
worst kick

OK, it wasn't shoulder fired, but back in my CAV days at gunnery, we fired a 152mm round out of a Sheridan...the TC was bracing against the TC's shield on top of the turret, daggone thing broke and fell over onto the back deck. The TC wasn't nearly amused as we were on the next Sheridan watching!
 
Absolute Worst?

Not personal experience...but personal observation...

I attened a two day shotgun course at one of the major schools not long ago.

At the end of day one I was tired...but not beat up too bad... I used Wilson rebuilds of 870s to their Border Patrol model... worked fine and with light field loads nad reduced recoil buck shot all was well...

At the other end of the line, a guy and his son were taking the class... no shotgun experience at all... they stopped in at a local Oshman's or Academy and bought themselves each an Winchester of the latest mark and mod. They were the newest guns that were chambered for the 3 1/2 Mag shell.

After buying the guns they also bought their 700 rounds of ammo... ALL 3 1/2" magnum loads...

These guys were HURTING... and were unable to finish the slug portion of the course... :/

Anyway, I learned a couple of lessons there... and I suppose they did too... :D

V/r

Chuck
 
Worst handcannon

My T/C Contender with a 45/70 barrel. First time fired (handloads, not wimpy factory stuff) from the bench, the recoil took all the skin off both elbows and left a couple splinters. After that I put on my roller blade elbow protectors before firing. After about 50 rounds, I had enough. It was accurate but no fun. Sold it on Ebay for more than I paid for it.
 
From my experience:

Ruger Blackhawk 44 mag with UMC(Yellow box) ammo
Rossi .357 mag with 4" bbl
Taurus Raging Bull 454 Casull (More punch than muzzle flip)
Russian Nagant 7.62x54
Norinco 12ga, 18" bbl with full house loads
 
Mossy 835 pistol grip, with full power 3-1/2's
Flew out of my hand and into the dirt. :eek:
I talk about retarded, but THAT was retarded!
 
my buddy had this cheap piece of junk 9mm that for some reason kicked worse than anything ive ever fired. including when i one handed my mossberg 500 with a pistol grip and fired 00 buck magnum loads. i donno what that stupid little thing was but i absolutely could not finish the clip. it wasnt +p ammo either, just regular cheepo ammo. that thing kicked worlds worse than my other buddies 44 magnum with what he called keith loads. whatever those are.
 
Hot handloads in a .45-70 NEF Handi Rifle wasn't fun....

Nor are hot 7.62X54R handloads in an old Mosin...

Worst I have had a chance to get behind was a Ruger #1 in .458 WinMag. Hard to split a box of 20 handloads between two shooters.
 
As far as hand guns go. Me and my brother were at the range about 10 days ago with his S&W 500 Magnum. Now I've never shot the 454 casull ect. But after 50+ 350 gr. hand loaded rounds in the 500 mag my wrists were sore and the next day my elbows were sore. I thought about going to the doctor but I realized it was from the 500 and in two days I was fine. Oh yea always where hearing protection that thing is a portable cannon.
Shotguns 3.5" 12ga. turkey loads.
Not much expierience with rifles.
Good topic.
 
Lol, there are a couple that stick in my mind. My Granddad's 12 ga. double that I shot both barrels at once with duck loads, while shooting straight up at blackbirds flying past. However for sheer brute force, the Shiloh Quigley copy in 45-110 shooting 500 gr. bullets at max load. It was a bit different than the sharp kick of the military carbines, but with far more force. The arthritis in my neck was really complaining and that never happens with most guns. The gun weighed about 13 lbs, and when it got moving, it didn't stop easily. A real interesting experience, and one that left a memory. 5 shot 2 in group was an eye opener too. I can't afford one, but it sure was a nice gun.
 
If I remember it was a 475 H&H in that vid.


I am wrong. It is the .577 T-Rex. Quite brutal!!
 
Oldnamvet said:
My T/C Contender with a 45/70 barrel. First time fired (handloads, not wimpy factory stuff) from the bench, the recoil took all the skin off both elbows and left a couple splinters. After that I put on my roller blade elbow protectors before firing. After about 50 rounds, I had enough. It was accurate but no fun. Sold it on Ebay for more than I paid for it.
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Got one. It rates way up there on my "pain to shoot" list. The problem I found is that if you load "light",the accuracy drops. I haven't shot this one for a few years.When I do it is only 10-20 rounds.

This one rates the worst recoil.

The runner up is my FA 454.
 
VinnyT said:
If I remember it was a 475 H&H in that vid.
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nope .577(? not sure of caliber) T-rex, the guys over at accurate reloading get a few suckers a month to try that thing out, or at least used to, idea was to make an absolutely SURE one-shot needed stopping rifle.

there is one vid on their site that shows a guy shooting it benched and if you watch closely the dude actually gets knocked out for a split second (wakes when his chin or nose touch someting on the bench).
 
Most brutal recoil

The most punishing gun I've shot would have to be either the 460 Weatherby or pre-USA 378 Weatherby without any type of reducer on either.
 
My buddy has a H&R Topper with an 18" rifled 12 gauge bbl. He is a little recoil shy (thinks his 7mm-08 kicks alot) SO he has me shoot it... with 3" buckhammers. 2 shots and I told him to give it back to wherever he got it from. I've shot .416's and .458's, and nothing came close to that aweful gun. Tried it later in the year with 2 3/4" lightfields, and said the same thing. I won't shoot it anymore for fear of detached retina's.

My Ithaca 87 with the rifled barrel and EER scope kicks awful bad. Enough that my dad nicknamed it the widowmaker.

Also, my father has a Browning 1886 with a 28" octagon barrel and the dreaded crescent buttplate. That gun with 420 grain hardcast hopped up handloads just plain hurts. Same load in his 1886 extralight rifle is quite substantial, but manageable, due to the shotgun buttplate.

A correctly fitted gun makes all the difference in the world.

I shot a cylinder full of .454's out of a Freedom Arms once, and won't do that again.

The grandaddy of recoilers had to be the 2 bore rifle Sir Samuel Baker had...Ironically named baby. Each shot would spin him around, give him a nosebleed, and a headache.
 
Hot handloads in a .45-70 NEF Handi Rifle wasn't fun....
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Me too except mine were the Winchester super X 350 grain hunting loads.

I could actually feel my brain sloshing around after each shot.
 
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