What is the most painful to shoot pistol?

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I don't get you guys. My .380 lcp may be a pos but the recoil is nada (it just tries to squirm around). My snub nose .454 is something else, but I love it to death; of course it takes a few hundred rounds to get to know you.
 
Both the pa-63 and the p-64 are kicky. I just yesterday got my wolf springs for them both. The p-64 was worst but still within limits. I did manage to dent my thumb knuckle with my hi-cap makarov, and that guns kicks pretty good,too. The guy who suggested the bigger grips has a good idea but it might compromise the small size of the p-64 and hence it's best feature.
 
My most painful handguns have been 1) Derringers and 2) revolvers. Since this is in "Autoloaders" not sure.

The OP's PPK clone is a good choice--don't own a PPK, mostly due to hammer bite. Seecamp .32 is noticeable; I hear the .380 is worse, but I don't have to try everything.

DE .50? No problem! Never tried a .50 Grizzly or AMT, though.
 
Walther PPS .40

An absolute hand full, for me. Without a glove, two magazines and I am finished. Blood blister on the trigger finger and all.
 
shot a friends S&W revolver, no recoil spring etc.. but my arm felt like one after i shot it
and idea of the round, middle one.
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vellocet said:
Both the pa-63 and the p-64 are kicky. I just yesterday got my wolf springs for them both. The p-64 was worst but still within limits. I did manage to dent my thumb knuckle with my hi-cap makarov, and that guns kicks pretty good,too. The guy who suggested the bigger grips has a good idea but it might compromise the small size of the p-64 and hence it's best feature.
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The wood grips on the P-64 don't increase its width or handle length. They only add a hump at the rear to make it fit your hand better. It has no effect on concealment whatsoever as the overall profile of the gun does not change. Get Marschal grips. You won't be sorry. I've got them on my Makarov and P-64. My father also has them on his P-64.
 
45-70 Thompson Contender. Several salvos through that hand cannon leaves even the most hardened recoil-insensitive ole bastards feelin' the sting. Seen a 45-70 derringer fly out of the shooter's hands and hit him square in the forehead. Another that is about impossible to fire (for me at least) is the AMT Backup in 38 Super. Trigger pull must be 100 pounds. That's pretty safe... I've shot 30-30 and plenty of other rifle calibers in the Contender but the 45-70 is brutal.
 
thank you for the reply, wardenwolf. i bought two of those polish pistols(why not?) both old style with the bobbed hammers. i'm going to wrap some rubber friction tape around the bottom grip of one to puff it out and if its real different when shot i'll get those grips.
 
Ruger flat top Blackhawk .44 magnum. The thing managed to cut me on the web of my thumb just about every time I fired it. The factory grip was nearly impossible, tapering so much toward the top the revolver always twisted upward in my hand no matter what I did. I owned this gun for about three months in '63 and replaced it with a brand new S&W Model 29 .44 magnum for which I paid the princely sum of $150. Totally different experience, the S&W wasn't difficult or unpleasant at all to shoot.
 
My S&W 340PD with full house .357 mag loads is quite painful.
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I can imagine. A guy at my club had one that he let me shoot. I shot a few rounds of .38 +P, and then he asked me if I wanted to try some .357 in it. I declined his gracious offer. :eek:
 
This has to be the most painful one I've ever shot. Just hurts my wrists and the palm of my hand thinking about it.

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Don't think I would shoot one again given the chance.
 
Read an interesting 'gun funny' story one time on a thread that minority diverted from 'why do guys give big gun to little girls'

Guy talked about one of his 'shooting buddies' lighting off a 45-70 derringer, seems most everybody else said he was crazy, or at least use a light load, NOPE he had to do a Buffalo Bore...

They said he got most of his ROM back after the Physical Therapy, but he's a 'bit' recoil sensitive since they had to pin and screw his shattered wrist back together.
 
I actually like shooting the X-frame .460 Magnum and .500 Magnums from the 8 3/4" barrels whenever I get the time (neither are mine). I reload the .460 for a buddy who provides the materials. In return, I'm welcome borrow the beast whenever I feel the need for something "blasty".

The bark/blast to recoil ratio on either isn't too bad, IMO. In a shorter, lighter platform without the benefit of a brake, I'm sure that would change pretty quick.
 
Just got back from putting 50 rounds through my P64. Nope. Not that painful. Not pleasent but not that bad. Shot my Kahr PM9 also. Amazing little pistol. The 9mm cartridge is a baby in the Kahr compared to the P64 in 9X18 Mak...

I did note that I put a Handall Jr. Small size grip sleeve on the P64. It does help for those that don't like the slap/snap.
 
my brothers darringer, 38 special. grips is so small it fits 2 fingers. counting the one on the trigger.

i dont know if it kicks harder then my 340pd but it sure hurts more
 
See ... diff'rent strokes. I thought the Kahr P380 and the S&W Bodyguard 380 were fine -- recoil ok, comfy trigger, etc. but HATED the LCP -- thing bit me and shoved me more than the other two combined.

Just goes to show -- ya gotta shoot one BEFORE you buy one!!!!


Of course neither is as comfy as my Sig P229 .... :)
 
K-t p-40...4 or 5 shots and returned it the next day
baby glock in 40...same as K-t.....

a suggestion for those suffering the 642

try changing your grip to where the web of your strong hand is right at the very part where the frame curves over to the 'rear' site. said another way is to hold the gun low in the left hand and gasp it by moving your right hand down onto the gun/grip. it makes for a different and somewhat awkward wrist angle but for firing from the waist it is near perfect. so practice your snap shots--its a belly gun, right?
 
I have a S&W 642 and a kel-tec 380 and I have no problems with them.
Reload for them both and have +p's for the 38 and right at 1,000 fps in the 380. Have shot 158gr 357 hydra shocks out of a 340pd. Not to bad.
Now my davis derringer in 38sp. that littel bugger will let you know when it goes off.
 
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I actually like shooting the X-frame .460 Magnum and .500 Magnums from the 8 3/4" barrels whenever I get the time (neither are mine). I reload the .460 for a buddy who provides the materials. In return, I'm welcome borrow the beast whenever I feel the need for something "blasty".

The bark/blast to recoil ratio on either isn't too bad, IMO. In a shorter, lighter platform without the benefit of a brake, I'm sure that would change pretty quick.
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Due to wrist injuries (both wrists crushed in a road accident) I'm very sensitive to handgun recoil. But after trying to stick with .22s and other very low recoil pistols, I found (by just trying it) that I can shoot an S&W XVR revolver .460 Magnum.

I started out shooting the XVR revolver with .45 Colt loads, which in that massive revolver feel like pop-gun loads. Eventually worked up to full-power .460 Magnum loads and found that the mass of the revolver (started with an 8 -3/8", now have a 5") and the large muzzle brake make the .460 monster-killer loads quite manageable in those revolvers. My palm surface still stings a bit after one or two cylinders, but the true recoil (up-snap and back-whack) are so tamed that even my busted-up wrists can deal with it. Amazing.

Since then I've also found that I can fire a Ruger 4" Redhawk in .44 Magnum, no muzzle brake of any kind. Once I had the confidence of being able to handle the huge .460 Mag I had the confidence to try the .44 Ruger and found that if I allow the gun to recoil as it wants (for a bit) it doesn't hurt my wrist. So now instead of trying to death-grip the .44 Ruger, I "roll with it" a bit, let it push me a bit on recoil (but still ending in a short, controlled recoil), then it doesn't hurt. Live and learn.

Most unpleasant recoil for me: Steyr M40 40S&W auto. Wonderful pistol all around, but the sharp (very raked) grip angle cocks my wrists in such an angle that it really hurts when the pistol recoils up and back. Just a quirk of that pistol on my particular wrist, I think.

No one asked :), but here's my most pleasant serious-caliber pistol to shoot: Sig P250 9mm. That pistol is a *dream* to shoot. Everything about it is light and easy: Cocking, working the slide, soft recoil, buttery-smooth trigger, even the mag release is a very easy action. Every time I fire a clunky-feeling pistol (my latest: a Walther PPS) I wish I could send them my P250 (I have several in various calibers and configs) and say to them, "Here, do it like this!"

(And no, I have no connection with Sig of any kind. But since we've all been talking about the worst, for balance I thought I had to say something about what for me is the best. I just don't like to feel like a whiner ~.)

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S&W 340PD with full magnum loads. I will usually put 50 38 sp, 5 38+p and 5 magnums through it at a session.
 
Cor-Bon +p loads in a .45 LC Ruger revolver. Just a itty bitty step below a .454 Casull. I would think a .375JDJ in a Thompson Contender would wake you up too.
 
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